Jonathan Zittrain's Book Launch: The Future of the Internet May 7, 2008

* Jonathan Zittrain, OII Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation
* Frederick Schauer, Frank Stanton Professor of the First Amendment at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Location: Gulbenkian Lecture theatre, Law Faculty, University of Oxford. This event is open to the public. If you would like to attend please email your name and affiliation, if any, to: events@oii.ox.ac.uk A reception will follow at the Oxford University Club, with words from Emily Taylor (Nominet).

'The Internet is primed for a meltdown -- and the most obvious cures are just as bad ..'

The Oxford launch of Professor Jonathan Zittrain's Book 'The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It'.

Book Microblurb: The Internet's current trajectory is one of lost opportunity. Its salvation, Jonathan argues, lies in the goodwill of its millions of users. Drawing on generative technologies like Wikipedia that have so far survived their own successes, he shows how to develop new technologies and social structures that allow users to work creatively and collaboratively, avoiding the excesses and abuses of openness—and saving the Net from lockdown.

OII Press Release (10 April 2008): New book from Professor Jonathan Zittrain: 'The Future of the Internet: And How to Stop It' (pdf, 65kb)

We are grateful for support from Nominet for this event.

Official Website: http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/details.cfm?id=189