The 2007 EDUCAUSE Policy Conference

Privacy. Cybersecurity. Telecommunications Reform. These and other national policy issues that have an impact on higher education will be the focus of Policy 2007, an event that brings together CIOs, IT directors, legal counsel, librarians, federal relations officers, and other college and university leaders for discussion of important new federal laws, legislative and regulatory developments, and emerging trends.

Session Titles

• Year in Review
• Mapping the Fault Lines in Telecomm, Media, and Tech Lobbying
• Net Neutrality in Practice: What Would It Look Like?
• Alternative Solutions to Achieving Ubiquitous Broadband
• Free Speech and Censorship in Cyberspace: Evolution or Revolution?
• Higher Education and Patent Reform: Pulled in Two Directions
• Digital Entertainment on Campus: Old Lawsuits and New Business Models
• Identity Crisis: How Identification Is Overused and Misunderstood
• Security Breaches and Identity Theft
• The Internet as a Law Enforcement Tool: What’s at Stake for Colleges and Universities?
• Why Higher Education Advocacy Matters on IT Policy

Featured Speakers

Jim Harper

Director of Information Policy Studies
CATO Institute

Drew Clark

Senior Fellow and Project Manager
Center for Public Integrity

James X. Dempsey

Policy Director
Center for Democracy and Technology

Event Cosponsors

• American Association of Community Colleges
• American Association of State Colleges and Universities
• American Council on Education
• American Library Association
• Association for Communications Technology Professionals in Higher Education
• Association of American Universities
• Association of Research Libraries

• Coalition for Academic Scientific Computation
• Coalition for Networked Information
• Computing Research Association
• Internet2
• National Association of College and University Attorneys
• National Association of College and University Business Officers
• National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges