Reminder: The Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee will hold its State of the Net Conference on Wednesday, Jan. 31, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill, 400 New Jersey Avenue, NW. Register here.

The Conference will be followed by the 10th Annual Kickoff Reception & Technology Exhibition, from 5-7 p.m. in Hart SOB Room 902. This one is free -- RSVP here.

Here is the Conference Agenda. In the spirit of PFF chauvinism. pay particular attention to the panels on User-Generated Content and Child Safety:

AGENDA: STATE OF THE NET CONFERENCE

8:00 am Registration, Continental Breakfast, and Technology Exhibits

8:30 am Welcome & Conference Keynote

9:20 am General Session: Telecom Policy Issues

Global Broadband Rankings: Is the US Falling Behind or Positioned to Leap Forward?
- Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein, Federal Communications Commission
- George Ford, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
- Mark Lloyd, Center for American Progress
- Taylor Reynolds, OECD

10:30 am General Session: Intellectual Property and Innovation

User-Generated Content - Can Copyright Tolerate Mixing & Mashing?
- Jim DeLong, Progress & Freedom Foundation
- Rob Pegoraro, The Washington Post (moderator)
- Pam Samuelson, Berkeley Center for Law & Technology
- Steven Starr, Revver.com

11:30 am Breakout Sessions

Digital Music Licensing: Is Anyone Really Happy?
- David Israelite, National Music Publishers' Association
- Steve Marks, Recording Industry Association of America
- Walter McDonough, Future of Music Coalition
- Michael Petricone, Consumer Electronics Association
- Jonathan Potter, Digital Media Association

Child Safety on Web 2.0: Who Should Protect Our Kids?
- Anne Collier, BlogSafety.com
- Chuck Cosson, Microsoft
- Mark MacCarthy, Visa
- Margaret Moran, Member, UK Parliament
- Adam Thierer, Progress & Freedom Foundation

Net Neutrality Discussion
- David Farber, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
- David Reed
- Timothy Wu, Colombia University Law School
- Christopher Yoo, Technology & Entertainment Law Program, Vanderbilt University

12:30 pm Luncheon Discussion, featuring Bruce Chizen, CEO, Adobe Systems Inc. and Congressman Bob GOodlatte, Congressional Internet Caucus Co-Chair

1:30 pm General Session: Trust, Privacy, and Security

Anatomy of a Cyber-Crime: Challenges & Solutions
- Scott Charney, Microsoft
- Lord Toby Harris, Member, UK Parliament
- Christopher Painter, Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section, U.S. Department of Justice
- Ari Schwartz, Center for Democracy & Technology (moderator)
- Chris Young, RSA, a division of EMC

How has technology and the Internet changed the way we connect, contribute, and communicate?
- Bradley Horowitz, Yahoo!
- Marilyn O'Connell, Verizon
- former Congressman Rick White, Wood Bay Group and Co-Founder, Congressional Internet Caucus (moderator)

2:30 pm Breakout Sessions

Marketing Privacy: How is the Marketplace for Privacy Working?
- Jerry Cerasale, Direct Marketing Association
- Philip Dunne, Member, UK Parliament
- Chris Hoofnagle, Samuelson Law, Technology and Public Policy Clinic at University of California, Berkeley
- Fran Maier, TRUSTe
- Ira Rubinstein, Microsoft

Patents: A Look Ahead to the Future
- Deputy Director Stephen Pinkos, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Can Green Energy Save the Internet?
- Andrew Fanara, Environmental Protection Agency
- Dick Sullivan, VMWare
- Larry Vertal, AMD

3:30 pm Closing General Session: International Policy Perspectives

Borders and Internet Governance: Challenges for Businesses Operating Abroad
- Steve DelBianco, Association for Competitive Technology
- Tom Galvin, 463 Communications (moderator)
- Ambassador David Gross, U.S. State Department
- Leslie Harris, Center for Democracy & Technology
- Andrew McLaughlin, Google
- Rt. Hon. Alun Michael, Member, UK Parliament

5:00 pm Tenth Annual Internet Caucus Kickoff Technology Fair (Free Admission)
Location: Hart Senate Office Building, Room 902