, ruff, ruff. and runs away. the mother bows looked down and says, let that be a lesson to you. never underestimate the power of the second language. [laughter] [applause] so as we begin to estimate some of these powers, what i would like you to do, for me, think about one part of the theme that we are exploring today, the good life. i would like you to take a moment and reflect on what would be a good life. what are the critical elements for you, of a good life? this is a question of philosophers have explored over the ages. time after time, this is what we like to explore with people facing disabilities and life challenges. i am curious, when you thought about what would be critical for a good life, how many of you listed family and friends? how about making a contribution or participating? being engaged? how about good health and having choices? all of these are core elements. you know how most of our efforts are focused? yes, this is it. this is how we have a whole industry thinking about futur

in the meantime, just while the mike's coming over, i know jackie ruff, when she spoke initially, talked about the fact that the regulations could possibly affect, if they -- certain things were adopted affect the commercial success of the internet and all of the enterprise that takes place and obviously that's an important part of the internet as well. i talked about about some of the social and free speech aspects. jackie, i thought if you could, briefly just elaborate if you have in mind particular concerns. and how they might dampen or impact the internet as it's used, promote economic prosperity, i guess is the best way to put it. >> sure. a number of those points were mentioned by different speakers so i think it's everything from at the beginning, i sometimes talk about it as book ends. at one end you have what's the definition what if these regulations cover. if they cover processing of data, then that automatically means they cover the internet. at the other end you have what's the enforcement mechanism for rules. there are proposals to be intergovernmental dispute resolution me

so i'm going to turn to jackie ruff first. you got four minutes. >> grease. thanks to everybody for being here today because i think that this is an illustration of the fact that this topic is very important in many different ways here. and i want to comment of course our first two speakers for their leadership, commissioner mcdowellon dirk but critical ways. soap three points, which i'll try to do quickly. why is verizon engaged, what's at dick set the stage with the notion of the public-private collaboration. verizon is a part of that. clearly the itu is one of those but as far as the ent net governance formium and other multi-take holder organizations, why do we do that? three main reasons -- our customers everywhere, u.s. and elsewhere, are all communicates v via -- secondly we carry a lot of this traffic on our networks and of course satellite capacity and we often speak of those as the digital trade routes of the 21st century. and of course they're also the channels for freedom of expression as was commented on earlier today. and, third, we provide glob

next, is jacquelynn ruff. jacqui is vice president for regulatory affair, at verizon. in that capacity jacqui leads the group responsible foreadvocations and guidance and she directs verizon's activities and international forums including venues such as the itu, the oecd, apec and the -- excuse me. the internet governance conference. so welcome, jacqui. next up is my friend gigi sohn. gigi is president of public knowledge. she's also co-founder of public knowledge, which sb a nonprofit organization that addresses the public stake in the convergence of communications policy at intellectual property law prior to join iing valdy, public knowledge gigi was with the ford foundation and prior to the ford foundation, gigi served as executive director of the plead access project. welcome, gigi. and then last but of course, not least, as we say, and in this case that's certainly true, we have richard s.whitt. rick is director and managing counsel for public policy at google. and he is responsible for overseeing all of google's strategic thinking in the d.c. office with a focus

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book tv, michael long presents a collection of over 150 letters from civil rights leader bay area ruff ton. it as provider to martin luther king, jr. and an openly gay man. it covers over 40 years of the life and response the likes of roy will cibs, martin luther king, jr. it's about an hour and twenty minutes. i as a rights activist is excited to be talking about -- he was really the in some ways sole voice in the civil rights movement who saw the linkages and there's a very sad story of the split between civil rights and human rights in the united states, that actually we're going to be looking at on march 30th. a whole another discussion, but it's one of the thins that's very inspiring in his story is that he saw so clearly that dignity and injustice, again, african-americans was connected to the discriminatings and the struggles against so many voices, and so, i was wondering for you could start off by talking a little bit about what brought you to his story. tell us for about him and what makes him so exciting as a figure. >> sure. let me say it's great to be with you, and especia

but in the meantime, while the mic is coming over, i know jacquelynn ruff, when she spoke initially, talk about the fact that regulations could possibly affect, if certain things were adopted with commercial success of the internet, all the enterprise that takes place and obviously that is an important part of the internet as well. i've talked about some of the social and free speech aspects. but jackie, if you could just coming out, briefly elaborate if you have in mind, you know, a particular concern and how they might dampen or in the, you know, the internet has issues to promote economic prosperity i guess is the best way to put it. >> a number of those points were mentioned by different speakers, so it is everything from at the beginning i sometimes talk about it is a dance. so at one end you have what is the definition of what is the speculation cover. it's a cover processing of data, that automatically means they cover the internet. at the other end you have what enforcement mechanisms for rules and there are proposals for there to be intergovernmental dispute resolution mecha

next up is jacquelynn ruff. vice president for international public policy and regulatory affairs at verizon. in that capacity jackie leads the group it is a responsible for global public policy development, advocacy and guidance, and she directs verizon's activities in international forums including the itu, the oecd, apec and the international -- excuse me, the internet governance conference. internet governance forum. so welcome, jackie. next up is my friend gigi sohn. gigi is president of public knowledge. she's also co-founder of public knowledge which is a nonprofit organization that addresses the public stake in the convergence of communications policy and intellectual property be law. prior to joining, founding public knowledge, gigi was with the ford foundation, and prior to the ford foundation gigi served as executive director of the media access project. so welcome, gigi. and then last but, of course, not least as we say in this case, that's certainly true, we have richard s. whitt. rick is director a