Technology and Standards in the Public Interest: Comparing Values and Approaches to Code as Law
(December 8-9, 2003) The Cotswolds, England

The Stanhope Centre in collaboration with the Ford Foundation, the Open Society Institute and the Markle Foundation is hosting a two-day extensive roundtable on the design process of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT), and its impact on the various layers of society. More information

Mapping Media Assistance.
This workshop, held in March 2003 in New York, focused on the global "media assistance industry" and the implications for national policies of the research approaches of the Crisis States Programme. The workshop was co-sponsored by the Squadron Program in Media, Law and Society at Cardozo School of Law in New York.

The Role and Remit of Public Service Communicators in the Digital Age: Beyond Market Failure?
Friday 28th February, 15:30 to 17:30.

Richard Collins, Professor of Media, Open University and Nanne Priebs, Markle Research Fellow, Oxford University will begin the discussion followed by a presentation from Tim Gardam, Director of Programmes, Channel 4. This seminar is part of a series for the Institute for Public Policy Research's (IPPR) Public Service research project.