On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:21:45 -0400, Stuart Shulman <stuart.shulman@gmail.com> wrote: > JITP 2010: Politics of Open Source > May 6 & 7, 2010 > University of Massachusetts Amherst > > http://politicsofopensource.jitp.net/ > > The Politics of Open Source is an interdisciplinary conference organized by > the Journal of Information Technology and Politics (JITP) that examines the > politics associated with the Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) > Movement. > > Early registration is open until March 20. > > The conference features two keynote lectures: > > Eric von Hippel, Professor and Head of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship > Group at the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of > Technology and Fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at > Harvard Law School. Dr. von Hippel specializes in research related to the > nature and economics of distributed and open innovation. He also develops > and teaches about practical methods that firms can use to improve their > product and service development processes. He is the author of > Democratizing > Innovation (MIT Press, 2005) and The Sources of Innovation (Oxford, 1988). > > Clay Johnson, Director of Sunlight Labs. Prior joining Sunlight, Clay was > one of the four founders of Blue State Digital, the progressive left's > premier technology and online strategy firm. This firm, which was born out > of the Howard Dean campaign, was also responsible for Barack Obama's Web > presence. At Blue State Digital, Clay was responsible for developing the > organization's brand and building its initial client roster. He also had a > hand at building some of the company's early technical tools. Before > joining > Blue State, Johnson was the lead programmer for Dean for America in 2004, > overseeing the development of grassroots tools like GetLocal, DeanLink and > Project Commons. Prior to entering politics, Johnson was a technologist at > Ask Jeeves (now Ask.com) where he helped to develop the company's Web > syndication product. He also started the first Internet Knowledge Exchange, > KnowPost.com, and worked as an entrepreneur-in-residence at a Venture > Capital firm, but still claims that he learned the most from his first job > -- as a waiter at Waffle House in Atlanta, Georgia. > > For more information and to register, visit > http://politicsofopensource.jitp.net/ > > The conference is supported by Microsoft, Google, UMass Department of > Computer Science, Texifter, the Qualitative Data Analysis Program, and the > National Center for Digital Government. > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/