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Professor Charles Nesson asks "How Open Will Harvard Be to Internet & Society?"

How Open Will Harvard Be to Internet & Society?  That's the big question for the Internet & Society 2K7 Conference, set for May 31 and June 1, 2007.  What would a more open Harvard mean or look like for faculty, for staff, for students, for alumni?  Is there an understanding among all as to what open access is?  At this Tuesday's lunch, Professor Nesson spoke about his hopes for Internet & Society at Harvard.  As importantly, he solicited the spirited the needs, desires and perspectives of those affected by the policies across Harvard and beyond.

Audio from the lunch is available at MediaBerkman, and Ethan Zuckerman's account is a must see. 

And Charlie's ask:

"please. each of you who attended our i*s berkman session, face to face or web. what happened. what question peaked your interest. use our means to light consideration of these issues. please blog our lexis nexis evening. please, everyone.

community is like a ship at sea. whose hero is gibson. link together what is happening here into a human net of global voices. everyman to take the helm in a chorus of voices rising from the universities of the world in concert with overmundo."