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---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: [RK] COMMUNIA Workshop: "Technology and the public domain" (18/01/2008) From: "Matteo Pasquinelli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, December 6, 2007 15:15 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > From: Andrea Glorioso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 6 December 2007 13:17:16 GMT+01:00 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [My-ci] COMMUNIA Workshop: "Technology and the public > domain" (18/01/2008) > > [ Sorry for any duplicates - please forward wherever appropriate ] > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > ++ > ++ COMMUNIA Workshop: "Technology and the public domain" (18/01/2008) > ++ > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Organized by and held at Politecnico di Torino this event takes aim > at the international debate about the "digital commons" and the > complex relationship between technological innovation and today's > mass usage of digital technologies. The Workshop provides an > opportunity for experts and innovators in digital technologies to > meet with other stakeholders, opinion leaders, and policy makers in > order to deepen and share their understanding of the role of > technology in shaping the present and future of our digital commons. > > After the opening plenary talk at 9:15 on "Technology, the law and > the public domain" (by Rishab Ghosh, MERIT, University of Maastricht) > the workshop will continue for the entire day with three different > topic sessions, addressing technology issues, software tools and > formats, and infrastructure matters -- all of them related to the > development of the "digital commons" as a general mainframe, and the > science commons in particular. > > The list of confirmed speakers include Keith Jeffery (Current Research > Information Systems), Juan Carlos De Martin (COMMUNIA Coordinator), > Robert Horvitz (Open Spectrum Foundation), Philippe Aigrain (Society > for Public Information Spaces), Andrea Glorioso (NEXA Research Center > for Internet and Society). > > A wrap-up session and closing discussion is scheduled at 16:00. > > The workshop will take place in Torino (Italy), at the Aula Magna of > the Politecnico of Torino at the Lingotto (Via Nizza 230). > > Admission is free and open to the public, but pre-registration is > required. > > More information and program details: http://ws1-2008.communia- > project.eu > Pre-registration: http://ws1-2008.communia-project.eu/phorm/reg- > form.html > Media inquiries: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ========= > > About COMMUNIA > > The COMMUNIA Thematic Network aims at becoming a European point of > reference for theoretical analysis and strategic policy discussion of > existing and emerging issues concerning the public domain in the > digital environment - as well as related topics, including, but not > limited to, alternative forms of licensing for creative material; > open access to scientific publications and research results; > management of works whose authors are unknown (i.e. orphan works). > > Funded by the European Commission within the eContentplus framework, > the 3-years long project expects to provide policy guidelines that > will help each stakeholder involved - public and private, from the > local to the European and global level. > > COMMUNIA also plans to build strategic relationships with other > non-European countries (starting with the United States and Brazil, > where two COMMUNIA members are located) in which similar policy > discussions are currently underway. > > Website: <http://www.communia-project.eu/> > Media contact: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -- > Andrea Glorioso Graduate Researcher, Politecnico di Torino > Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica, Internet Media Group > Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 - 10129 Torino (TO) - Italy > T: +39-011-564-7188 M: +32-488-409-055 F: +39-011-564-7198 > > _______________________________________________ > my-ci mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://idash.org/mailman/listinfo/my-ci -------------------------------------------[ RK ] + http://liste.rekombinant.org/wws/subrequest/rekombinant + http://www.rekombinant.org _______________________________________________ oberlist mailing list [email protected] http://idash.org/mailman/listinfo/oberlist
