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AGENDA AND WITNESS LIST FOR COPA COMMISSION HEARING

July 20-21, Richmond, VA

Thursday, July 20


9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. Welcome by Chairman Don Telage and Subcommittee Co-Chairs Commissioners George Vradenburg and Donna Rice Hughes
Purpose: The co-chairs will briefly provide a road map to the matters to be discussed during this hearing, including an identification of the various issues that some believe are raised by filtering, labeling and rating technologies.


9:15 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Technical Introduction
Purpose: To provide a technical overview of the technologies that are the subject of this hearing


9:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Panel One: Client Side Filtering Technologies
Purpose: Client side filters are tools that reside on the individual's P.C.; often they can be customized to meet the individual user's needs. This panel will describe the technologies deployed in the marketplace, how they operate, their availability and extent of use.


10:15 -10:30 a.m. Break


10:30 -11:45 Panel Two: Server Side Filtering Technologies
Purpose: Server side filters are tools that operate from a centralized server. This panel will describe the technologies deployed in the marketplace, how they operate, their availability and extent of use.


11:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Comment Period


12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Break for Lunch


1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Panel Three: Rating and Labeling Technologies
Purpose: Rating and labeling systems rely on some party's analysis of a site, and assignment of a rating or label regarding its content. This panel will describe the technologies deployed in the marketplace, how they operate, and the extent to which sites have been labeled or rated.


2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Panel Four: Effectiveness of Filtering, Labeling and Rating Technologies
Purpose: Exploration of the effectiveness of filtering labeling and rating tools at protecting children, including debates about overbreath and underbreath and concerns about market adoption.


3:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Break


3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Panel Five: Impact of Filtering, Rating, & Labeling on Content Providers
Purpose: This panel will consider the impact of filtering, labeling and rating on content providers, considering motivations to self-rate, issues of cost and implementation, and the technologies' effects on distribution, reach, and content decisions

  • Andrew Edmond, CEO, Flying Crocodile, Inc. biography testimony
  • Scott Fehrenbacher, Vice President, Content Management, CrossWalk.com biography testimony
  • Eric Aledort, Vice President, Corporate Business Development and Governmental Affairs, Disney's GO.com biography testimony


4:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Comment Period


Friday, July 21


8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. Welcome by Chairman Don Telage and Subcommittee Co-Chairs Commissioners George Vradenburg and Donna Rice Hughes


8:45 a.m. - 10:30 p.m. Panel Six: The Consumer's Perspective
Purpose: To hear real-life stories about how families, schools and libraries make decisions about use of these technologies, what decisions they make and why, and their surfing experiences thereafter Consumers:

Children:
  • Elliott from Richmond, Virginia
  • Dani from Virginia Beach, Virginia
  • Jon from Virginia Beach, Virginia
  • Amy from Richmond, Virginia


10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Break


10:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Panel Seven: Policy Implications of Filtering, Labeling and Rating
Purpose: To discuss the collateral implications of these technologies for privacy, law enforcement, and the First Amendment and consider the role of government vis a vis these technologies.


12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Comment and Questions


Hearing adjourned.




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