It’s mid-September, and that means Gikii! The geeks packed their gadgets and flew, walked, bicycled, sailed and slithered into Amsterdam for this year’s collection of law and geeky stuff. Gikii is earning a well-deserved reputation as one of the most fun-yet-thought-provoking conferences in the IP and IT circuit thanks to Read more
Registration is now closed, but here is the programme for this year’s Gikii. I’m really looking forward to it: 17 September 09:15-09:30 Opening 09:30-10:45 First morning session (3): Doomsday Christopher Lever, Fortun@e 500: A Consideration of the Contract Law Consequences of Cache Poisoning Clive Feather, Resilience of the PGP “web Read more
I’ve been in New York for the sixth edition of State of Play. For those not familiar with the event, State of Play is probably the biggest academic conference showcasing research into virtual worlds. This is my second visit to SoP, and enjoyed it as much as I did the Read more
GikII Comes to Amsterdam! 17-18 September 2009 Institute for Information Law (IViR) University of Amsterdam GikII 4th Edition, a two day workshop on the intersections between law, technology and popular culture, will be held on September 17-18th, 2009 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The chairs of the event are Joris van Read more
Last week I attended the 5th COMMUNIA workshop on Accessing, Using, Reusing Public Sector Content and Data. I was pleasantly surprised by the level of the presentations, the depth of the discussion, and the pragmatic approach to the topic of public sector information. I mean pleasantly surprised not because the Read more
Computer Implemented Inventions Workshop Wednesday 1 April 2009Venue: Moot Court Room, Old College This event is the idea of Professor Philip Leith, Queen’s University Belfast, and it is organised as part of SCRIPT’s Information Technology Law Foresight Fora. The objective of the event is to bring together a small number Read more
The hard-working organisers of the excellent and much awaited SCRIPTed conference have written to let me know that there are only a small number of places left, so get thee to the registration page ASAP! The programme is looking extremely good, but I am biased because I am chuffed at Read more
GikII returns! Wait, we’ve tried that one before. GikII Strikes Back! Nah, George Lucas does not deserve it. Thy Geek Will Be Done! Better… After three successful runs dealing with the legal implications of Harry Potter, tattoos, knitted Daleks, Buffy avatars (or was it Angel’s avatar?), robots behaving badly, and Read more
(via Jonathan Gray) 5th COMMUNIA Workshop: Accessing, Using and Reusing Public Sector Content and Data when: 26-27th March 2009where: New Academic Building, London School of Economics, London UK Across the world there is a growing recognition of the social and commercial value of public sector content and data: be that Read more
The programme for the upcoming SCRIPTed conference has been published, and it looks pretty interesting. SUNDAY 29 MARCH 2009 19:00 Welcome Wine Reception (Playfair Library) MONDAY 30 MARCH 2009 09:00 Registration (Raeburn Room Vestibule) (Posters Erected) 10:00 Welcome & Opening (Playfair Library) (Chair: Prof Graeme Laurie, SCRIPT) Prof Douglas Brodie, Read more