Date: December 8, 2025
Time: 2 pm -4:45 pm ET
It has been 42 years since the launch of the commercial internet via the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET). Since then, the web has transformed all aspects of society and ushered in a true digital revolution, radically changing critical sectors such as health care, education, the labor market, transportation, and commerce. New and emerging technologies have been developed, leading to even greater computing power and device interoperability. As artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies become more prominent, the internet will enter the next phase of digital transformation, prompting questions about how future networks are configured and made available to online consumers, government, and businesses. With connectivity demands poised to shift dramatically, the time is now to discuss how the internet will evolve as AI becomes more ubiquitous, and whether it will see the complementary growth and investment needed to keep pace in a rapidly changing digital economy. Questions around equity will also become more prominent as AI accelerates and takes on greater role in decision making for individuals and communities.
On December 8, the Center for Technology Innovation (CTI) at Brookings will host a discussion on how we can apply the lessons of constructing and regulating the internet to the age of AI. CTI Director and Senior Fellow Nicol Turner Lee will be joined by tech experts, including Vint Cerf, vice president and chief internet evangelist for Google.
This event will be open to attend in person or watch online. Online viewers can submit questions via e-mail to events@brookings.edu.
Panel 2: Internet policy and AI governance: connections and convergences
Time: 3:35 – 4:30 pm ET
Speakers:
Miranda Bogen, Founding Director of the AI Governance Lab at the Center for Democracy and Technology
Alex Engler, Executive Director, Penn Center on Media, Technology, and Democracy
Soribel Feliz, Founder and CEO, Personal Algorithms, LLC
Narda Jones, Senior Fellow, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies & Founder, Acacia Hill Strategies
Moderator: Darrell M. West, Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, Center for Technology Innovation (CTI), Center for Effective Public Management (CEPM),