The FCC Hearing on Broadband Network Management took place on Thursday, April 17, 2008, at Stanford University. This will be the FCC's second public hearing on broadband network management and follows a February 25, 2008 hearing at Harvard University, where cable industry giant and Internet Service Provider Comcast allegedly paid shills to arrive early and save seats for Comcast employees and supporters. More information about this hearing can be found on Stanford's Center for Internet and Society Website.

Opening Remarks: Commissioners of the FCC
Kevin J. Martin, Chairman; Michael J. Copps; Jonathan S. Adelstein; Deborah Taylor Tate; Robert M. McDowell

Introduction: Professor Lawrence Lessig, Stanford Law School
Founder of the Center for Internet and Society, Creative Commons and a board member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and of the Software Freedom Law Center.

Network Management and Consumer Expectations Panel, Part 1
Rick Carnes, president, Songwriters Guild of America; Michele Combs, Christian Coalition of America; George Ou, independent consultant and former network engineer; Jon Peha, associate director of the Center for Wireless and Broadband Networking; professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and the Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University; Jean Prewitt, president and chief executive officer, Independent Film & Television Alliance;

Network Management and Consumer Expectations Panel, Part 2; FCC Commissioners Question the Panel
Jean Prewitt (continued); James P. Steyer, chief executive officer and founder, Common Sense Media; Robb Topolski, Software Quality Engineer

FCC Commissioners Question the Network Management and Consumer Expectations Panel, Continued

Consumer Access to Emerging Internet Technologies and Applications Panel
Jason Devitt, chief executive officer, SkyDeck; Harold Feld, senior vice president, Media Access Project; George S. Ford, chief economist Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies; Brett Glass, chief executive officer, Lariat.net; Blake Krikorian, chief executive officer, Sling Media; Jon Peterson, co-director, Real-Time Applications and Infrastructure (RAI), Internet Engineering Task Force; Gregory L. Rosston, deputy director, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research; Ben Scott, policy director, Free Press

FCC Commissioners Question the Consumer Access to Emerging Internet Technologies and Applications Panel