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CATEGORIES:Engineering Biology Interdisciplinary Research Cen
 tre
SUMMARY:Assessing the Impact of Open IP in Emerging Techno
 logies - Speaker to be confirmed
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UID:TALK100504AThttp://talks.cam.ac.uk
URL:http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/100504
DESCRIPTION:This session will build on the earlier sessions of
  the term to create a framework for the impacts of
  Open IP and discuss the theory development and em
 pirical work required to enable effective assessme
 nt.\n\nThe guiding question of our research group 
 will be the extent to which open technologies resu
 lt in equitable sharing of knowledge and cognitive
  or technology justice. 'Open' IP describes a rang
 e of approaches to knowledge production\, distribu
 tion and consumption that allow more or different 
 actors to participate in producing and benefit fro
 m technologies. The global shift to knowledge-base
 d economies and increasingly rapid pace of technol
 ogical advancement means that the question of how 
 society deals with intellectual property (IP) and 
 structures institutions and communities to manage 
 and disseminate knowledge is critically important 
 to our future. Our choices will reflect and shape 
 our societal values\, practices and culture. Advoc
 ates of open and collaborative approaches point to
  evidence of real social impact from but there is 
 little published evidence and any effects are heav
 ily context dependent. \n\n\nWe are interested in 
 emerging technologies such as synthetic biology\, 
 artificial intelligence and electric cars\; new ne
 tworked infrastructure such as distributed energy 
 and new forms of manufacturing such as 3D-printing
 . Examples of open technologies are found within e
 ach of these sectors\, situated along a spectrum f
 rom fully public domain to forming part of a manag
 ed commons. Our research group has a range of inte
 rests from biotechnologies and diagnostics\; 'gree
 n' technology and sustainability transitions\; gov
 ernance of risk through to knowledge and technolog
 y transfer for international development. We will 
 explore together the legal issues\, economic impli
 cations and governance of open technologies across
  key sectors\, asking how they are established\, w
 hat motivates the IP owners and ultimately what im
 pact this might have on societies. This will enabl
 e us to push the boundaries of our current knowled
 ge and understanding\, cross-fertilising between o
 ur respective fields and creating new interdiscipl
 inary insights and novel research ideas.\n
LOCATION:Seminar Room SG2\, Alison Richard Building
CONTACT:Alexandra Ting
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