Past Events and Presentations
April 29, 2009 - 6:15pm
Join ITIF & LSE in London to discuss findings from a report that estimates the impact on employment of additional investment in three important technologies: broadband Internet, intelligent transportation systems, and the smart grid.
April 29, 2009 - 12:00am
ITIF & LSE Enterprise estimate the impact on U.K. employment of additional investment in broadband Internet, intelligent transportation systems, and the smart grid.
April 23, 2009 - 12:00am
Listening to debates over IT policy, it would be easy for a casual observer to believe that the United States has only one goal for the digital economy: spurring broadband.
April 21, 2009 - 5:00pm
A debate on the Google Book Search settlement, its implications, and the broader issues of orphan works and digital libraries.
April 3, 2009 - 12:00am
Despite the promises of municipal fiber, the actual success rate of these community fiber projects has been lukewarm at best and, in many cases, a failure.
March 17, 2009 - 4:00pm
Please join ITIF and our distinguished panel to discuss how IT is shaping medical research and learn about current projects to harness massive amounts of computing power and data to tackle important health issues. In addition, this event will explore possible national strategies to advance these technologies for the benefit of all Americans.
March 16, 2009 - 12:00am
The Federal Reserve has reported that household net worth plunged $11.2 trillion in 2008. In this "Atlantic" article, Rob Atkinson argues that American wealth did not decline.
March 16, 2009 - 12:00am
An article in the "Journal of Telecommunications and High Technology Law" unravels the broadband competition debate from both the perspective of an engineer and an economist and then evaluates four main policy options towards broadband competition.
March 5, 2009 - 1:30pm
ITIF release a report on the need for next-generation broadband in the United States.
March 5, 2009 - 1:00am
Supporting the deployment of faster broadband networks will be crucial to enabling next-generation Web-based applications and services that will play important roles in improving quality of life and boosting economic growth.