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“Internet and Society”

The Munich Center for Internet Research initiates discussions about the relationship between the internet and the society with an interactive lecture series of international experts. It aims to constructively involve all parts of the society.

We invite you to follow the series of lectures, suggest ideas, propose questions and discuss with us.

Prominent international speakers discuss different aspects of the interplay of digitization and society on a monthly basis.

Speakers are among others:

Prof. Alessandro Acquisti, Professor for Information Technology and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University
Prof. Wendy Hall, Expert for Internettechnologies and Semantic Web, University of Southampton
Prof. Helen Nissenbaum, Expert for Privacy and Online Trust, New York University
Prof. Pamela Samuelson, Expert for Digital Copyright and Cyberlaw, Berkeley Center for Law & Technology
Peter Schaar, Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (2003-2013)
Dr. Rainer Kallenbach, CEO Bosch Software Innovations GmbH
Prof. Heidi Schelhowe, Professor for Digital Media, University Bremen
Prof. Ravi Sandhu, Experte für Cyber Security (ICS), University of Texas at San Antonio
Prof. Eric von Hippel, Professor of Innovation Management, MIT Sloan School of Management and Professor of Engineering Systems, MIT

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More (external) Events

4th Crowdinvesting Symposium

04.11.2016 the 4th Crowdinvesting Symposium „Financial Decision Making and the Internet“ takes place at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Munich.

Machine Learning Demystified

30 06.2016 Internal MCIR talk

Alei Salem, TUM

Event archive

MAY 16

Cloud TV: Technology, business, content, and policy

Keynote by Prof. Eli Noam, Columbia University New York

SEP 19

A Revolution in Higher Education: Tales from Unlikely Allies

Keynote by Richard A. DeMillo

FEB 16

Arbeiten in der Wolke – Arbeits- und sozialrechtliche Implikationen der Plattformökonomie

Keynote by ao. Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Martin Risak

NOV 22

Machen Computer dumm? Zur Beziehung zwischen digitalen Medien und Bildung

Keynote by Prof. Dr. Heidi Schelhowe

OCT 18

Bricks or clicks: the future of education in the digital age

Professor Dame Wendy Hall, Executive Director of the Web Science Institute, University of Southampton, UK

SEP 22

What can Technologists learn from the History of the Internet?

Prof. Sandhu - Expert for Cyber Security, University of Texas

JUL 14

“Privacy at the Intersection of Ethics and Technology”

Prof. Nissenbaum
Expert for Privacy and Online Trust, New York University

JUN 23

The Transformative Impact of the Internet on Copyright (and Nearly Everything Else in the Law)

Prof. Pamela Samuelson
Expert for Digital Copyright and Cyberlaw, Berkeley Center for Law & Technology

JUN 16

Privacy in the Digital Age: Who Benefits from the Data Economy?

Prof. Alessandro Acquisti
Expert for Informationtechnology and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University

MAY 9

Discrimination by algorithms? The social impact of big data

Peter Schaar
Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (2003-2013)

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