Austin, TX – The Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition) will host a series of “Issues and Trends” panels with leaders of the Internet industry during HostingCon next week in Austin, TX. The panels will focus on the necessity of maintaining a free and open Internet, the future of privacy for customers, the importance of Internet infrastructure organizations in the global economy and the ongoing battles with “patent trolls.”

WHAT: Issues and Trends Panels at HostingCon

WHEN: The Borderless Internet

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.

Money Stealing Trolls

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

10:00 a.m. -10:45 a.m.

The Internet in 2020: The Fight for Our Future

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

11:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m.

The Future of Customer Privacy

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

3:00 p.m. – 3:45 a.m.

Note: All times Central Daylight Time

WHERE: Austin Convention Center

Ballroom D

500 E Cesar Chavez St

Austin, TX 78701

WHO: “The Borderless Internet”

o David Snead, co-founder and Board Member, i2Coalition

o Alex de Joode, Senior Regulatory Counsel, LeaseWeb USA Inc.

o Marco Houwen, Founder and CEO, LuxCloud

o Todd Mitchell, VP, Strategic Planning, SoftLayer

o Ben Welch-Bolen, Co-Owner and CEO, World Wide Web Hosting LLC

“Money Stealing Trolls”

o Jeff Hunsaker, President U.S. Operations & Chief Services Officer,UK2 Group

o Julie Samuels, Staff Attorney and Mark Cuban Chair to Eliminate Stupid Patents for Electronic Frontier Foundation

o Russ Reeder, President and COO, Media Temple Inc.

o Alan Schoenbaum, Senior VP And General Counsel, Rackspace

o John Golden, Professor of Patent Law, Administrative Law, and Contract Law, University of Texas

“The Internet in 2020: The Fight for Our Future”

o Christian Dawson, Co-Founder and Board Chair of i2Coalition

o Michael Petricone, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs for Consumer Electronics Association

o Michael McGeary, Chief Political Strategist of Engine Advocacy

o Erik Martin, General Manager of Reddit

o Julie Samuels, Staff Attorney and Mark Cuban Chair to Eliminate Stupid Patents for Electronic Frontier Foundation

o Drew Curtis, Founder and Administrator of Fark

“The Future of Customer Privacy”

o David Snead, Co-Founder and Board Member, i2Coalition

o Ron Yokubaitis, Founder and Co-CEO, Data Foundry

o Katie McAuliffe, Federal Affairs Manager for Tax Reform and Executive Director, Digital Liberty

o Gregory Nojeim, Senior Counsel and Director of the Project on Freedom, Security and Technology, Center for Democracy and Technology

o Julian Sanchez, Research Fellow, Cato Institute in Washington, D.C.

o David Bryson, Executive VP and General Counsel, Endurance International Group (EIG)