We are continuing the process of reviewing and organizing the considerable material produced in the three-day event in Torino (28-30 June).

The main Conference page now includes all slides presentations, ready for downloading.

Also available are the video-streaming recordings, divided in morning and afternoon sessions for each day.

The Experientia project produced a useful timetable and recap about such video-streaming sessions.

Live reports are always available on the special webpage set-up by the Italian daily “La Stampa“.

Several video-interviews with speakers and other live material has also been produced by the Polimedia awesome team.

Our Twitter stream provided live event coverage and it is still going strong.

And don’t forget to join and comment on our Facebook page.

Please stay tuned for more material and post-event news in the upcoming days.

Thanks!

(blogpost via http://communia-project.eu/)

Almost 400 people from all over the world are convening in Torino (Italy) for the COMMUNIA 2010 “University and Cyberspace” Conference, starting today  Monday June 28 at the Politecnico di Torino. This is a one-of-a-kind event featuring three days of academics, policymakers, visionaries, entrepreneurs, architects, and activists addressing some of the most significant issues facing universities in a networked age through keynotes, plenary sessions, high order bits, break out discussions, dinners, and celebrations.

You can watch a live webcast of the conference by visiting this page. Please note this live stream is formatted for WMV. If you are using a Macintosh computer with Quicktime and unable to see the stream, you can download a free plugin from Microsoft.

We are excited to announce that the full agenda for the COMMUNIA 2010 “University and Cyberspace” conference has now been posted! The program features three days of academics, policymakers, visionaries, entrepreneurs, architects, and activists addressing some of the most significant issues facing universities in a networked age through keynotes, plenary sessions, high order bits, break out discussions, dinners, and celebrations.

We look forward to joining the speakers and the hundreds of COMMUNIA members and other registered attendees in conversation next week in Torino. If you have not already registered, there is still time – registration is free (but required) and can be done online here.

On the evening of Monday, June 28th, we have arranged for conference attendees to propose and self-organize “Food for Thought” dinners, where participants can engage in informal, themed conversation with other conference attendees.We recognize that not all topics, questions, and ideas related to the theme of the conference can be addressed in a few short days and sessions, so we encourage all attendees to propose ideas or attend one of the dinners.

Reservations have already been made at a number of restaurants around Torino; all you need to do is propose a discussion topic or sign up! More information can be found on the Food for Thought wiki page.

Juan Carlos de Martin of the NEXA Center for Internet & Society and Urs Gasser of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University discuss the “University in Cyberspace” conference at the Torino International Book Fair:

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We are pleased to announce an initial lineup of speakers for the “University and Cyberspace: Reshaping Knowledge Institutions for the Networked Age” conference taking place later this month. This list represents some, but certainly not all, of the experts, academics, entrepreneurs, leaders, administrators, policy makers, and COMMUNIA members that will be involved in the event. More information about the speakers and conference sessions will be made available very soon on this page.

Philippe Aigrain, Sopinspace
Massimo Banzi, Tinker.it
Chiara Basile, unireversity.org
David Bollier, OnTheCommons.org
Boubakar Barry, Association of African Universities
Herbert Burkert, University of St. Gallen
Mario Calabresi, La Stampa
Sandra Cortesi, Berkman Center for Internet & Society
Carlo Fabricatore, Initium Studios & University of Worcester
William Fisher, Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University
Urs Gasser, Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University
Jonathan Gray, Open Knowledge Commons
Jean-Claude Guedon, Université de Montréal
Lucie Guibault, IVIR
Martin Hall,  Salford University, UK
Jef Huang, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL)
Joi Ito, Creative Commons
Jafar Javan, UN Staff College
Ignasi Labastida, University of Barcelona
Paolo Lanteri, WIPO
Colin Maclay, Berkman Center for Internet & Society
Catharina Maracke, Keio University
Juan Carlos de Martin, NEXA Center for Internet & Society
Jan Masschelein, Leuven
Charles Nesson, Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University
Carlo Olmo, Politecnico di Torino
David Orban, Singularity University
John Palfrey, Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University
Patrick Peiffer, Luxcommons
Antoine Picon, Harvard University
Francesco Profumo, Politecnico di Torino
Stefano Rodotà, University of Rome
Marco de Rossi, Oilproject.org
Marco Santambrogio
Stuart Shieber, Berkman Center for Internet & Society and the Office for Scholarly Communication at Harvard University
Maarten Simons, Leuven
Bruce Sterling,  Notable Futurologist and Author
Alma Swan, Key Perspectives Ltd.
Sirin Tekinay, Ozyegin
Stephan Vincent-Lancrin, OECD

Additionally, as the conference approaches, we are hoping to utilize the knowledge and expertise of COMMUNIA members and others attending, and request that those who might be interested in briefly presenting or discussing a case study or an idea related one of the track themes add their proposals to the conference wiki. Track leaders will identify salient topics and ask 2-4 individuals with proposals to participate in breakout sessions taking place on day 2 or day 3 of the conference. To add your idea to our list, you can find pages related to each breakout session here. Please be sure to include a short description of your idea or case study, any relevant links or resources, and your contact information.

In preparation for the coming University and Cyberspace conference, we’ve begun to compile literature about the conference’s three tracks.

We’re aggregating relevant publications like academic papers, blogposts, articles, and books in the conference wiki, and the hashtag #communia2010 can also be used to flag good reads in delicious or Twitter.

Please help expand and inform conference conversations by sharing your favorites, and happy reading!

The NEXA Center for Internet & Society (http://nexa.polito.it) at the Politecnico di Torino and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu) at Harvard University are proud to announce that registration for the international conference “University and Cyberspace: Reshaping Knowledge Institutions for the Networked Age” is open.

This multi-disciplinary conference – held within the context of COMMUNIA, the European thematic network on the digital public domain, http://communia-project.eu – will focus on the ways in which the Internet affects universities as knowledge institutions. The discussions aim to outline changes and questions in order to maximize the benefits offered by these technological advances.

The conference will be held on 28-30 June 2010 on the main campus of Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy.
Website: http://university-and-cyberspace.org.

Please register at: http://university-and-cyberspace.eventbrite.com/. The event is free and open to both COMMUNIA members and the public at large.

The three-day conference will follow a matrix structure: along with “vertical” tracks on digital natives, information infrastructure (library evolution, open access, etc.) and spatial (both physical and virtual) infrastructure. Three “horizontal” plenary sessions are also scheduled, addressing the three core missions of universities: education, research and the civic role of universities within society.

Confirmed speakers include: Prof. Stefano Rodota (University of Rome), writer and futurologist Bruce Sterling, Prof. John Palfrey (Harvard Law School, author of “Born Digital”, one of the first studies on digital natives), Prof. Jef Huang (EPFL, architect), Prof. Terry Fisher (Harvard Law School). The final program will be made available by early June.

A generous contribution provided through institutional funding will enable the public-at-large to attend (http://university-and-cyberspace.org); however space is limited and pre-registration is required.

For more information or questions, please do not hesitate to contact the conference secretariat at communia2010@nexa.polito.it.

We look forward to welcoming you in Torino!
Sign up for our announcements list to hear about further developments and details as the date approaches.
Kind regards,

The “University & Cyberspace” Organizing Committee

Keep up to date with conference news by subscribing to our general announcements list, subscribe to this website’s RSS feed, or follow COMMUNIA on Twitter.  Registration for the conference is not yet open, but will be soon — so stay tuned!

The NEXA Center for Internet & Society at the Politecnico di Torino and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University are pleased to announce:

University and Cyberspace
Reshaping Knowledge Institutions for the Networked Age
28-30 June 2010, Torino, Italy

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