Event Programme

Event Programme for: Web 2.0 : Business Opportunities & Legal Challenges

Programme

8.30am Registration

9.00 Chairman's Introduction
Lindsey Greig, Managing Editor, e-commerce law & policy


9.15 am Keynote Speaker
Prof. Michael Wilson, World Wide Web Consortium UK & Ireland

Introduction to the internet and how it has and still is developing technologically and socially. This session will look at how we have now reached Web 2.0 and what the future holds for the internet.


10.00 am Understanding the evolving world of Web 2.0

Web 2.0 has come to symbolize the resurgent web, with social networking sites such as MySpace and video sharing site YouTube, achieving billion dollar price tags for their mixture of customer created content and online community. In this session we look at the new business models, the techniques and what this means for business.

Neil Brown & Dan Tozer, Vodafone Group Legal
Mark Owen, Harbottle & Lewis


10.45 am Coffee


11.15 am User Generated Content and Social Networking

Copyright and ownership of data are key issues that have to be addressed. But issues of liability, rights management, marketing and partnering agreements are all integral to the new models.

Jerome Touze & Peter Ward, Co-Founders of WAYN.com
Seb Belcher, Harbottle & Lewis


11.45 am Data Protection, Data Security, Data Sharing

The success of sites such as MySpace and FaceBook depend on users putting up online a whole range of information about themselves and what they do. The ability to use this information and share it with others is a significant aspect of both the business model and the attraction of the site. But such sites bring with them issues of data protection, data security and data sharing. This session examines all the issues.

Adam Mitton, Harbottle & Lewis


12.15 pm Net Neutrality

As online businesses have prospered, so the debate about net neutrality has developed with telecoms and infra-structure companies looking to win a greater share of the revenue that is being generated. This session looks at the growing discussion about charging for the net and how that is likely to develop.

Dougal Scott, Director of Policy Development, Ofcom


12.45pm Panel Discussion


1.00 pm End