The Carsey-Wolf Center's Media Industries Project is hosting at the University of California, Santa Barbara a conference, *Dirty Sexy Policy*, featuring conversations about media policy in the digital age. This *free* and open-to-the-public event will bring together scholars, journalists, attorneys, regulators, and activists to discuss the regulation of obscenity, indecency, and broadband infrastructure. The full schedule for the conference is below. *Dirty Sexy Policy* has been organized around a moderated question-and-answer format, and it will feature two incredible keynote speakers at the Pollock Theater on the University of California, Santa Barbara campus: former FCC Commissioner Nicholas Johnson on *Thursday, 2/20 at 5 p.m.*, and Des Freedman of Goldsmiths in London on *Friday, 2/21 at 9:30 a.m.* More information about all conference participants and a link to register to attend the free conference may be found on our website: http://www.carseywolf.ucsb.edu/mip/article/dsp. We hope you will be able to join us! Feel free to share with your students and anyone else who may be interested to attend. Sincerely, Constance Penley, Professor of Film and Media Studies and Co-Director of the Carsey-Wolf Center, UC Santa Barbara Jennifer Holt, Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies and Director of the Media Industries Project, UC Santa Barbara Karen Petruska, Project Lead of the Connected Viewing Initiative, UC Santa Barbara *Schedule of Events: * *Thursday, February 20* 5:00pm-6:30pm – Keynote Address by Nicholas Johnson, former FCC Commissioner *Friday, February 21* 9:30am-11am – Keynote Address by Des Freedman, author of *The Politics of Media Policy* and *Misunderstanding the Internet* 11:15am-12:45pm – Obscenity and Indecency Panelists: Peter Alilunas, University of Michigan Paul J. Cambria, Jr., Partner, Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria LLP Cynthia Chris, College of Staten Island, CUNY Jeffrey J. Douglas, Board Chairman, Free Speech Coalition Diane Duke, Executive Director, Free Speech Coalition 2:30pm-4:00pm – The Politics of Infrastructure Panelists: Harold Feld, Public Knowledge Zachary Katz, University of Southern California Danny Kimball, University of Wisconsin-Madison Becky Lentz, McGill University Victor Pickard, University of Pennsylvania Sharon Strover, University of Texas at Austin 4:15pm-5:45pm – Content and Conduits Panelists: Bill Kirkpatrick, Denison University Philip Napoli, Rutgers University Jaclyn Selby, University of Southern California Thomas Streeter, University of Vermont Jacob Sullum, Journalist Stephen Yagielowicz, * XBiz World* -- Karen Petruska, Ph.D. Project Lead, Connected Viewing Initiative Media Industries Project, Carsey-Wolf Center 4439 Social Sciences & Media Studies Bldg (SSMS) University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4020 Ph: 805-893-2631 [log in to unmask] http://www.carseywolf.ucsb.edu -- Karen Petruska, Ph.D. Project Lead, Connected Viewing Initiative Media Industries Project, Carsey-Wolf Center 4439 Social Sciences & Media Studies Bldg (SSMS) University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4020 Ph: 805-893-2631 [log in to unmask] http://www.carseywolf.ucsb.edu ---- Learn to speak like a film/TV professor! Listen to the ScreenLex podcast: http://www.screenlex.org