Workshop Program

All sessions will be held in Constitution A unless otherwise noted.


June 12, 2012

9:00 a.m.–10:15 a.m. Tuesday

Intellectual Property and Innovation

Moderator: Christopher Bavitz, Assistant Director of the Cyberlaw Clinic, Berkman Center for Internet and Society

Panelists: Jason Schultz, Berkeley Law; Phil Malone, Berkman Center for Internet and Society; David Hosp, Goodwin Procter LLP; Sherwin Siy, Public Knowledge

Learn about the latest interactions between intellectual property law and technology practice and scholarship, from viral defensive patenting practices, to copyright workarounds, to open access publishing.

10:15 a.m.–10:45 a.m. Tuesday

Keynote Address

Speaker: Ed Felten, Chief Technologist, Federal Trade Commission

10:45 a.m.–11:00 a.m. Tuesday

Break

Constitution Foyer

11:00 a.m.–Noon Tuesday

Technology and Democracy

Moderator: Christopher Walsh, Clinical Instructional Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet and Society

Panelists: Kade Crockford, ACLU of Massachusetts; Mark Stanley, Center for Democracy and Technology; Rob Faris, Berkman Center for Internet and Society; Matt Womer, Occupy Boston

Engage our panel of experts in a discussion relating to technology's impact on democratic decision-making and protest, including principled “hacktivism” à la Anonymous and ways in which the Internet community has made its political power felt.

Technology and Democracy Presentation

Engage our panel of experts in a discussion relating to technology's impact on democratic decision-making and protest, including principled “hacktivism” à la Anonymous and ways in which the Internet community has made its political power felt.

Engage our panel of experts in a discussion relating to technology's impact on democratic decision-making and protest, including principled “hacktivism” à la Anonymous and ways in which the Internet community has made its political power felt.

Available Media
Noon–1:30 p.m. Tuesday

FCW Luncheon

Back Bay CD

1:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Tuesday

Cybersecurity

Moderator: David Abrams, Berkman Center for Internet and Society

Panelists: Peter Eckersley, Electronic Frontier Foundation; Kyle Courtney, Northeastern University; John Savage, Brown University; Max Weinstein, StopBadware

Leading scholars and practitioners will discuss the law and technology of Internet security, including how legal liability and safe harbors impact cybersecurity technology and business models, and vice versa.

3:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m. Tuesday

Break

Constitution Foyer

3:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Tuesday

Civil Rights and New Technologies

Moderators: Jeff Hermes and Andy Sellars, Digital Media Law Project

Panelists: Wendy Seltzer, Tor Project; Mike Ananny, Microsoft Research New England; Ryan Budish, Herdict Project, Berkman Center for Internet and Society; Hanni Fakhoury, Electronic Frontier Foundation

Legal and technology experts will engage in a wide-ranging discussion analyzing free speech, anonymous speech, and surveillance issues in the context of network design, encryption, and other emerging information technologies.