PART ONE: TECHNOLOGY AND GOVERNANCE

Программа на русском языке

Monday, 13 December 2004:

Telecommunications in Transition and the Ascendance of the Internet

Monday Briefing Materials (Русский)

9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.: Welcome: Introduction of faculty and students and overview of logistical details for the week. (Jim Dempsey, Rafal Rohozinski, and John Palfrey)

We'll open with what we hope to accomplish this week and cover some of the logistics.

10:15 a.m. - 12:00 noon: Session 1: Setting the stage: Technology and policy dilemmas for the Information Age (Rafal Rohozinski)

The objective of these introductory sessions is to lay out the issues that will be discussed during Part One of the seminar (Monday - Wednesday). This session will describe and contextualize each of the issues that will be covered in detail during subsequent sessions, and provide an understanding on how these areas are inter-related. We will review high-level trends in technology development and policy in four thematic areas, discussing in each the role of standards and law. These four thematic areas are: telecommunications in transition; ascendance of the Internet; intellectual property rights regimes; and, security in the network age. The guiding questions that bind these issues together concern the interrelationship of technology, standards and laws: Who controls the networks? How is that control expressed? Why does it matter?

12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m. Lunch

1:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Session 2: Afternoon Overview (Rafal Rohozinski)

After lunch, we will start with a short segue from the morning’s overview into the two primary sessions of the afternoon.

1:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Session 3: Telecommunications Policy Issues (Jane Coffin and Jim Dempsey)

This session will cover the primary issues related to telecommunications law and policy. Key themes include: de-regulation / de-monopolization; evolution to broadband Internet via cable and other modes (convergence); the impact of IP on telecoms (with particular emphasis on VOIP); wireless technologies (WiFi, WIMAX, WLAN, Satellite); universal Access funds and Last Mile Initiatives; and a case study on Armenia.

3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Session 4: Internet Policy Issues (Jim Dempsey, Rafal Rohozinski, and John Palfrey)

Who governs the Internet, how are rules set, and why does it matter? Key topics include: sources of Internet law and policy: local, regional, and international, governmental and non-governmental (standards bodies); standards, and how the technology is shaped and shapes its possible uses; the “net governance” debate; a preview of WSIS-2, with a focus on its regional relevance; jurisdiction; and the harmonization of national and international regulation and governance regimes (with consideration of UN, ITU, WTO, WIPO, EU Directives, and RSS resolutions).

Tuesday, 14 December 2004

Security in the Network Age

Tuesday Briefing Materials (Русский)

9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Sessions 5: Information Security (Rafal Rohozinski and Jim Dempsey)

We’ll establish a grounding in issues related to information security, including a deconstruction of the term. Elements include: an overview of cybersecurity - national cybersecurity strategies, CERTs and information sharing, public-private partnership, role of standards; the role of criminal law in the fight against cybercrime, such as implementation of the COE convention; national security and information doctrine (information warfare); surveillance standards; and design mandates and data retention requirements.

10:45 - 12:00 noon Session 6: Case Study: The Development of Information Security Doctrine in the CIS (Tattu Mambetalieva)

In 2001, the Russian Federation began development of the ISD, which has relevance to the rest of the region.

12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Lunch Break

1:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Session 7: Internet Technology Developments (John Gage)

John Gage, chief researcher for Sun Microsystems, will discuss some of the major technology changes that are reshaping the Internet and impacting the regulatory/ governance environment.

3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Session 8: Development of Trust-Based Networks (Jim Dempsey and Rafal Rohozinski)

This session will pick up on information security issues from the morning and cover the EU directives related to data protection and their implementation. We will also discuss the development of trust-based networks, including trends in authentication, ISP monitoring and filtering, trusted sender initiatives, and user-controlled initiatives.

Wednesday, 15 December 2004

Intellectual Property Rights Regimes

Wednesday Briefing Materials (Русский)

9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Session 9: The Digital Media Crisis (Terry Fisher)

A simple shift of format - the transition from hard-copy objects like vinyl records to digitized bits of information like MP3s - has prompted an upheaval of business models, legal principles, and social practices associated with the use, distribution, and control of media. This upheaval has created a void in the digital media world, a void that policymakers, industry representatives, and consumers are scrambling to fill with new laws and technological solutions. While the transition to digitization has raised plenty of questions about what is legal, lucrative, and beneficial for advancing the arts and production of creative works, the answers are far from clear. Prof. Terry Fisher, author of the new book Promises to Keep: Technology, Law and the Future of Entertainment (Stanford, 2004) will provide an overview of the history, the present, and the promise of digital media.

10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Session 10: Working Session on IPR in Eurasia (Terry Fisher, John Palfrey, and Urs Gasser)

This session will focus on implementation of the EU Copyright Directive and related legislation in the CIS region. The mode of this session will be interactive.

12:00 noon - 2:00 p.m. Lunch

2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Session 11: IPR and Software (Fisher overview)

The process of developing and using the software that runs the Net and associated application raises a complicated, inter-related array of intellectual property issues. This session will provide an overview of key themes, such as protections for software (copyright and patent, among others), as well as the implications of open source software.

3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Session 12: Working session on IPR issues and software (Terry Fisher, John Palfrey, and Asomiddin Atoev)

This interactive session will include a discussion of the merits and demerits of proprietary vs. free/open source software, patent protections for software, and the licensing of intellectual property that protects software. This session, depending upon time, may cover also database protection, the interoperability of DRM systems and the role of competition law, and other policy decisions with implications in this sphere.