Speaking Archives - Page 2 of 3

Speaking

Oral Testimony of Gigi Sohn Before The Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee

Maine L.D. 946, An Act to Protect Privacy of Online Consumer Personal Information Chairman Lawrence, Chairman Berry, members of the Joint Committee, my name is Gigi Sohn. I’m a Distinguished Fellow at the Georgetown Law Institute for Technology Law and Policy. Prior to that, I served as Counselor to former…

Posted on April 24, 2019April 30, 2019 by Kip Roderick

Media

C-SPAN: House Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing on T-Mobile/Sprint Proposed Merger

A House Judiciary subcommittee held a hearing with the top executives of T-Mobile and Sprint to discuss the potential impact of their proposed merger on the wireless industry, consumers and 5G mobile networks. Other witnesses included several law professors along with officials from the Communications Workers of America, the Rural Wireless Association, and…

Posted on March 12, 2019March 22, 2019 by Kip Roderick

Speaking

“Social Justice or Inequality: The Heart of the Net Neutrality Debate”

Prepared Remarks of Gigi B. Sohn. University of Pittsburgh Law Review 80th Publishing Anniversary Symposium: The Net Without Neutrality: Economic, Regulatory and Informational Access Impacts. Thank you, Dean Wildermuth, for that wonderful introduction. Thank you, Ted Hages and Mike Madison, in absentia, for inviting me to this terrific symposium. It’s…

Posted on March 1, 2019April 10, 2019 by Kip Roderick

Speaking

FTC Hearing on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century

March 20, 2019 - Washington, DC The Federal Trade Commission will hold the tenth session of its Hearings Initiative, focused on competition and consumer protection issues in broadband markets, on March 20, 2019. The hearing will examine developments in U.S. broadband markets, technology, and law since the FTC staff’s 2007 Broadband…

Posted on February 26, 2019February 26, 2019 by Kip Roderick

Speaking

RSA Panel on Public Interest Technology: The Government Needs You

March 7, 2019 - San Francisco, CA Panel: The Government Needs You. Government needs technologists at all levels. We’re needed on legislative staffs and at regulatory agencies in order to make effective tech policy, but we’re also needed elsewhere to implement policy more broadly. We’re needed to advise courts, testify…

Posted on February 26, 2019February 26, 2019 by Kip Roderick

Speaking

INCOMPAS Policy Summit

February 27, 2019 - New America, Washington, DC The Competition Crossfire: Sprint-T-MobileWhat does the proposed Sprint-T-Mobile merger mean for consumers and competition? Hear opposing perspectives during this debate. Moderator:Angie Kronenberg, Chief Advocate and General Counsel, INCOMPAS Speakers:John Kneuer, Founder of JKC Consulting, and a Senior Advisor to the American Continental…

Posted on February 26, 2019February 26, 2019 by Kip Roderick

Speaking

University of Pittsburgh Law School Symposium

March 1, 2019, University of Pittsburgh Law School, Pittsburgh PA The Net Without Neutrality: Economic, Regulatory, and Information Access Impacts. Gigi Sohn, Keynote Speaker. View the event here. More at University of Pittsburgh Law School Symposium.

Posted on February 26, 2019February 28, 2019 by Kip Roderick

Speaking

Penn Law Women’s Association Dinner: Flexibility, Humility, Connectivity: Three Ingredients for a Successful Career.

When I attended Penn Law from 1983-1986, it was a very different place. Biddle Law Library was located in what is now called Silverman Hall, and man, were those stacks dark and dusty! It was nothing like the open and airy Biddle of today. 1L classes were held in the…

Posted on February 7, 2019February 25, 2019 by Kip Roderick

Speaking

Connected New England, Hartford, CT, November 8, 2018

This one day event brought together broadband champions from federal, state, and local government, as well as community leaders and policy experts. Features included a mayors’ panel, successful models in broadband deployment, E-Rate and funding opportunities, 5G and small cells, as well as an update about the recent municipal gain…

Posted on November 8, 2018November 14, 2018 by Kip Roderick

Speaking

2018 Everett C. Parker Lecture: Bending the Arc Towards Media and Social Justice

On October 11, 2018, the United Church of Christ's media justice ministry awarded Gigi Sohn the Everett C. Parker Award. Here are her prepared remarks for the event. Thank you Cheryl. It’s wonderful to be introduced by one of my very first and very best hires. It gives me great pride to…

Speaking

Posted on April 24, 2019April 30, 2019 by Kip Roderick

Posted on March 12, 2019March 22, 2019 by Kip Roderick

Posted on March 1, 2019April 10, 2019 by Kip Roderick

Posted on February 26, 2019February 26, 2019 by Kip Roderick

Posted on February 26, 2019February 26, 2019 by Kip Roderick

Posted on February 26, 2019February 26, 2019 by Kip Roderick

Posted on February 26, 2019February 28, 2019 by Kip Roderick

Posted on February 7, 2019February 25, 2019 by Kip Roderick

Posted on November 8, 2018November 14, 2018 by Kip Roderick

Posted on October 12, 2018November 14, 2018 by Gigi Sohn