Other News from Participating Centers

Arborists Arising: From Tree Care to Tree Camping

At Pontio, in North Wales, a new Masters by Research in Relational Design(#api_MRRD) helps you make a positive step-change in a live wellness project for a region. One project scenario: performance equipment for professional arborists.

20 June: Public Lecture by Rachel Fischer, South Africa

You are cordially invited to attend a public lecture at the IZEW in Tübingen:On June 20, Ms. Rachel Fischer of the African Centre of Excellence for Information Ethics, University of Pretoria, South Africa, will give a talk with the title “African and International Information Ethics: Past, Present and Future”.The lecture will be held in English and take place at 11 am in room 1.01, Wilhelmstraße 19.

The power of a transformative city

Sol Trumbo & Nick Buxton: When Donald Trump announced in June 2017 that the US would pull out of the Paris Climate Agreement, it was noticeable that the most effective opposition came not from Congress but from cities and states.

The Constitution requires a census and State of the Union. Steve Ballmer wants to bring them up to date.

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Alibaba Intellectual Property Academy Founding Public Lecture Successfully Organized for BNU International Students

Alibaba Intellectual Property Academy
Founding Public Lecture
Alibaba Green-Land Center,23 May 2018, 13:30-16:00
Organizer: Alibaba Intellectual Property Academy
Co-organizer:Beijing Normal University Institute for Internet Policy & Law
Chairman: Felix Fan Senior Specialist of Legal Affairs Department, Alibaba Group

New H2020 project CONCORDA – with CiTiP as one of the partners kicks off

New Project on Driving Automation Kick-Off In Brussels

首届阿里巴巴知识产权大讲堂为北师大法学院留学生成功举办

首届阿里巴巴知识产权大讲堂
主办单位:阿里巴巴知识产权研究院
协办单位:北京师范大学互联网政策与法律研究中心
主持人:阿里巴巴集团法务部高级法务专家  卫知
时间:5月23日下午13:30—16:00
地点:阿里巴巴北京绿地中心二层摩天崖会议室
2018年5月23日,由阿里巴巴知识产权研究院主办、北京师范大学互联网政策与法律研究中心协办的阿里巴巴知识产权大讲堂第一讲在阿里巴巴北京绿地中心成功举办。法学院院长卢建平教授、互联网政策与法律研究中心主任薛虹教授、法学院外事秘书张富丽老师与来自坦桑尼亚、希腊、伊朗、老挝、多哥等七个不同国家的十余名留学生一行参加了讲座,听取阿里巴巴集团副总裁、阿里巴巴知识产权研究院总裁孙军工先生、阿里巴巴集团法务部高级法务专家樊俊伟先生的精彩演讲,并进行了现场互动问答交流。

No lançamento do volume 8 da Série Clínicas o debate foi sobre políticas públicas

Evento foi realizado pela FGV Direito Rio Na última semana, a FGV Direito Rio realizou debate sobre políticas públicas no Rio de Janeiro no evento de lançamento do volume 8 da Série Clínicas – Cadernos FGV intitulado “Política pública municipal e federalismo permissivo: sobreposições de competências administrativas e legislativas e o arrefecimento do controle social”. O Coordenador do Núcleo de Práticas Jurídicas da FGV Direito Rio, André Mendes, mediou o debate e realizou a abertura da mesa.

Randomistas: How Radical Researchers Are Changing Our World

Book by Andrew Leigh: “Experiments have consistently been used in the hard sciences, but in recent decades social scientists have adopted the practice. Randomized trials have been used to design policies to increase educational attainment, lower crime rates, elevate employment rates, and improve living standards among the poor.

Palestra: "Transparency's Ideological Drift"

Palestra: "Transparency's Ideological Drift"14h30O Evento: Keynote Speech: David Pozen, Columbia Law School

US Senate Makes Moves to Reinstate Net Neutrality, But Sustainable Rules Are Still Necessary

On May 16, the Senate passed a Congressional Review Act (CRA) to overturn the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) repeal of the 2015 Open Internet Order. A CRA allows Congress to review regulations issued by government agencies and overrule them with a majority vote. This vote, led by Senator Ed Markey (D-MA), is a step towards reinstating the FCC’s 2015 net neutrality rules.

Building the Digital Silk Road Together: Kyrgyz Chapter Proposes Ideas for Internet Development in Central Asia at Cambridge University Forum

Central Asia, the most remote landlocked mountainous region in the world, has some of the most expensive Internet in global comparison. The cost of it can easily reach 10-20% of average monthly salary. In absolute terms, the price of the Internet can reach triple digits for 1 Mbps.

Rural and digital: Revolution in agriculture?

To reinvent itself, agriculture is slowly adapting to industry 4.0 as a model: drones, autonomous tractors and robots are the first step. But so far, missing platforms and poorly developed infrastructures on the countryside prevent fully networked agricultural machinery. In this article, Martin Schmidt provides an overview of current developments, opportunities and risks. Industrie 4.0,…

REMODEL, week 4: What happened and what have we learned

In phase 4 of the REMODEL programme, it is now time to dig deeper and start imagining how the open source mechanisms can be applied concretely in the business strategy of the companies’ products. The secret sauce? Not the open source bit, but rather the magic of building community.
This is part of a serious of blogposts about the REMODEL programme at The Danish Design Centre

Comunidad de la Facultad de Artes cuenta con remozada biblioteca

Amplios espacios para estudio, lectura y reuniones, una sala para proyecciones e infraestructura para digitalización de materiales, es parte de lo que ofrece la remodelada Biblioteca Luis Oyarzún Peña, espacio de 604 m2 donde la comunidad de dicha facultad y de todo el campus podrá realizar su quehacer académico.Revertir las carencias de infraestructura bibliotecaria en lo referente a espacio físico, puestos de estudio y equipamiento tecnológico.

Tribunal Constitucional aprobó proyecto de ley sobre Ues del Estado

Este tribunal colegiado, que vela por la coherencia entre las leyes del país y la Constitución Política, analizó aquellas disposiciones del proyecto que tenían rango orgánico constitucional, aprobando de manera íntegra el documento.

Beyond Civil Rights: Economic Democracy

Aaron Fernando: In June 1968, a group of eight American civil rights and land reform activists travelled to Israel with a plan that was ambitious, if not outright radical. They made the journey in order to study the legal foundations and management practices behind the Jewish National Fund’s leasehold system, and to use this knowledge to advance the civil rights movement and broad-based land reform.

Doctoral Defence Rán Tryggvadóttir

Transparency of Independent "Watchdogs": deliberation, agendas, and negotiations

Transparency of Independent "Watchdogs": deliberation, agendas, and negotiations16h15 até 18h00O Evento: This event is closed to the public
Day 1 – May 29th
14:30-16h - Keynote Speech: David Pozen, “Transparency’s Ideological Drift” 
Panel 1: Transparency and Secrecy: the core debate
16:15-18h 
Chair: Diego Werneck Arguelhes, FGV
Speaker: David Pozen, Columbia University
Speaker: Greg Michener, FGV

Seminário Brasil-China reúne especialistas para debater sobre mediação e arbitragem

Evento foi realizado no Centro Culural FGVNa última semana, a FGV Direito Rio recebeu o seminário Iniciativa Brasil-China: Investimentos chineses no Brasil e o papel da Arbitragem, da Mediação e dos meios online de Solução de Conflitos. O evento trouxe em perspectiva comparada as visões brasileira e chinesa sobre arbitragem e os meios alternativos de solução de disputas, incluindo os meios online de solução de conflitos, através do debate entre especialistas na área.