Information Society WG |
Convened by: Prof. Giovanni Sartor (LAW) and Prof. Alexander Trechsel (SPS)
The INFOSOC website is currently being redesigned and will be relaunched by the end of 2012.
INFOSOC coordinators: Ben Wagner, Emma Linklater, Argyri Panezi and Johanne Kuebler.
The Information Society working group is an interdisciplinary forum for all those working on topics and themes related to the Information Society, including topics related to Internet Governance, Digital Contestation, the societal, legal and political impacts of new communications technology and digital research methods. Researchers and Fellows from all departments and the Robert Schuman Centre are welcome to attend and contribute to the group.
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Events
Schedule 2011 / 2012
14 February 2012
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REGULATION OF DATA PROTECTION: BRIEF HISTORY OF DISAGREEMENTS AND THE NEW WORLD OF DATA GEOPOLITICS by Monika Zalnieriute |
09 December 2011
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The digital war of the XXI century: Internet vs. Privacy. European and National perspectives by Eduard Blasi Casagran, Member of the Legal Service in the Catalan Data Protection Authority (APDCAT). |
10 March 2010 |
Socio-Legal Aspects of Cloud Computing by Primavera De Filippi, Researcher, European University Institute |
08-09 March 2010 |
Government and the Internet: Participation and Control Workshop organised by SPS, LAW and INFOSOC. Speakers include Dr. Ivar Thallo (eGovernance Academy Tallinn) and Dr. Guido Scorza (La Sapienza, Rome). Event Program. Workshop presentations. |
23 February 2011 |
Trains, Planes and Battleships: Accountability and Liability in Autonomous Technologies by Dr. Giuseppe Contissa, Max-Weber Fellow, European University Institute |
02 Februrary 2011 |
Ambient intelligence and the right to privacy. the challenge of detection technologies by Shara Monteleone, European University Institute |
Events
Schedule 2010
20 October 2010: |
Introductory Meeting hosted by the current coordinators of the Working Group Angela Daly & Ben Wagner |
2 November 2010: |
Liberation Technologies, Digital Resistance and Human
Rights |
30 November 2010: |
Workshop at the Italian Internet Governance Forum (IGF Italia) in Rome organised by the INFOSOC Working Group |
2 December 2010: |
Deep Packet Inspection Technology & Human Rights: The impact of infromation technology diffusion on human rights. |
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Previous Meetings & Conferences:
Conference
28-29/10/2008
The
EUI hosted the first edition of "The Future of..." -
Conference on Law & Technology, organized by the INFOSOC WG with
the EUI Law Department. The conference aims to be an original and
ground-breaking symposium, attracting quality papers dealing with
prospective studies and analyzes of legal developments and
transformations expected in the future. Taking into account the
present technological trends affecting society, the conference
challenges scholars to think about and to forecast the main problems
and changes that Law will face and suffer in the future of ambient
technologies, ubiquitous and pervasive computing, web 3.0, mixed
realities (convergence between virtual and physical domains),
autonomous software agents, artificial intelligence and many other
features and elements.
Meetings 2008
06/03/2008: "EU Digital Copyright Law and the End-User" Guest speaker: Giuseppe Mazziotti
07/02/2008: Special Guest Lecture by Professor John Zeleznikow (School of Information Systems, Victoria University, Melbourne,Victoria, AUSTRALIA): Integrating interests and justice when developing legal negotiation support systems
04/02/2008: Guest Lecture by Prof. Sheldon Halpern (Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University), 'Setting Boundaries at the Interface of Trademark and Property Rights'.
21/01/2008: Guest Lecture by Mr Guido Braccini (European Patent Office, the Hague) An Introduction to the European Patent Office and the European Patent Convention, Chaired by Valentina Vadi, Law.
Meetings 2007
8/10/2007, Welcome Meeting and Schedule Planning
24/10/2007, The personal data protection under the European Union, Mario Cunha
07/11/2007, Democracy at a click of a mouse: Measuring E-participation between MEPs and their constituents – Jordanka Tomkova
21/11/2007, Copyright in the digital environment, Primavera De Filippi. Legal ontologies, Meritxell Fernández Barrera
30/11/2007, Guest Lecture by Prof. Alain Strowel (Facultés universitaires Saint-Louis, Brussels and University of Liège) Copyright’s Bad Name and Access Claims
05/12/2007, Guest Lecture by Mario Gerosa, The Convention for the Protection of the Virtual Architectural Heritage and the need of brand news styles for the architecture of synthetic universes
Meetings 2006
28/02/2006: How the Internet Works (presentation of a short animated film), Norberto Andrade. Cognitive Agents and the Law, Prof. Giovanni Sartor
14/03/2006: e-Government: origin, institutional definition and legal framework, Rubén Martinez. Democracy at a click of a mouse: Measuring the participatory potential of online interactions between elected public officials and their constituents, Jordanka Tomkova
21/03/2006: Intangible Heritage, Traditional Medicine and Knowledge Governance, Valentina Vadi
28/03/2006: Legal Ontologies. A research framework – Meritxell Fernández. Virtual Worlds – The Next Frontier of Cyberspace – Norberto Andrade
02/05/2006, Forum-seeking for Patent Litigation – Charles-Henry Massa. Acesso a la justicia y resoluciòn de conflictos mediante autoridades tradicionales em comunidad Maya-tseltal – Rosalba Gomez Gutierrez. Traditional Knowledge and Biopiracy – Amy Strecker
30/05/2006: Guest Lecture by Prof Giovanni Ziccardi Interoperability, IT Pluralism and Law. Giovanni Ziccardi is Professor of Legal Informatics at the School of Law, University of Milan.