On March 19, the Free State Foundation held its Seventh Annual Telecom Policy Conference at the National Press Club. The theme of the conference was "The Future of the Internet: Free Market Innovation or Government Control?" Below are the two final panel sessions that followed Opening Keynoter Rep. Greg Walden, Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

FTC Commissioner Maureen Ohlhausen; Rick Boucher, Honorary Chair of the Internet Innovation Alliance, and former Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Communications and the Internet; and Deborah Taylor Tate, a Distinguished Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Free State Foundation, and former FCC Commissioner, participated in a panel moderated by FSF President Randolph May. They discussed their reactions to Rep. Walden's keynote address and FCC Commissioners Ajit Pai's and Michael O'Rielly's remarks, as well as various aspects of the FCC's net neutrality order and potential congressional reactions. [FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn was scheduled to deliver Closing Remarks but was unable to appear because the hearing at which she was testifying continued longer than anticipated.] 

A video of the panel discussion with Maureen Ohlhausen, Rick Boucher, and Deborah Taylor Tate is immediately below.   

Panelists Rick Boucher, Maureen Ohlhausen, and Deborah Taylor Tate at the Free State Foundation's Seventh Annual Telecom Policy Conference

Moderated by Seth Cooper, Senior Fellow, Free State Foundation, the final panel conducted a wide-ranging discussion of the FCC's net neutrality order, video services and wireless regulation, Communications Act rewrite prospects, and other topics. The panelists were: James Assey, Executive Vice President, National Cable & Telecommunications Association; Jeffrey Campbell, Vice President, The Americas, Global Government Affairs, Cisco; Jot Carpenter, Vice President, Government Affairs, CTIA; Peter Davidson, Senior Vice President - Federal Government Relations, Verizon; and Gene Kimmelman, President and CEO, Public Knowledge.

A video of the final panel is immediately below.  

Panelists James Assey, Jeffrey Campbell, Jot Carpenter, Peter Davidson, and Gene Kimmelman at the Free State Foundation's Seventh Annual Telecom Policy Conference