Join us for another Ask the Expert session to ask YOUR questions of John Palfrey. As Clinical Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and Executive Director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, John’s work focuses on Internet law, intellectual property, and the potential of new technologies to strengthen democracies locally and around the world.

John's list of projects and work is impressive and you could spend the rest of your day (or days) trying to catch up on it all.  Take special note of his work on Digital Natives.  In August, a book written by Ura Gasser and John on the subject, Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives, will be published.   As this new generation of digital natives comes of age, how will our world be transformed in their image is one of the question tackled.  Generation Digital Native will have an enormous effect on every aspect of society and it is important to begin to understand this impact.  

 

Some of John's other projects include StopBadware.org, OpenNet Initiative, Internet & Democracy, and Principles on Free Expression and Privacy.   So before much time, you'll have a list of questions running long. 

NTEN Members will have an exclusive opportunity to ask questions and hear them answered. Check out the NTEN blog closer to the event for a chance to queue your questions before the event.

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John came to the Berkman Center from the law firm Ropes & Gray, where he worked on intellectual property, Internet law, and private equity transactions. John is a co-founder of several technology companies. He also served as a Special Assistant at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency during the Clinton administration. While attending Harvard Law School, John worked at the Berkman Center, was a Teaching Fellow in Internet Law, and served as an editor of the Harvard Environmental Law Review.

Outside of his Berkman Center work, he is a venture executive at Highland Capital Partners. He is on the board of several new media companies, including Top Ten Media, Newsilike Media Group, Noank Media, and My Virtual Model and is an adviser to StyleFeeder and CrowdSprout. He is a fellow of the British-American Project. He serves on the Board of Directors of the non-profit Mass2020 Foundation and is an adviser to Global Voices Online and Scoop08.

John graduated from Harvard College, the University of Cambridge, and Harvard Law School. He was a Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholar to the University of Cambridge and the U.S. EPA Gold Medal (highest national award). John is admitted to the New York and Massachusetts bars.

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