The Information Society Project at the Yale Law School will host a symposium exploring the impact of policies and technologies affecting access to electronic information.
The Open Standards International Symposium will take place on Saturday, Feb. 3, at the Law School, 127 Wall St.
"Technological design is political," assert the event organizers in their description of the symposium. "In a digitally networked environment, technical decisions about the infrastructure of information and communications technologies (ICT) can have a broad impact on public policy, innovation and economic growth. The decisions governing these developing systems are increasingly being promulgated in the form of standards. ...
"Standards, once entrenched, can endure longer than other policy mechanisms because of user investments, product development investments, institutional commitments and preservation of industry hegemony among powerful stakeholders," they add. These standards are affecting the competitive openness of certain technology markets and, from a technical standpoint, have created problems among government services in responding to disasters, note the organizers.
This conference will be the first to address global open standards issues from an academic perspective. The symposium will bring together an international group of technologists, policymakers, entrepreneurs, executives, lawyers, computer scientists and activists to examine open standards in the fields of technology, economics, politics and law.
For a schedule and information on registration, visit the website at http://research.yale.edu/isp/eventsosis.html.
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