This Congress will be an important one for the Internet. Not just Net Neutrality, but also cybersecurity, infrastructure, free speech, privacy, blockchain, and AI are among the issues that our regulators will face. Tune into our webcast today for a preview! [image: livestream] <http://bit.ly/sotn2018live>On *Monday January 29 2018* the *Internet Education Foundation <http://neted.org/> *(IEF) will host the *2018 State of the Net Conference* <http://www.stateofthenet.org/sotn-18/> at the *Newseum* in *Washington DC*. As the *116th Congress <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/116th_United_States_Congress>* kicks off, attendees include some 300 congressional staff and other policymakers. Speakers include, from the Internet Society, Vice President of Global Policy Development *Sally Wentworth*. Other familiar names include *Larry Strickling*, *Jessica Rosenworcel*, *Dr. Jovan Kurbalija*, *Steve DelBianco* , *Shane Tews* and *Mike Masnick*. Congress will be represented by, from the House, Representative *Bob Goodlatte *and, from the Senate, Senator *Greg Walden*. The entire event will be webcast live on the *Internet Society Livestream Channel <http://bit.ly/sotn2018live>*. *What: 2018 State of the Net Conference <http://www.stateofthenet.org/sotn-18>Where: Newseum, Washington DCWhen: Monday January 29 2018 9am-5pm EST | 14:00-22:00 UTCAgenda: http://www.stateofthenet.org/sotn-18/agenda/ <http://www.stateofthenet.org/sotn-18/agenda/>Speakers: https://stateofthenet2018.sched.com/directory/speakers <https://stateofthenet2018.sched.com/directory/speakers>Webcast: http://bit.ly/sotn2018live <http://bit.ly/sotn2018live>Twitter: #sotn2018 <http://bit.ly/sotn2018>* Comment <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9874#respond> See all comments <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9874#comments> *Permalink* http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9874 -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -