http://ictlogy.net Information Society, Digital Divide, ICT4D Sun, 20 Jul 2008 07:16:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Conference by Stephen Downes at the First International Conference Free Knowledge, Free Technology - Education for a free information society in Barcelona (Spain), 17 July 2008, on the production and sharing of free educational and training materials about Free Software. Stephen Downes, Institute for Information Technology's Internet Logic Research GroupThe ... http://ictlogy.net/20080717-stephen-downes-the-future-of-education/ Conference by Richard M. Stallman at the First International Conference Free Knowledge, Free Technology - Education for a free information society in Barcelona (Spain), 15 July 2008, on the production and sharing of free educational and training materials about Free Software. Richard M. Stallman, president of the Free Software FoundationFree ... http://ictlogy.net/20080715-richard-stallman-free-software-and-beyond/ Enrique Canessa and Marco Zennaro — both from the Science Dissemination Unit of the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics — have collected a a compendium of selected literature on Open Access in their new book Science Dissemination using Open Access. The book is part of the effort that the ... http://ictlogy.net/20080703-book-science-dissemination-using-open-access/ Seminar by professor José Manuel Robles, at UOC headquarters, 3 July 2008, about digital citizenry and political engagement of Internet users. Digital Citizenry: Political engagement and ideology of Spanish Internet users See what are the differences between heavy Internet users and offliners in relationship with their political behaviour, interests, etc. At a first ... http://ictlogy.net/20080703-seminar-jose-manuel-robles-political-engagement-and-ideology-of-spanish-internet-users/ Seminar by professor Jane C. Ginsburg, at UOC headquarters, 25 June 2008, about copyright liability of user generated content practices. Copyright infringement actors Who's implicated? Users, for uploading copyrighted material, make copies, remix material, etc. If there is no fair use, downloading (and storing in one's own computer) is a copyright infringement too. ... http://ictlogy.net/20080625-jane-c-ginsburg-separating-the-sony-sheep-from-the-grokster-goats-the-future-of-copyright-dependent-technology-entrepreneurs/ On Friday June 13th, 2008, I've been invited to chair a session about Virtual citizen networks at the Jornades de la Penedesfera, a meeting about blogs and local citizen engagement. The session will be shared with very interesting people such as Ramon Roca / Joan Llopart (Font-rubí), Cristina Barbacil, Manel Brinquis, ... http://ictlogy.net/20080609-jornades-de-la-penedesfera-blogs-freedom-and-governance/ I'm pleased to announce an event of which I'm part of the organizing committee, the course Network Society: Social changes, organizations and citizens, to take place in Barcelona, Spain, from 15 to 17 October de 2008. Some info about the course: Website of the course, with more information about the speakers, fees, ... http://ictlogy.net/20080605-announcement-course-network-society-social-changes-organizations-and-citizens/ I have been invited by the Spanish Center of Judicial Documentation (Centro de Documentacion Judicial, CENDOJ) to impart a conference at the III Encuentro de Información y Documentación Judicial de la Red IberIUS [III Meeting about Judicial Information and Documentation of the IberIUS Network]. The idea was to give an overview ... http://ictlogy.net/20080604-collaborative-networks-towards-the-social-network/ Notes from the 4th Internet, Law and Politics Congress.Session VIII Round Table Towards citizenship 2.0? Eduard Aibar, Vice President, Research, UOC. So, the landscape has changed... but have citizens? has the concept of citizenship so much shifted as, supposedly, has the Web? Ana Sofía Cardenal, Professor of Political Science, UOC We're putting all our eggs in ... http://ictlogy.net/20080603-4th-internet-law-and-politics-congress-viii-towards-citizenship-20/ Notes from the 4th Internet, Law and Politics Congress.Session VII Debate Electoral strategies on the Internet The experience of the 2008 Spanish General Elections. José Rodríguez and Xavier Peytibí, political experts. In the Spanish general elections (March 9th, 2008), the web has had more importance than ever, but it still far from being a mainstream ... http://ictlogy.net/20080603-4th-internet-law-and-politics-congress-vii-electoral-strategies-on-the-internet/ Notes from the 4th Internet, Law and Politics Congress.Session VI Round Table Public opinion and participation on the internet: blogs and political parties Lourdes Muñoz, member of parliament, (PSC). PSC Secretary for Women’s Policy. Politicians and their participation in the Web 2.0 is but a part of a higher goal which is the development ... http://ictlogy.net/20080603-4th-internet-law-and-politics-congress-vi-public-opinion-and-participation-on-the-internet-blogs-and-political-parties/ Notes from the 4th Internet, Law and Politics Congress.Session V Keynote speech Helen Margetts Government on the Web A shift of paradigm in Government Dunleavy, Margetts (2006) Digital Era Governance: the dominant paradigm of public governance reform (new public management) is dead. The digital-era governance is nigh... or just happening. What happened during the New Public ... http://ictlogy.net/20080603-4th-internet-law-and-politics-congress-v-helen-margetts-government-on-the-web/ Notes from the 4th Internet, Law and Politics Congress.Session IV Chairs: Agustí Cerrillo, Law Professor, UOC Conference Lorenzo Cotino Electronic public services: e-government 2.0 The Regulation of E-Government 2.0 Law goes really behind the speed of times. The problem is that Law, or Administrative Law, faces challenging reality: .com can fail, but .gov cannot". At the ... http://ictlogy.net/20080602-4th-internet-law-and-politics-congress-iv-lorenzo-cotino-electronic-public-services-e-government-20-the-regulation-of-e-government-20/ Notes from the 4th Internet, Law and Politics Congress.Session III Round Table Content on the internet: regulation or self-regulation? Chairs: Raquel Xalabarder, Law Professor, UOC Do we want to give up on the freedom we can have now? Do we want self-regulation or we want more education that leads to more commitment? http://www.iqua.net, Spanish Internet ... http://ictlogy.net/20080602-4th-internet-law-and-politics-congress-iii-content-on-the-internet-regulation-or-self-regulation/ Notes from the 4th Internet, Law and Politics Congress.Session II Debate Regulation of audiovisual content in the age of digital convergence Mónica Ariño, Policy Advisor, OFCOM’s International Team. What is convergence? What can be said about regulation of content on the Internet and the Internet itself? Privacy, cybercrime, copyright, fair use? Internet access? A ... http://ictlogy.net/20080602-4th-internet-law-and-politics-congress-ii-regulation-of-audiovisual-content-in-the-age-of-digital-convergence/