This has just started. The addition of Dr Ndemo to the panel provides an interesting twist. Harold Feld has become somewhat of an ITU apologist of late so he can be expected to be holding down the contrarian viewpoint.   


joly posted: "Vint Cerf has just completed a trip to India where he spoke at several events, including one with the Internet Society Chennai Chapter. While in New Delhi he was interviewed at length on the NDTV India: Video is below. No captions. View at NDTV "


Today, Tuesday February 5 2013 at 10.30 am the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Subcommittee on Communications and Technology will hold a post-WCIT public hearing – Fighting for Internet Freedom: Dubai and Beyond ,Witnesses include the Internet Society’s own Sally Wentworth, Dr. Ndemo from Kenya, and Harold Feld from Public Knowledge. The hearing will be webcast live. Live captions may not be available.

WhatFighting for Internet Freedom: Dubai and Beyond
When: Tuesday February 5 2013 at 10.30am EST | 1530 UTC
Where: 2125 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515
Webcasthttp://www.ustream.tv/channel/8418471
Memohttp://docs.house.gov/meetings/IF/IF16/20130205/100221/HHRG-113-IF16-20130205-SD002.pdf
Twitter#SubCommTech


Witnesses:
Commissioner Robert McDowell, Federal Communications Commission,
Witness Testimony (Truth in Testimony and CV)
Ambassador David A. Gross, Former U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy, U.S. Department of State
Witness Testimony (Truth in Testimony and CV)
Ms. Sally Shipman Wentworth, Senior Manager, Public Policy, Internet Society
Witness Testimony (Truth in Testimony and CV)
Mr. Harold Feld, Senior Vice President, Public Knowledge
Witness Testimony (Truth in Testimony and CV)
Dr. Bitange Ndemo, Permanent Secretary in the Kenyan Ministry of Information and Communications; and a Director of the Communications Commission of Kenya.
Witness Testimony (Truth in Testimony and CV)

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