The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School first instituted the Internet Law Program - iLaw - in 2000. Since then, it has always been an occasion for important debates ranging from intellectual property to the complex and controversial issues related to cyberspace regulation, giving the participants an opportunity to:

• consider the legal and policy environment that governs online activity, both in the U.S. and around the world;
• examine the changing technological character of the Internet;
• explore the implications of Internet policy and legal reforms;
• identify how reforms affect the public interest.

The first European iLaw program will take place in Turin, Italy, on 25-27 May 2005 at the Fondazione Giovanni Agnelli; it will be organized in cooperation with the Berkman Center and will feature an intensive three-day schedule dedicated to the analysis of legal, economic, and technical issues related to the Internet and digital technologies in general. Five world-famous professors from the Harvard Law School, who will be joined by select Italian and European professors, will address topics such as:

• the future of copyright on the Internet;
• Intellectual property and software protection measures;
• the architecture of the Internet;
• cyberspace regulation: from peer-to-peer to wireless, digital contents and privacy.

More information about ILaw can be found here.

The lectures will be of special interests for professionals belonging to many different areas: entrepreneurs, managers, technologists, lawyers, economists, public administrators, lawyers, politicians, journalists, media scholars, and no-profit operators.

No prior background in the subject of Internet Law is required.

English will be the official language.

Partners in a single practice may attend iLaw on different days, by notifying the Organizing Secretariat.

Registration is closed.

The program is available here.

Information about past programs can be found at http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/ilaw/programs.