The Future of the Internet in Focus

Join the Open Rights Group's Becky Hogge in conversation with Jonathan
Zittrain, author of the Future of the Internet and How to Stop It, and
leading technology critic Bill Thompson, hosted by the British
Computer Society.

Will consumer pressure for a safer net mean the end of open platforms
and rapid innovation? And should the geeks who "get" the net care if
the rest of the world prefer TiVos and iPhones? This exclusive event,
aimed squarely at the UK online community, is your chance to put these
questions and more to this expert panel.

Where: Wilkes Room 2, British Computer Society, First Floor, Davidson
Building, 5 Southampton St., London WC2E 7HA

When: Wednesday 4 June, 18:00 (for 18:30) - 20:00

Cost: This event is free, thanks to the generous hosting of the
British Computer Society. Places are strictly limited to 40 attendees.
Sign up for your ticket at http://jzvsbt.eventbrite.com

Speaker Biographies

Jonathan Zittrain holds the Chair in Internet Governance and
Regulation at Oxford University and is a principal of the Oxford
Internet Institute. He is also the Jack N. & Lillian R. Berkman
Visiting Professor for Entrepreneurial Legal Studies at Harvard Law
School and co-founder with Charles Nesson of its Berkman Center for
Internet & Society. Papers are available.

Bill Thompson is an English technology writer best known for his
weekly column in the Technology section of BBC News Online and his
appearances on Digital Planet, a radio show on the BBC World Service
(Sourced from Wikipedia)

Becky Hogge: Before joining the Open Rights Group in January 2007,
Becky was the managing editor, and then the technology director and
technology commissioning editor for www.openDemocracy.net. During her
time there she established the China environment website
www.chinadialogue.net, along with editor Isabel Hilton. As a writer
and commentator, she covers the global politics of technology, open
source, and intellectual property rights. She writes a weekly
technology column for the New Statesman and has also written for The
Guardian, Index on Censorship, Dazed & Confused and The Face.