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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Past Events

Oct 17, 2006 @ 12:30 PM

The Potential of the Internet for Scientific Research and Discovery

Timo Hannay of Nature Magazine

Timo Hannay of Nature magazine hosted a discussion about the potential of the Internet for scientific research and discovery.

Oct 10, 2006 @ 12:30 PM

Open Source, Open Science

Dan Burk

Dan Burk discussed open source strategies which could be adopted by sciences.

Oct 3, 2006 @ 12:30 PM

Podcasting & New Media in Education

Mark Frydenberg of Bentley College

Mark Frydenberg on some educational uses of new media and podcasting through implementing new types of student interaction.

Sep 26, 2006 @ 12:30 PM

Africa's Internet Infrastructure

Eric Osiakwan & Ethan Zuckerman

Eric Osiakwan & Ethan Zuckermann on Africa's Internet Infrastructure.

Sep 20, 2006 @ 12:00 AM

"Beyond Internet Governance" / "Common Law Property Metaphors..."

Berkman Fellow Mary Rundle & ISP Fellow Shyamkrishna Balganesh present their research

Berkman Fellow Mary Rundle: "Beyond Internet Governance: The Emerging International Framework for Governing the Networked World." ISP Fellow Shyamkrishna Balganesh: "Common Law…

Sep 19, 2006 @ 12:30 PM

The Giant Zero

Doc Searls

Doc Searls discussed his recent work, the cleverly named and written: "The Giant Zero"

Sep 12, 2006 @ 12:30 PM

CyberOne: Teaching and Learning in Mixed Realities

Professor Charles Nesson and Rebecca Nesson

Professor Charles Nesson and Rebecca Nesson discussed a new course they are teaching called "CyberOne" combining in-classroom instruction with coursework in Second Life, a 3-D…

Aug 8, 2006 @ 12:30 PM

Net Neutrality at Home: Distributed Citizen Journalism against Net Discrimination

Tom Evslin

Tom Evslin, a proponent of an open and agnostic internet, discussed "Net Neutrality at Home: Distributed Citizen Journalism against Net Discrimination."

Jul 25, 2006 @ 12:30 PM

Does the Law Make Software Less Secure?

Derek Bambauer

Derek Bambauer on how intellectual property affects software security research.

Jul 10, 2006 @ 12:30 PM

Television in Transition

Susie Lindsay

Susie Lindsay discussed how public interest values could be achieved in shifting media landscapes.

Jun 27, 2006 @ 12:30 PM

What Ben Franklin Teaches us about Intellectual Property

Lewis Hyde, Berkman Fellow

Lewis Hyde discussed "What Ben Franklin Teaches us about Intellectual Property."

Jun 23, 2006 @ 12:00 AM

Second Life Avatar Marketing Panel

The Berkman Center hosted a two-hour panel discussion in Second Life titled "Avatar-based Marketing: What's the Future of Real-Life Companies Marketing to Second Life Avatars?"

Jun 13, 2006 @ 12:30 PM

Organizational Democracy and the Future of Work

Traci Fenton

Traci Fenton of WorldBlu discussed organizational democracy and the future of work.

May 30, 2006 @ 12:30 PM

Asia at the Cutting Edge?

Eric Priest

Eric Priest discussed Asia's entertainment industry and abstracted lessons for other markets.

May 23, 2006 @ 12:30 PM

Who Controls the Internet?

Jack Goldsmith

Jack Goldsmith on his book co-authored with Tim Wu addressing ownership and control on the internet.

May 16, 2006 @ 12:30 PM

Leveraging India as India Stands Up...

Ashok Jhunjhunwala

Ashok Jhunjhunwala discusses the past, present, and future of India's development.

Event Series

Beyond Broadcast 2006: Reinventing Public Media in a Participatory Culture

The goal of this convening was to create an opportunity for interaction between active participants in traditional public media and new participatory web-based efforts; to…

May 9, 2006 @ 12:30 PM

OneWebDay brainstorming meetup & dinner with Susan Crawford

A Special evening event - OneWebDay brainstorming meetup & dinner with Susan Crawford, John Harvard's Brew House

May 2, 2006 @ 12:30 PM

Network Neutrality Reality

David Isenberg

David Isenberg discussed challenges Network Neutrality presents telephone companies, the FCC, and Congress.

Apr 28, 2006 @ 1:10 AM

Bloggership Symposium

How Blogs are Transforming Legal Scholarship