Meltdown Underway?

The eye-catching conference title, Preventing the Internet Meltdown, has drawn a number of experts and early Internet pioneers to Los Angeles this week to discuss the thorny and elusive problem of Internet governance. Panelists have offered conflicting views on what "Internet governance" means, but they agreed on the central point that looming regulations pose threats to the Internet as we know it. How to chart the way to a better future? Discussion for the first two days will focus on specific problems like VOIP, intellectual property, and spam. Conference organizers have promised that Wednesday morning, the final day of the conference, will be the day of solutions. Stay tuned for answers.