St Anne’s College, University of Oxford, Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HS.
Results from the first global study of Internet filtering carried out by the OpenNet Initiative were on the table for a day of discussion involving ICT development experts, speech and human rights advocates, journalists and bloggers, international laywers and scholars, and others interested in state responses to online information flows. The day will conclude with a debate hosted by the Oxford Union – ‘This House believes that the Internet is the greatest force for Democratisation in the World‘.
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 08:30-9:00 | Registrant check-in and continental breakfast |
| 09:00-9:20 | Welcoming Remarks by Jonathan Zittrain |
| 09:20-10:10 | Ron Deibert: Global Internet Filtering: Evidence and Implications (see video on this page) |
| 10:10-10:40 | Respondents and discussion (click to view) |
| 10:40-11:00 | John Palfrey: Summary and introduction to afternoon sessions |
| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee Break |
| 11:30-13:00 | Breakout Sessions Round 1
Free Expression on the Internet (Chair: Jonathan Zittrain) Human Rights in Cyberspace (Chair: Ron Deibert) Circumvention Tools (Chair: Hal Roberts) |
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch (provided) |
| 14:00-15:30 | Breakout Sessions Round 2
Economic Development, Government and the Internet (Chair: Rob Faris) Private Actors and State Action in Cyberspace (Chair: Colin Maclay) International Responses to Internet Filtering (Chair: John Palfrey) |
| 15:30-16:15 | Coffee Break |
| 16:15-17:15 | Report Back from Breakout Sessions |
| 17:15-17:30 | Jonathan Zittrain and John Palfrey: Summation / Next Steps |
| 17:45-21:15 | Cocktail Event |
| 20:30-22:30 | Debate at the Oxford Union: This House believes that the Internet is the greatest force for Democratisation in the World (click to view recording) |
This conference is a partnership with the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University.
Senior Fellow
Jonathan Zittrain is the George Bemis Professor of International Law at Harvard Law School and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and Professor of Computer Science at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
Former Research Associate
John Palfrey is Clinical Professor of Law and Executive Director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard Law School. His research and teaching is focused on the impact of the Internet on democracy.
University of Toronto
Berkman Center for Internet & Society
Berkman Center for Internet & Society
Berkman Center for Internet & Society