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January 6, 2010 Mark Wigfield, (202) 418-0253 
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PANELISTS ANNOUNCED FOR JANUARY 13 WORKSHOP ON 
INNOVATION, INVESTMENT, AND THE OPEN INTERNET
WASHINGTON – The Federal Communications Commission will hold a staff workshop on 
innovation and investment as part of the Commission’s Open Internet proceeding.  This 
workshop will examine how the Internet’s openness affects the ability of network operators, 
Internet content and application providers, and other Internet technology developers to innovate 
and to drive investment, job creation, and economic growth throughout the Internet ecosystem. 
These issues will be explored from the diverse perspectives of innovators and entrepreneurs, 
investors, network operators and equipment vendors, and experts in Internet innovation and 
investment.
WHAT: Innovation, Investment, and the Open Internet 
WHEN: Wednesday, January 13, 4:30 p.m.
WHERE: MIT Media Lab, Bartos Theater
Cambridge, Massachusetts
ONLINE: www.openinternet.gov/workshops/
PANELISTS: Ajay Agarwal, Bain Capital Ventures
Tim Berners-Lee, World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
David Clark, MIT Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Jeffrey Glueck, Skyfire
Shane Greenstein, Kellogg School of Management,
Northwestern University
Nabeel Hyatt, Conduit Labs
Susie Kim Riley, Camiant, Inc.
Paul Sagan, Akamai
Lynn St. Amour, Internet Society
Amy Tykeson, BendBroadband
Barbara van Schewick, Stanford Law School
Marcus Weldon, Alcatel-Lucent
Christopher S. Yoo, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Sharon Gillett, Wireline Competition Bureau (Moderator)
Paul de Sa, Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis (Moderator)
The workshop will be open to the public; however, admittance will be limited to the seating 
available. Audio/video coverage of the workshop will be streamed live with open captioning 
over the Web at www.openinternet.gov/workshops/. 
Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities are available upon request. Please 
include a description of the accommodation you will need. Individuals making such requests 
must include their contact information should FCC staff need to contact them for more 
information. Please send an e-mail to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer & Governmental 
Affairs Bureau: 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-418-0432 (TTY).
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