BERKMAN CENTER FOR INTERNET & SOCIETY AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Upcoming events and digital media // August 18, 2010

[1] [8/26-27] VRM + CRM 2010 Workshop (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/6295)

[2] [SAVE THE DATE 9/7] Berkman Center Open House (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/2010/09/openhouse)

[3] [9/25] "Media Law in the Digital Age: The Rules Have Changed, Have You?" Conference in Atlanta, GA (http://csjconferences.org/medialaw/)


VRM + CRM 2010 WORKSHOP
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8/26-27
Pound Hall, Harvard Law School
Free and Open to the Public; Registration is required: http://vrmcrm2010.eventbrite.com/

The first VRM+CRM workshop will take place on 26-27 August, at Harvard Law School.

The purpose is to get VRM and CRM developers and other interested parties (such as CRM customers) together to start building out the common ground between them. That common ground is potentially very huge. CRM is already a $15 billion business. What happens when customers start managing relationships too? Let’s start answering that.

While the workshop sessions will be chosen by the participants (following opening briefings by VRM and CRM folks), here are a few of the topics and questions that are sure to come up –

* Terms of service. How can we get past the legal hurdles and shackles that inconvenience both buyers and sellers when they get acquainted?
* Privacy policies. How can we reduce the suspicions and frictions that these involve?
* Personal data. What tools, methods and services are being developed for individuals to keep track of data they generate or is being kept by sellers and other parties? What means do we have for sharing or exchanging that data in secure and trustable ways?
* Signaling. What new methods will both individuals and organizations have for notifying each other of interests, intentions, policies, preferences, or changes in any of those? How can we make these common across the industry, rather than different for every organization?
* Self-tracking and personal informatics. What vendor-independent means are being developed for individuals to keep track of their own personal data, and manage it?
* Search. What new paradigms for searching are being developed, especially in the context of all the topics above?
* Identity. How can customers control their identities and their uses by multiple vendors, rather than only isolated in each vendor's silo?

For more information and a complete description, see the event web page: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/6295


[SAVE THE DATE] BERKMAN CENTER OPEN HOUSE
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9/7/10, 6:00 PM ET, Harvard Law School
RSVP is required for those attending in person to Amar Ashar (ashar@cyber.law.harvard.edu)

Come to our Open House to meet Berkman faculty, fellows, and staff and to learn about the many ways you can get involved and learn within our dynamic, exciting environment.

As a University-wide research center at Harvard University, our interdisciplinary efforts in the exploration of cyberspace address a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences. If you're interested in the Internet’s impact on society and are looking to engage a community of world-class fellows and faculty through events, conversations, case studies, and more please join us to hear more about our upcoming academic year!

Paid research assistant positions will also be available in the fall. In addition to Berkman courses and events, these positions provide a wonderful way to join our community. People from all disciplines and universities are encouraged to attend the Open House to learn about Berkman opportunities. As a primer, visit http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/getinvolved/internships to see currently available positions.

For more information and a complete description, see the event web page: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/2010/09/openhouse


[CONFERENCE] MEDIA LAW IN THE DIGITAL AGE
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9/25/10, Atlanta, GA
Visit the conference website for more information on the conference agenda, registration and logistics: http://csjconferences.org/medialaw/

We're pleased to announce that the Citizen Media Law Project at Harvard's Berkman Center and the Center for Sustainable Journalism at Kennesaw State University are co-hosting a conference on September 25, 2010 entitled "Media Law in the Digital Age: The Rules Have Changed, Have You?" in Atlanta, Georgia.

If you are a journalist, blogger, or a lawyer who works with media clients, the conference should be at the top of your schedule. This will be a fantastic opportunity to learn first-hand the latest legal developments and to get your questions answered by our panel of experts.

The program will bring together panels of legal practitioners, journalists, and academics to discuss the latest legal issues facing online media ventures. Topics will include: libel law, copyright law, newsgathering law, and advertising law, as well as the legal issues arising from news aggregation, managing online communities, and business law considerations for start-up online media organizations. Small-group workshops will focus on strategies for accessing government information and understanding legal terms in content licenses, freelancer contracts, and website terms of service and privacy policies.

If you need personalized legal assistance before or after talking about these media law issues, contact the Online Media Legal Network, a legal referral network for independent online media administered by the Citizen Media Law Project at the Berkman Center.

Funding for the conference is being provided by the Harnisch Foundation, which has been a long-time sponsor of the Center for Sustainable Journalism and recently provided a grant to the Berkman Center to support media law education.

For more information and a complete description, see the event web page: http://csjconferences.org/medialaw/


OTHER EVENTS OF NOTE
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[1] 8/21: PublicMediaCamp Boston (http://blog.prx.org/2010/08/publicmediacamp-boston-is-aug-21-join-us/?ut...)

[2] 9/28: Access to Government Records in Massachusetts: Issues and Trends (http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e2ydlvtf9c7ca7...)

[3] 10/1-2: Open Video Conference // NYC (http://www.openvideoconference.org/)

[4] 10/1-3: International Conference on Crisis Mapping // Harvard (http://www.crisismappers.net/page/iccm-2010-haiti-and-beyond)


DIGITAL MEDIA: Watch and Listen
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Did you miss this week's luncheon talk? Catch up with Berkman videos, podcasts, pictures, and dig in to our archive at http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/interactive.

-Radio Berkman 161: A Brief History of Noise (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/interactive/podcasts/radioberkman161)

-Berkman Luncheon Series: KATE CRAWFORD on Mobile Social Media and Attention (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/interactive/events/luncheon/2010/08/crawfor...)


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