Symposium on "Web and Internet Policy"

Date: Dec 09, 2020 8:00 am – Dec 09, 2020 11:30 am
Location: Online

Symposium on "Web and Internet Policy"

Wednesday, December 9, 2020 (2.00 pm to 6.30 pm Berlin time)

Participation is free of charge and is in cooperation with the Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society, Berlin.

Register at https://plamadiso.weizenbaum-institut.de/web-internet-policy-symposium/

The speakers of the symposium will present their work on the intersection of data analytics, computer science, economics, law, and engineering:

Session I – Privacy and Discrimination on the Web:

  • Nikos Laoutaris (IMDEA Networks Institute): "From Privacy & Transparency to (Human Centric) Data Economics"
  • Lilian Edwards (Newcastle University): "Developing privacy and discrimination safeguards in emergency COVID-19 tech: from contact tracing apps to vaccination passports"
  • Krishna Gummadi (Max Planck Institute for Software Systems): "Privacy and Fairness of Online Targeted Advertising"

Session II – Challenges and Regulation in the Internet:

  • William Lehr (Massachusetts Institute of Technology): "Internet, Broadband, and Spectrum Policy – Separating the Challenges"
  • David D. Clark (Massachusetts Institute of Technology): "Forces that shape the future of the Internet: The Inevitable role of government"
  • Scott Marcus (Bruegel): "Promoting the European Data Economy"
  • Christopher Yoo (University of Pennsylvania): "Understanding the Lessons from the Pandemic: Separating the Wheat from the Chaff"
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