Berkman Luncheon Series

Open Source at Microsoft: Opportunity or Threat?

Bryan Kirschner, Director of Open Source Strategy and Mario Madden, Open Source Licensing Counsel at Microsoft

Bryan and Mario will discuss what expect from Microsoft and its work in the open source field in the future.

Berkman Luncheon Series

Information Technology and Political Campaigning

Professor D. Sunshine Hillygus

Professor D. Sunshine Hillygus, Frederick S. Danziger Associate Professor of Government and director of the Harvard Program on Survey Research, will discuss Information Technology and Political Campaigning -- with video...

Berkman Luncheon Series

Rising Voices: Helping the global population join the global conversation

David Sasaki

David Sasaki, Global Voices' director of outreach, will discuss the successes, challenges, and lessons learned over the past 18 months of training under-represented communities how to take advantage of new media tools to participate in the 21st century global conversation.

Berkman Luncheon Series

Public Services Reform and Information Technology in Developing Countries

Jennifer Bussell, PhD Candidate in Political Science and Researcher with the Technology and Infrastructure for Emerging Regions (TIER) project at the University of California, Berkeley

This talk will evaluate technology policy variation in the context of public service reforms in the Indian states and argue that policy differences across the states are driven not by economic development or previous technology investment, but rather by politicians’ calculations over their potential to retain power.

Berkman Luncheon Series

Open Access to Government Documents

Berkman Fellow Stephen Schultze, in honor of Open Access Day

In the past twenty years, a remarkable number of government documents have been put online, yet some still remain behind a paywall. This talk argued that there is an alternative path in which the public benefits to eliminating this barrier far outweigh the costs.

Berkman Luncheon Series

Banning Copyright Infringers from the Internet : a View from Europe

Professor Jacques de Werra

Professor Jacques de Werra spoke on the challenges raised by a proposed copyright regulation under which the internet access of copyright infringers can be shut down in the EU.

Berkman Luncheon Series

Armchair Revolutionary: Crowdsourcing Global Social Change

Ariel Hauter and Ori Neidich

We all want to make the world a better place, but we're discouraged from giving money and volunteer time to charities due to several layers of obstacles: transparency, efficacy, information overload, and lack of feedback.

Berkman Luncheon Series

Blogging, Journalism and Reality

Persephone Miel, Berkman Fellow

Persephone Miel presented her work on the Media Re:public project.

Berkman Luncheon Series

The Future of the Internet in the Coming Year

Professor Jonathan Zittrain, Harvard Law School, Berkman Faculty Co-Director

Jonathan Zittrain led a discussion on the Future of the Internet in the Coming Year. This event was webcasted live at 12:30PM ET.

Berkman Luncheon Series

The Climate of Innovation Around Information Technology in Sub-Saharan Africa

Ghanaian internet entrepreneur and researcher Eric Osiakwan and the Berkman Center's Ethan Zuckerman discussed the climate for innovation around information technology in Sub-Saharan Africa.