Skip to the main content

Events

Explore our upcoming events, find video and audio from our past events, and subscribe to stay updated on all of our talks, panels, and live webcasts.

Upcoming Events

Mar 25, 2025 @ 12:15 PM

AI and Personhood

Join us in the MPR on Tuesday, March 25 from 12:15pm-1:15pm to hear from Duke Law Professor James Boyle, author of The Line: AI and the Future of Personhood.Chatbots like ChatGPT…

RSVP
Mar 26, 2025 @ 12:30 PM

State AGs: Google and The Future of Antitrust Enforcement

Part of BKC's Spring Speaker Series:State Attorneys General have been increasing active in antitrust enforcement – both in focusing on the impact of challenges to competition in…

RSVP
Mar 27, 2025 @ 12:30 PM

The Moving Image: A User's Manual

How did we come to believe so many lies that we voted into the most powerful political and military post in the world a reality TV star from NBC, groomed by a reality TV producer…

Virtual RSVP
Apr 2, 2025 @ 12:30 PM

AI's Impact on Science, Law, and Society

BKC Spring Speaker Series EventThe promise of AI agents has led to claims of imminent and rapid adoption across fields. Companies have even promised to build AI agents that can…

RSVP

Past Events

Event
May 18, 2007 @ 5:59 PM

OpenNet Initiative Conference: The Future of Free Expression on the Internet

The OpenNet Initiative held its first public conference to discuss the current state of play of Internet filtering worldwide. The conference was hosted by the Oxford Internet…

May 8, 2007 @ 12:30 PM

WFMU’s Free Music Archive: An Open Source Marriage of Audio Art, Music and Radio.

Ken Freedman, General Manager of WFMU

Ken Freedman of Freeform Radio Station WFMU discussed WFMU’s Free Music Archive: An Open Source Marriage of Audio Art, Music and Radio.

May 1, 2007 @ 12:30 PM

Applications of Social Networking Technology to Medical Treatment

Tony Ferraro and David Stone

Tony Ferraro and David Stone talked about Applications of Social Networking Technology to Medical Treatment.

Apr 30, 2007 @ 2:01 AM

Berkman Book Release: Everything is Miscellaneous

by David Weinberger

The Berkman Center for Internet & Society hosted a celebration in congratulations of Berkman Fellow David Weinberger’s release of his book Everything is Miscellaneous through…

Event
Apr 30, 2007 @ 1:57 AM

Digital Libraries in Developing Nations: Challenges and Opportunities

Teresa Hackett of eIFL

As a lead-up event to the 2007 Internet & Society Conference, Teresa Hackett of eIFL discussed "Digital Libraries in Developing Nations: Challenges and Opportunities"

Apr 25, 2007 @ 1:55 AM

Web of Ideas: Civility, Speech and Cyberbullying - A Code of Conduct for the Web?

with David Weinberger

Berkman Fellow David Weinberger lead a discussion "Civility, Speech and Cyberbullying - A Code of Conduct for the Web?"

Apr 24, 2007 @ 12:30 PM

Access Denied: the Practice and Policy of Global Internet Filtering

Robert Faris and John Palfrey previewed Access Denied

Rob Faris and John Palfrey gave us a preview of the OpenNet Initiative's most recent publication, Access Denied: The Practice and Policy of Global Internet Filtering.

Apr 19, 2007 @ 1:52 AM

Berkman Book Release: A Crowd of One

by John Clippinger

John Clippinger, one of today’s preeminent experts on how technology influences business and society, offers a fresh and provocative perspective, grounded in everyday and…

Apr 18, 2007 @ 1:16 AM

Why Don't Scholars Provide Open Access to Their Articles?

Stuart Shieber, Berkman Faculty Director

If open access to the scholarly literature is a Good Thing for the individual scholars and for society as a whole. Why do scholars not make their articles available through open…

Apr 18, 2007 @ 1:45 AM

"So Many DJ" / "MyLegalVisualMemory"

MIT Comparative Media Studies Student Steve Schultz and ISP Fellow Julia Sonnevend

Steve Schultz discussed his paper "So Many DJs: Creative Flourishing on the Fringes of Networked Media" and Julia Sonnevend presented "MyLegalVisualMemory. The Visual Memory of…

Event
Apr 17, 2007 @ 12:30 PM

Sacked by Copyright: DMCA Takedowns and Free Expression

Wendy Seltzer, Berkman Fellow

Wendy Seltzer, founder of Chilling Effects, discussed "Sacked by Copyright: DMCA Takedowns and Free Expression."

Apr 10, 2007 @ 12:30 PM

Africa's Internet Infrastructure

Eric Osiakwan and Ethan Zuckerman

Eric Osiakwan and Ethan Zuckerman discussed developments in Africa's Internet and communications infrastructure.

Apr 3, 2007 @ 12:30 PM

Napster's Second Life? Regulatory Dynamics of Virtual Worlds

Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger

Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger discussed intellectual property rights in relation to Second Life's rapid development.

Mar 28, 2007 @ 6:30 PM

"International Data Protection Principles and the New Identity Infrastructure" / "In the Virtual Shadow of the Law"

Berkman Fellow Mary Rundle and ISP Fellow Anne Huang

Berkman Fellow Mary Rundle: "International Data Protection Principles and the New Identity Infrastructure: A Proposed Approach for Bridging Requirements;" ISP Fellow Anne Huang: …

Mar 21, 2007 @ 1:36 AM

Web of Ideas: Does Participatory Culture Lead to Participatory Democracy?

with David Weinberger

David Weinberger posed the question: Does Participatory Culture Lead to Participatory Democracy?

Mar 20, 2007 @ 12:30 PM

Copyright & Access to Knowledge: Rights/Rhetoric, Openness/Opacity, Future/Fears

Mary Wong, Professor of Law at Franklin Pierce Law Center

Professor Mary Wong, Franklin Pierce Law Center, discussed how rhetoric and technology affect the development of "the commons", "free culture", and "open content."

Mar 14, 2007 @ 1:26 AM

Opening Up to Open Access: What can other disciplines learn from the Sciences?

Gavin Yamey, Senior Editor at the Public Library of Science, Open Access Journal

Gavin Yamey shared his experiences in the open access movement and explores possible avenues for its expansion to science and other academic fields.

Event
Mar 13, 2007 @ 12:30 PM

Subclassing the Commons

John Mayer, Executive Director of Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI)

John discussed CALI's use of both social networking tools, as well as innovative software in the quest to provide the most thorough and practical means of legal education.

Event
Mar 8, 2007 @ 1:22 AM

Innovation, Interoperability, and IP

Brad Smith, General Counsel of Microsoft

General Counsel of Microsoft, Brad Smith, discussed ", Interoperability, and IP"

Mar 6, 2007 @ 12:30 PM

Internet and the Music Industry

David Herlihy, Northeastern University professor

Northeastern University professor David Herlihy discussed the current landscape of the music industry.