The Internet Society's New York Chapter (ISOC-NY) is delighted to present Milton Mueller’s first full exposition of his new  book Networks and States: The Global Politics of Internet Governance at NYU on Tuesday December 14 2010.  Prof. Mueller is a co-founder of ICANN’s NonCommercial User’s Constituency and a renowned cyberlibertarian. His 2002 book Ruling the Roothas long been the definitive work on governance.  We are excited to hear details of what, in his mind,  has changed in the last 8 years.  This event is open to the public and will be webcast live. What: Networks and States: The Global Politics of Internet Governance When: Tuesday December 14 2010 : 7-9pm Where: Rm 317, Warren Weaver Hall NYU, 251 Mercer St NYC (& W. 4 St) Who: Public welcome.  No RSVP needed.  Photo ID required. Webcast: http://www.livestream.com/isocny Hashtag: #isocny Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=175907139093951 URL: http://www.isoc-ny.org/p2/?p=1592 Book: http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=12265 Milton Mueller is a professor at the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University, where he teaches courses on information and communication policy and telecommunication management.He is also XS4All Professor at Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands His research focuses on property rights, institutions and global governance in communication and information industries. Currently, he is doing research on the legal and regulatory responsibilities of Internet service providers, Internet Protocol addressing policy, the policy implications of Deep Packet Inspection technology and the security governance practices of network operators. Mueller was one of the founders of the Internet Governance Project, an alliance of scholars in action around global Internet policy issues. As co-founder of the Noncommercial Users Constituency, he has played a leading role in organizing and mobilizing public interest groups in ICANN. Mueller is on the Advisory Council of Public Interest Registry (.org). -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie  218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast   Secretary - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org ---------------------------------------------------------------