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Past Events

Feb 4, 2014 @ 12:30 PM

2014 High-Level Conferences on ICT and the Internet: What Do They Mean for the Internet As We Know It?

with Veni Markovski, Internet pioneer, co-founder of bol.bg, and current ICANN vice-president for Russia, CIS, and Eastern Europe

February 4, 2014 at 12:30pm ET Berkman Center for Internet & Society, 23 Everett St., Second Floor Co-Sponsored by the Center for Civic Media In October, President of…

Feb 3, 2014 @ 5:00 PM

Defending an Unowned Internet

Opportunities for Technology, Policy, and Corporations

In the wake of the disclosures about government surveillance and the rise of corporate-run applications and protocols, is the idea of an "unowned" Internet still a credible one?…

Jan 29, 2014 @ 6:00 PM

Cyberscholar Working Group at Yale

This month's presentations include: (1) Balancing Remedies with Notice in the Enforcement of Copyright Licenses; (2) Traditional Knowledge, Genetic Resources and Intellectual…

Jan 28, 2014 @ 12:30 PM

Robotic Surveillance: Authorship or Intrusion?

with Margot Kaminski, Executive Director, Information Society Project, Yale Law School

Margot will speak about her continuing research on robotic surveillance in light of its pending increase and the implications for U.S. privacy law.

Jan 21, 2014 @ 12:30 PM

Internet Skills and Wikipedia's Gender Inequality

with Eszter Hargittai and Aaron Shaw, Northwestern University

Eszter and Aaron will speak about their research on the normal, daily use of the web as well as organization and mobilization within web communities.

Jan 21, 2014 @ 6:00 PM

The First Year of HarvardX: Research Findings to Inform the Future of Online Learning

with Berkman Fellow Justin Reich and more

Based upon data from 400,000 registrants, the researchers will explore the influence of diverse teaching approaches and instructional platforms, highlight the various learning…

Jan 14, 2014 @ 12:30 PM

Government as impresario: Emergent public goods and public private partnerships 2.0

with Nicholas Gruen, policy economist, entrepreneur and commentator

Today emergent public goods, like Twitter, Facebook and Wikipedia, burgeon on the internet ushering in a new age. But there must exist a panoply of public goods which could be…

Dec 12, 2013 @ 6:00 PM

Cyberscholars Working Group

at MIT

The Cyberscholar Working Group is a forum for fellows and affiliates of MIT, Yale Law School Information Society Project, Columbia University, and the Berkman Center for Internet …

Dec 10, 2013 @ 12:30 PM

Re-Thinking Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Models for the Poor

Sara Boettiger, Global Access in Action Project

IPR drives innovation. But not for the poor. 300 malnourished children die every hour. 80% of Africa farms with a hand-hoe. We can do better.

Dec 3, 2013 @ 12:30 PM

Cooperation in a Peer Production Economy: Experimental Evidence from Wikipedia

Jerome Hergueux, Berkman Center Fellow

From Wikipedia to Open Source Software, Peer Production – a large-scale collaborative model of production primarily based on voluntary contributions – is emerging as an…

Nov 20, 2013 @ 7:00 PM

When to Blow the Whistle? A discussion on the role of whistleblowers in society

Hosted by the Allston Ed Portal, Charlie Nesson, and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society

Snowden, Manning, Assange, Ellsberg — the whistleblower — When is that you? When in your life might you be tempted to blow the whistle?

Nov 19, 2013 @ 12:30 PM

Science fiction or reality? A discussion of near-term ethical, legal, and societal issues in robotics

with Kate Darling, Berkman Center Fellow

Science fiction or reality? A discussion of near-term ethical, legal, and societal issues in robotics.

Nov 5, 2013 @ 12:30 PM

The Fight for the Future: How People Defeated Hollywood and Saved the Internet--For Now

Edward Lee, Professor of Law & Director of the Program in Intellectual Property Law at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law

How did people defeat Hollywood to save the Internet? Prof. Ed Lee tells the behind-the-scenes story of the popular protests against SOPA and ACTA.

Oct 29, 2013 @ 12:30 PM

The Innovation Intermission

with Cheryl Contee, CEO of Fission Strategy and Co-Founder at Attentive.ly

Do the leading consumers of net-enabled tech resemble the creators? As hardware prices go down, devices get smaller and internet access widens, is a new wave of internet…

Oct 24, 2013 @ 6:00 PM

Cyberscholars Working Group

Presenters will include: Samuel M. Kleiner, Yale Law Schol, Information Society Project

Oct 22, 2013 @ 12:30 PM

The New Nollywood

Aimee Corrigan, Nollywood Workshops/Berkman Center & Colin Maclay, Berkman Center

As Nigeria’s most popular entertainment platform, Nollywood is positioned as an extraordinary vehicle for engaging content. Nollywood filmmakers are confronting their society’s…

Oct 21, 2013 @ 12:00 PM

Promoting Access to Federally Funded Research

Open Access Week 2013 Event

Open Access Week 2013: Promoting Access to Federally Funded Research

Oct 15, 2013 @ 12:30 PM

Getting from No to Go: Social Media-Fueled Protest Style From Arab Spring to Gezi Protests in Turkey

Zeynep Tufekci, assistant professor at the University of North Carolina and faculty associate at Berkman Center for Internet & Society

Last few years witnessed a wave of protests around the world. Now that we have a number of case studies, what are the lessons we can draw? How does social media impact the…

Oct 8, 2013 @ 12:30 PM

The Electronic Silk Road: How the Web Binds the World

Anupam Chander, Director of the California International Law Center and professor of law at the University of California, Davis

Cyber-law expert Anupam Chander provides the first thorough discussion of the law that relates to global Internet commerce. This event will be webcast live at 12:30pm ET.

Oct 7, 2013 @ 6:00 PM

A Global Research Agenda for Children’s Rights in the Digital Age

Worldwide, children’s digital access and literacy is growing apace. Yet many of the creative, informative, interactive and participatory features of the digital environment remain…