Amelia Andersdotter

A panel of experts, technologists, and lawyers will give an update on several I-star organizations, namely ICANN, IETF, IEEE, and ITU. Short presentations will touch on the major controversies in each space as they relate to human rights, namely freedom of expression and the right to privacy. Questions to the panel from the moderator will draw out the tensions and synergies of human rights considerations in Internet governance and standards setting across the I-star bodies. Questions from the audience are encouraged.

Other people: Mehwish Ansari Daniel Kahn Gillmor Mallory Knodel Juliana Guerra

Free software seemingly enjoys large support from the public sector. Top level politicians from all corners of the European Union are expressing their support for open formats and open source software implementations, and more and more municipalities and local authorities start the painstaking course of migration. At the same time, this dedication does not translate into a larger scale dedication to reform the systems which create roadblocks for open and free source entrepreneurs. The patent and copyright systems seem as irrevocably broken as ever they were. What can we expect from the future, and how do we deal with the present?