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January 15, 2010 Rosemary Kimball (202) 418-0511 
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PANELISTS ANNOUNCED FOR JANUARY 19 WORKSHOP ON 
CONSUMERS, TRANSPARENCY, AND THE OPEN INTERNET
WASHINGTON, DC – The Federal Communications Commission will hold a staff 
workshop on consumers and transparency as part of the Commission’s Open Internet proceeding. 
This workshop will examine the impact of transparency and disclosures regarding broadband 
Internet service on consumer choice and user control of the online experience. These issues will 
be explored from the diverse perspectives of consumers, Internet service providers, content and 
application developers, policy analysts, and experts in Internet innovation and transparency.
WHAT: Consumers, Transparency, and the Open Internet 
WHEN: Tuesday, January 19, 1:30 p.m.
WHERE: FCC Headquarters, Commission Meeting Room
445 12th Street, S.W.
Washington, D.C.
ONLINE: www.openinternet.gov/workshops/
OPENING 
REMARKS: Jon Leibowitz, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission
Hon. Konrad W. von Finckenstein, Q.C., Chairman, Canadian Radio-
telephone and Telecommunications Commission
PANELISTS: Parul P. Desai, Media Access Project
Ron Dicklin, Root Wireless
Gerald R. Faulhaber, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Joel Kelsey, Consumers Union
Fernando LaGuarda, Time Warner Cable
Sascha Meinrath, New America Foundation
Jay Monahan, Vuze, Inc.
Nicholas Weaver, International Computer Science Institute (Netalyzer), 
University of California at Berkeley
David E. Young, Verizon
Joel Gurin, Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau, FCC (Moderator)
Julius Knapp, Office of Engineering & Technology, FCC (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.  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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