[Themaintainers] Workshop on OSS as Critical Digital Infrastructure - Legal Technologies & Institutional Design - Jan 14/15, 2020 at NYU Law

[Liz Barry]

Hi Thomas,
I'm in the area and could potentially attend, but for convenience and also
sharing it with people beyond NYC, will you have a video link going?
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On Mon, Jan 13, 2020 at 11:21 AM Thomas Streinz <tfs253 at nyu.edu> wrote:

> With apologies for the additional email: Benedict Kingsbury's paper,
> mentioned in the email below, is available here:
> https://www.elgaronline.com/view/journals/cilj/8-2/cilj.2019.02.01.xml
> We also prepared a shared folder with further materials that will be
> shared with participants upon RSVP.
>
> On Mon, Jan 13, 2020 at 11:19 AM Thomas Streinz <tfs253 at nyu.edu> wrote:
>
>> Dear Maintainers,
>>
>> Tomorrow (from 2pm to 6pm) and on Wednesday (from 9am to 12:30pm), the Guarini
>> Global Law & Tech <http://www.guariniglobal.org> initiative at NYU Law
>> will be hosting a workshop on *open source software as critical digital
>> infrastructure* with a focus on legal technologies (such as contracting,
>> licensing, liability, procurement etc.) and institutional design
>> (governance of knowledge commons, accountability of OSS foundations etc.).
>> Our starting point is the idea of "thinking infrastructurally" about OSS
>> (see Benedict Kingsbury's paper attached, pp. 177-184) and the related
>> question of how to ensure the *maintenance of critical digital
>> infrastructure*.
>>
>> *Maintainers are of course warmly invited to participate* (and sorry
>> about the late notice!)*.* The format will be very informal and fluid
>> with initial interventions (no formal presentations), followed by
>> discussion centered on the themes of the four sessions. Please RSVP with *guariniglobal at nyu.edu
>> <guariniglobal at nyu.edu>* so we have an idea of who will be joining us.
>>
>> Dates: Tuesday, January 14, 2pm-6pm; Wednesday, January 15, 9am-12:30pm
>> Location: NYU Law, Vanderbilt Hall 208 (Tuesday) and 202 (Wednesday), 40
>> Washington Square South, New York
>> Contact: guariniglobal at nyu.edu
>> Program: https://www.guariniglobal.org/oss-workshop
>>
>> This is part of a research agenda on OSS as critical digital
>> infrastructure that the Ford & Sloan foundations are funding:
>> https://www.fordfoundation.org/campaigns/critical-digital-infrastructure-research/ We
>> are hosting a writing retreat for this today and tomorrow morning and
>> several participants will join us for the workshop as well. So this will
>> also be an opportunity to engage with and hear from OSS researchers from
>> other disciplines.
>>
>> Best wishes for 2020,
>> Thomas
>>
>> --
>> Thomas Streinz
>> Adjunct Professor of Law, NYU School of Law
>> <https://its.law.nyu.edu/facultyprofiles/index.cfm?fuseaction=profile.overview&personid=40498>
>> Executive Director, Guarini Global Law & Tech
>> <http://www.guariniglobal.org>, Guarini Institute for Global Legal
>> Studies
>> Fellow, Institute for International Law and Justice <http://www.iilj.org>
>> Wilf Hall, 139 MacDougal Street, Office 309, New York, NY 10012
>> P: +1 212 998 6716 | M: +1 917 362 5583 | E: thomas.streinz at law.nyu.edu
>>
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