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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 and Program Agenda

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DRAFT Program Agenda

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
9:00		Introductory Session 9:00 to 10:30	The Changing Internet (cybersecurity) 9:00 to 10:00	Digital Humanities 9:00 to 10:30	Privacy (Short Pillar) 9:00 to 10:00
9:30		The History of the Internet 9:30 to 10:30
10:00			30-minute break		30-minute break
10:30		30-minute break	Selected IP Issues 10:30 to 12:00	30-minute break	Privacy (Roundtable) 10:30 to 12:00
11:00		Open Systems/Access 11:00 to 12:30		Digital Libraries, Archives, and Rights Registries Case Study 11:00 to 12:00
11:30
12:00			Lunch 12:00 to 1:00	Lunch 12:00 to 1:00	Lunch 12:00 to 1:00
12:30		Lunch 12:30 to 1:30
1:00			User Innovation 1:00 to 2:00	The Global Internet 1:00 to 2:00	Student Finale 1:00 to 2:00
1:30		Online Liberty and FOE 1:30 to 2:30
2:00			Youth and Media Case Study 2:00 to 3:00	Cooperation 2:00 to 3:00	Minds for Sale 2:00 to 3:00
2:30		30-minute break
3:00		GNI/Role of Intermediaries 3:00 to 4:00	30-minute break	30-minute break	Looking Ahead 3:00 to 4:00
3:30			The Study of the Internet 3:30 to 4:30	Mutual Aid (intro) and The Future of the Internet (panel) 3:30 to 5:00
4:00		History of Cyberlaw and Berkman Center 4:00 to 5:00			Final BBQ 4:00 to 6:00+
4:30			mid-point check-in
5:00
5:30
6:00		Berkman Center Open House 6:00 to 8:00	Optional Evening Session 6:00 to 8:00	Optional Evening Session 6:00 to 8:00
6:30
7:00
7:30
8:00

Schedule last updated July 13, 4PM

Program Materials

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The Pillars of iLaw

Network Access and Open Systems
Privacy
Intellectual Property
Cybersecurity
Online Liberty
Digital Humanities

Cross-sectional Modules

History of Cyberlaw
Methodologies
The Global Internet and Internationalization
User Innovation

Examples and Case Studies

Digital Libraries and Archives
Youth and Media
Cloud Computing
Broadband
The Future of the Internet
Minds for Sale
Case Study: WikiLeaks
Case Study: User Innovation
Case Study: GNI/Role of Intermediaries
Case Study: Herdict