Mañana comienza el primer Berlin Symposium on Internet and Society: Exploring the Digital Future, que se desarrollará entre el 25 y 28 de octubre. Este evento tiene como objetivo reunir a diversos agentes interesados en el estudio y análisis de Internet y su impacto social. Mañana martes vuelo a Berlín para participar en el mismo hasta el viernes. Tanto el programa como el número y la calidad de los ponentes y asistentes hacen que sea un evento muy prometedor. Espero dar cumplida cuenta de ello en los próximos días.
The Internet and related technologies significantly transform our society, which implies enormous potential as well as indisputable challenges. Following the announcement by Eric Schmidt on February 16th, 2011, we are currently bootstrapping the research institute for Internet & society in Berlin to further the interdisciplinary analysis of the Internet and its influence on the information society.
Hosted by three leading academic institutions in Germany, including Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin University of the Arts and the Social Science Research Center Berlin, and in close collaboration with the Hans-Bredow-
Institute in Hamburg, the institute will bring together leading academics to engage in innovative research focusing on questions of Internet innovation, Internet policy, information and media law and global constitutionalism.The institute is meant as an enabling environment for an open debate and fruitful discussion of the many questions arising from the leading role that new technologies play in the context of the global information society. Following the philosophy of openness and cooperation, we welcome your ideas and expertise and would like to invite you to become part of the discussion.
Aprovecho para dar la bienvenida a este nuevo centro, que cuenta con apoyo de Google. Es una buena noticia que se den pasos hacia adelante en el estudio de Internet y sus efectos sociales, especialmente en estos tiempos de crisis y de recortes presupuestarios.