In the spirit of the symposium's theme, this year's event—our eighth—connected 300 people, all of whom came to understand just where this brave new world (or rabbit hole) of the Internet is taking us. Remarks from panelists, including such Information Sages as Eli Pariser, Virginia Heffernan, and Evgeny Morozov (among many other standouts), addressed the panel topics with great insight and energy. We also heard from the Twitterati, counting more than 100 tweets during the day from attendees and people fascinated from afar. Video is coming shortly of the event so you can relive the magic, and be sure to stay tuned for next year's exciting program!
Thanks to our media sponsor:   and to the Wall of Tweets for our Wall of Tweets

The schedule for the day looked like this with each session 75 minutes long which included 25 minutes for Q&A:

12:30pm
Introductions

12:45-2:00pm
Session 1:  The Political Impact of the Internet
Panelists: 
Mike Klein, co-founder, Chairman and CEO of the Sunlight Foundation;
Evgeny Morozov, Stanford University, author of The Net Delusion, The Dark Side of Internet Freedom;
Eli Pariser, former Executive Director MoveOn.org and author of The Filter Bubble: What the Internet is Hiding from You;
Charles SteelFisher, co-founder and President of Alipes

Moderator: Callie Crossley, host of WGBH's The Callie Crossley Show.

2:15-3:30pm
Session 2:  The Social Impact of the Internet
Panelists: 
Kate Crawford, writer, composer and academic based in Sydney, Australia, and author of Adult Themes
Virginia Heffernan, New York Times Internet columnist and author of Magic and Loss: The Pleasures of the Internet (forthcoming)
Siva Vaidhyanathan, UVA cultural historian and author of The Googlization of Everything (and Why We Should Worry)

Moderator: Cullen Murphy, Editor at Large, Vanity Fair

3:15-5:00pm
Session 3: The Cultural Impact of the Internet
Panelists:
Hiawatha Bray, technology writer for the Boston Globe
Jonathan Zittrain, Harvard Law Professor
Chris Csikszentmihályi, Director of the Center for Future Civic Media at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Moderator:  Charles Kravetz, General Manager, WBUR-FM.