Agenda for the IETF 75 Technical plenary
THURSDAY, July 30, 20009. 17:00-19:30

[16:30-17:00]
+ Welcome

+ IRTF Chair's report
  Aaron Falk

+ IAB Chair's report
  Olaf Kolkman

[17:00-19:10]
 + Network Neutrality; placing the debate in IETF context
   - Introduction
     IAB - (5 min)

   - Overview of the network neutrality debate
     Barbara van Schewick - (45 min)

   - Implications for protocol design
     Mark Handley - (40 min)

   - Moderated discussion
     All - (40 min)
  
  See more detail below

[19:10-19:30]
+ Open microphone session




Network Neutrality; placing the debate in IETF context

Over the last few years, the network neutrality debate has raised
significant amount of interest among the different Internet stakeholders.
Regulators all over the world are considering whether to introduce network
neutrality regulation in their countries. Their decisions may have
far-reaching implications for security, quality of service, or business
models, among others. At the same time, what started as a debate over
whether network providers should be allowed to block unaffiliated
applications and content on their networks has evolved into a number of
sub-debates that are difficult to follow.

The technical plenary is devoted to present the network neutrality debate
and its implications to the IETF community. It will start with an
introduction to the debate and will continue with an analysis of the
implications of such debate for the design of Internet protocols.

It is not the intention of the organizers to have (yet another)
instance of the NN debate, instead we want to investigate how the
design of Internet Protocols is influenced by or can influence the
debate. Therefore Barbara van Schewick,  a specialist in how regulatory
aspects influence communication networks, will first introduce an
overview of the various aspects of the debate. Thereafter Mark Handley,
a  well known Internet Architect researcher,  will share his thoughts
on how the Network Neutrality tussle impacts protocol design.

The two presentations will be followed by a discussion where we
would like to ask the participants to focus on the technical aspects
and considerations, and to keep away from stating their NN opinion.