The Internet and International Systems:
Information Technology and American Foreign Policy Decisionmaking
December 10 - San Francisco, CA

AGENDA 830-900 Registration 900-915 Welcome and Introduction to the Issues Opening Remarks and Introduction - Jane Wales, World Affairs Council Introduction and Overview - Jason Hunter, Nautilus Institute 915-1045 The Internet and International Systems Chair: Peter Hayes, Nautilus Institute Presentations 915-945 (10 min/each) Ronald Deibert, University of Toronto Anthony Judge, Union of International Associations Saskia Sassen, University of Chicago Respondents 945-1000 Jane Wales, World Affairs Council William Drake, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Panel Discussion 1000-1030 Audience Questions 1030-1045 1045-1100 Break 1100-1200 Information Technology and Organizational Form Chair: Peter Hayes, Nautilus Institute Presentations 1100-1130 (10 min/each) Steven Weber, UC Berkeley Shalom Flank, Global Works Thomas Graham, Second Chance Foundation Respondent 1130- 1145 Eileen Vergino, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Panel Discussion 1145-1215 Audience Questions 1215-1230 1230-130 Lunch 130-300 NGOs in the Information Age Chair: Jane Wales, World Affairs Council Presentations 130-200 (10 min/each) Ken Rutherford, Georgetown University Peter Hayes, Nautilus Institute Dorothy Denning, Georgetown University Respondents 200-215 Joel Wit, Brookings Institution Leon Sigal (Via Video-teleconference), Columbia University/SSRC Mindy Kotler, Japan Information Access Project Panel Discussion 215-245 Audience Questions 245-300 300-315 Break 315-500 Discussion: where do we go from here? Chair: Lyuba Zarsky, Nautilus Institute Introduction to Information Axioms - Jason Hunter, Nautilus Institute Panel Discussion 330-500 Synthesis, panelists' final thoughts, areas of future study.