http://www.silicon-flatirons.org/events.php Upcoming events for the Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship at the University of Colorado The 2008 Technology Roundtable is designed as a discussion of 18 participants. Phil Weiser, University of Colorado professor of law and telecommunications and executive director of the Silicon Flatirons Center, will lead the Technology Roundtable, encouraging a dynamic, substantive interchange among the participants. Seated in a venue with a capacity for 200 persons, the audience for the Technology Roundtable will be by invitation and include individuals with a particular interest in the subject of technology. Webcast Please note that a live webcast of the Roundtable will be available at NextGenWeb.org. http://www.silicon-flatirons.org/events.php?id=513 http://www.silicon-flatirons.org/events.php?id=513 This conference will focus on the broad array of challenges involved in migrating government communications functions to next generation technologies. http://www.silicon-flatirons.org/events.php?id=514 http://www.silicon-flatirons.org/events.php?id=514 Join the IP Section of the Colorado Bar Association and Silicon Flatirons on the last day of the Democratic National Convention as we bring together representatives from both the McCain and Obama presidential campaigns to speak about the respective campaigns' positions on IP and technology policy issues. http://www.silicon-flatirons.org/events.php?id=519 http://www.silicon-flatirons.org/events.php?id=519 http://www.silicon-flatirons.org/events.php?id=191 http://www.silicon-flatirons.org/events.php?id=191 To say that Fred Kahn is the archetype and inspiration for the deregulatory policies that have transformed a series of network industries over the last thirty years is no exaggeration. In this conference, we will bring together a group of policymakers, former policymakers, academics, and industry leaders from across the last several decades to evaluate the legacy of deregulation, with particular attention to and appreciation for Fred Kahn's leadership and teachings in the area. http://www.silicon-flatirons.org/events.php?id=207 http://www.silicon-flatirons.org/events.php?id=207 http://www.silicon-flatirons.org/events.php?id=475 http://www.silicon-flatirons.org/events.php?id=475 As 2009 approaches with a new administration to take office, questions as to how to spur innovation will by necessity loom large on the policy agenda. Nonetheless, fresh thinking about how to craft an innovation-based economic policy, what innovation policies to implement and how to implement them effectively are in short supply. In this conference, ITIF and Silicon Flatirons will set forth both the conceptual framework and a set of specific policy proposals to raise the level of debate. http://www.silicon-flatirons.org/events.php?id=507 http://www.silicon-flatirons.org/events.php?id=507 http://www.silicon-flatirons.org/events.php?id=192 http://www.silicon-flatirons.org/events.php?id=192 Co-sponsored by the Cable Center and the Communications Technology Professionals The structure of the video programming industry is facing a perfect storm of technological change, increased competition, and calls for new regulation. http://www.silicon-flatirons.org/events.php?id=208 http://www.silicon-flatirons.org/events.php?id=208 http://www.silicon-flatirons.org/events.php?id=476 http://www.silicon-flatirons.org/events.php?id=476 http://www.silicon-flatirons.org/events.php?id=193 http://www.silicon-flatirons.org/events.php?id=193 This Summit will bring together leaders in government, academia, and industry to evaluate the importance of broadband to our State and how broadband intensive applications can make a difference in areas ranging from education to health care to energy conservation. http://www.silicon-flatirons.org/events.php?id=494 http://www.silicon-flatirons.org/events.php?id=494 http://www.silicon-flatirons.org/events.php?id=477 http://www.silicon-flatirons.org/events.php?id=477 http://www.silicon-flatirons.org/events.php?id=194 http://www.silicon-flatirons.org/events.php?id=194 http://www.silicon-flatirons.org/events.php?id=508 http://www.silicon-flatirons.org/events.php?id=508 http://www.silicon-flatirons.org/events.php?id=509 http://www.silicon-flatirons.org/events.php?id=509 The Internet's development has amazed even its early pioneers and its ability to confound skeptics suggests that calls for change should be taken with a grain of salt. This conference will imagine the Internet's future, discuss its economic and social implications, and contrast different prescriptions for Internet policy. http://www.silicon-flatirons.org/events.php?id=210 http://www.silicon-flatirons.org/events.php?id=210 http://www.silicon-flatirons.org/events.php?id=478 http://www.silicon-flatirons.org/events.php?id=478 http://www.silicon-flatirons.org/events.php?id=510 http://www.silicon-flatirons.org/events.php?id=510 http://www.silicon-flatirons.org/events.php?id=479 http://www.silicon-flatirons.org/events.php?id=479 Over the last several years, the Supreme Court and the Federal Circuit have taken a number of steps suggesting that the law governing software patents is still very much in flux. In this conference, we will evaluate both the premises underlying the call for a fundamental reform--and, indeed, the possible abolishment of--software patents as well as some specific suggestions for changing how patents are granted and how patent litigation operates. http://www.silicon-flatirons.org/events.php?id=486 http://www.silicon-flatirons.org/events.php?id=486 http://www.silicon-flatirons.org/events.php?id=511 http://www.silicon-flatirons.org/events.php?id=511 http://www.silicon-flatirons.org/events.php?id=480 http://www.silicon-flatirons.org/events.php?id=480 http://www.silicon-flatirons.org/events.php?id=512 http://www.silicon-flatirons.org/events.php?id=512 The IRLE is sponsored by the University of Colorado's Silicon Flatirons Center to Sharpen the tools required for principled and thoughtful regulatory decision-making. The May Seminar is geared toward state regulators and staff, and distills the critical law and economics issues that arise in closely-regulated network industries and presents them in a coherent fashion. http://www.silicon-flatirons.org/events.php?id=506 http://www.silicon-flatirons.org/events.php?id=506