COPA COMMISSION HEARING AND MEETING SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 3-4, 2000 IN SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY, SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA

WHO: The Commission on Child Online Protection (COPA)
Commissioners:

• Donald Telage, Network Solutions Inc. - Commission Chairman
• Stephen Balkam, Internet Content Rating Association
• John Bastian, Security Software Systems
• Jerry Berman, Center for Democracy & Technology
• Robert C. Cotner, Evesta.com
• Arthur H. DeRosier, Jr., Rocky Mountain College
• J. Robert Flores, National Law Center for Children and Families
• Albert F. Ganier III, Education Networks of America
• Michael E. Horowitz, Department of Justice
• Donna Rice Hughes, Author, Kids Online/Founder, Protectkids.com
• C. Lee Peeler, Federal Trade Commission
• William M. Parker, Crosswalk.com
• Gregory L. Rohde, Department of Commerce/NTIA
• C. James Schmidt, San Jose State University
• William L. Schrader, PSINet
• Larry Shapiro, Walt Disney Internet Group
• Srinija Srinivasan, Yahoo! Inc.
• Karen Talbert, Nortel Networks
• George Vradenburg III, America Online, Inc.

WHAT: COPA COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING AND MEETING

WHEN: THURSDAY, AUGUST 3

9:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.: Hearing on ParentsŐ Attitudes Toward the Internet, Other Existing Technologies, Acceptable Use Policies, Awareness Programs, and Anti-Filtering Efforts
1:45 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.: Hearing on the Marketing of Sexually Explicit Material and Globalization

FRIDAY, AUGUST 4

9:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.: Hearing on New Technology and the Future
Noon to 3:00 p.m.: COPA Commission Meeting

WHERE: SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY

Student Union Building
Loma Prieta Room, 3rd Floor
One Washington Square
San Jose, California
Phone: 408-924-6300
Directions

CONTACT:

Kristin Litterst or Jennifer Moire, Dittus Communications
202-298-9055 or kristinl@dittus.com; jenniferm@dittus.com

The COPA Commission, a congressionally appointed panel, was mandated by the Child Online Protection Act, which was approved by Congress in October 1998. The primary purpose of the Commission is to "identify technological or other methods that will help reduce access by minors to material that is harmful to minors on the Internet." The CommissionŐs report is due to Congress at the end of October.