Panel Discussion: "Liberating Digital Type from the Metal Rectangle"

This panel discussion will address methodologies of spacing and kerning, asking the question whether we could do better if we shed the inheritance of movable type. In a digital world, where anything goes, are the concepts of "sidebearings" and "kerning" really the best we've got? How can we learn from non-Latin type? Can spacing workflows be improved? Can font formats be better at storing spacing info?