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Pillar Themes of iLaw
Open Systems/Access · Online Liberty and FOE
The Changing Internet: Cybersecurity · Intellectual Property
Digital Humanities · Cooperation · Privacy
Cross-sectional Themes of iLaw
The History of the Internet
The Global Internet · Interoperability
The Study of the Internet: New Methods for New Technologies
The Future of the Internet
Case Studies
Digital Libraries, Archives, and Rights Registries
Exploring the Arab Spring · Minds for Sale
User Innovation · Mutual Aid
Misc
Program Schedule · Program Logistics
Evening Events · Student Projects · Participation
Old iLaw Videos · Mid-Point Check-in

Program Overview

Since the last iLaw conference was held nearly five years ago, the debates at the intersection of technology, law, and policy have continued to evolve. The introduction of new technologies – and new uses of old technologies – raise a broad range of problems to explore. To name a few examples, the intervening years have seen the growth of social networking tools; Facebook has gained more than 750 million users worldwide and has found itself at the center of privacy debates. Information technologies have played an unprecedented role in recent protests in the Middle East and North Africa, at times in tension with US foreign policy and export controls. In the US, government regulators and major ISPs continue to struggle with finding the right balance points for network governance and regulatory authority.

Growing Internet usage trends, disruptive technologies, increased efforts by governments and private entities to control the online space continue to reshape the cyber landscape. These issues, alongside the actors who provide the technologies and the users who engage with them, are at the center of many global policy debates. iLaw 2011 will be a unique opportunity to reexamine these areas of inquiry and core questions while engaging with the new and emerging issues and thorny debates that are constantly reshaping the field.

The 2011 iLaw Program is designed to take participants through the evolution of information technologies and the Internet, including their past, present, and future. Each module will provide a bridge to the past, beginning with a brief sketch of how a particular issue has evolved over the course of recent decades, both from an intellectual history perspective and via changes in policy, practice, and technology. Faculty and selected guests will use this foundation to explore how technical, social, legal, economic, and policy trends and debates have evolved over time, and identify the primary questions and issues that currently define the online space.

Logistics

See main page on Program Logistics

Program Schedule

iLaw Sessions
Tuesday, September 6
Wednesday, September 7
Thursday, September 8
Friday, September 9

See also main page on program schedule

DRAFT Program Agenda
  Monday - Sept. 5 Tuesday - Sept. 6 Wednesday - Sept. 7 Thursday - Sept. 8 Friday - Sept. 9
9:00   Welcoming Remarks

9:00 to 10:30
Lead: William Fisher

The Changing Internet: Cybersecurity

9:00 to 10:30

*Mid-Point Check-in*

Part 2
9:00 to 9:30

Mutual Aid (intro)

and
The Future of the Internet
9:00 to 11:00

9:30   The History of the Internet

9:30 to 10:30
Lead: Jonathan Zittrain

Digital Humanities

9:20 to 11:30

10:00  
10:30   30-minute break 30-minute break
11:00   Open Systems/Access

11:00 to 12:30
Lead: Yochai Benkler'

Intellectual Property

11:00 to 12:30
Leads: William Fisher and Charles Nesson

30-minute break 30-minute break
11:30   Digital Libraries, Archives, and Rights Registries

11:30 to 12:30
Moderator: Charles Nesson

Student Presentations(?)

11:30 to 12:30
Lead: TBD

12:00  
12:30   Lunch

12:30 to 1:30

Lunch

12:30 to 1:30

Lunch

12:30 to 1:30

Lunch

12:30 to 1:30

1:00  
1:30   Online Liberty and FOE

1:30 to 2:30
Lead: John Palfrey

User Innovation

1:30 to 2:30
Leads: Eric von Hippel and William Fisher

The Global Internet

1:30 to 2:30
Leads: Urs Gasser and Herbert Burkert

Wrap-up: Looking Ahead

1:30 to 2:30
Lead: TBD

2:00  
2:30   30-minute break 30-minute break Cooperation

2:30 to 3:30
Lead: Yochai Benkler

 
3:00   Exploring the Arab Spring

3:00 to 4:00
Leads: John Palfrey, Yochai Benkler, Charles Nesson, and others

Privacy

3:00 to 4:30
Leads: John Palfrey and Herbert Burkert

 
3:30   30-minute break  
4:00   From Theory to Practice: Featured Projects

4:00 to 5:00
Moderator: John Palfrey

Student Presentations?

4:00 to 5:00
Lead: TBD

Final BBQ

4:00 to 6:00+

4:30   The Study of the Internet: New Methods for New Technologies

4:30 to 5:30
Moderator: John Palfrey

5:00      
5:30     *Mid-point Check-in*

Part 1
5:30 to 5:45

 
6:00 Drinks at Cambridge Common?

6:00 to 8:00

Berkman Center Open House

6:00 to 8:00

metaLAB (at) Harvard Event

6:00 to 8:00

Selection of Faculty-lead Sessions

6:00 to 8:00

 
6:30
7:00
7:30
8:00

Program Materials

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The Pillars of iLaw

Open Systems/Access
Online Liberty and Freedom of Expression
The Changing Internet: Cybersecurity
Intellectual Property
Privacy
Digital Humanities

Cross-sectional Modules

User Innovation
The Global Internet
The Study of the Internet: New Methods for New Technologies

Case Studies and Examples

The History of the Internet
The Future of the Internet
Exploring the Arab Spring
Digital Libraries, Archives, and Rights Registries

Pages being moved around

Case Study: Herdict
Cloud Computing (under IP now)
Case Study: GNI/Role of Intermediaries
Minds for Sale
Broadband(under Open Networks/Access)
Case Study: WikiLeaks(under Open Networks/Access)
Youth and Media

Pages to be deleted/repurposed

Case Study: User Innovation(under IP now)