Agenda

Thursday, April 20, 2017

Presiding Officer: Vanessa Ing, Symposium Co-Editor; Berkeley Technology Law Journal
9:00 AM	Welcome Jim Dempsey, Executive Director, Berkeley Center for Law & Technology Audio
9:00 AM	What is a platform, why are platforms important, and what is unique about online platforms? Ken Bamberger, UC Berkeley Law School, BCLT Tarleton Gillespie, Microsoft Research, New England Orly Lobel, University of San Diego Law School Randal C. Picker, University of Chicago Law School Brian Willen, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (moderator) Willen (intro) audio Picker audio Gillespie audio Lobel audio
10:30 AM	Break
10:45 AM	Demystifying Algorithmic Processes: What is the role of algorithms in online platforms, what can they do and not do, and how should they be governed? Robyn Caplan, Data and Society Stuart Geiger, UC Berkeley Institute for Data Science Anna Lauren Hoffmann, UC Berkeley School of Information Deirdre Mulligan, UC Berkeley School of Information, BCLT (moderator) Mulligan (intro), Geiger, Caplan audio Hoffmann audio Discussion audio
12:00 PM	Lunch Break
12:30 PM	David E. Nelson Keynote The Hon. Terrell McSweeny, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission Introduced by Claudia Maria Vetesi, Morrison & Foerster LLP Audio
1:00 PM	Break
Presiding Officer: Michelle Park, Symposium Co-Editor; Berkeley Technology Law Journal
1:15 PM	Consumer Protection: What are the forms of private and public governance that serve to protect (or control) buyers and sellers on platforms? Thomas Brown, Paul Hastings (moderator) Karin Schwab, eBay Maurice Stucke, University of Tennessee Law School Jane Winn, University of Washington Law School John Zysman, UC Berkeley Political Science Discussion audio Discussion audio 2
2:30 PM	Break
3:00 PM	Privacy: In the era of big data, how can regulators use data from platform companies to achieve public policy goals while protecting privacy? Stephanie Bryson, Uber Catherine Crump, UC Berkeley Law School and BCLT (moderator) Meera Joshi, New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission Joel Reidenberg, Fordham University Law School Discussion audio Discussion audio 2
4:15 PM	The Future of Work: Independent contractors or employees — is the dichotomy meaningful? Veena Dubal, UC Hastings College of the Law Justin McCrary, UC Berkeley Law School Presentation and response audio Discussion audio
5:00 PM	Reception

Friday, April 21, 2017

Presiding Officer: Michelle Park, Symposium Co-Editor; Berkeley Technology Law Journal
9:00 AM	Intellectual Property as a Control Mechanism: Despite the breadth of intermediary liability, how do enforcers continue to target platforms? Audio Andrew Bridges, Fenwick & West Leah Chan Grinvald, Suffolk University Law School Chris Hoofnagle, UC Berkeley Law School, School of Information, and BCLT (moderator) Sonia Katyal, UC Berkeley Law School, BCLT Aaron Rubin, Morrison & Foerster LLP Jennifer Urban, UC Berkeley Law School and BCLT Discussion audio Discussion audio 2
10:30 AM	Break
10:45 AM	Free Expression and Terrorist Content: What obligations do platforms face when hosting terrorist content? Elizabeth Banker, Twitter Monika Bickert, Facebook Patrick Carome, WilmerHale (moderator) Brittan Heller, Anti-Defamation League Todd Helmus, RAND Emma Llanso, Center for Democracy & Technology Discussion audio Discussion audio 2 Discussion audio 3
Presiding Officer: Vanessa Ing, Symposium Co-Editor; Berkeley Technology Law Journal
12:15 PM	Lunch
12:45 PM	Keynote David Kaye, UN Special Rapporteur and UC Irvine Law School Introduced by Melissa Murray, Dean, UC Berkeley Law School Audio
1:15 PM	Break
1:30 PM	Discrimination: In the context of algorithm-based decision making, what are the tools that can promote fairness and mitigate discrimination? Rob Chesnut, Airbnb Dr. Tamar Kricheli-Katz, Tel Aviv University, Faculty of Law and Department of Sociology Nancy Leong, University of Denver Law School Karen Levy, Cornell University Department of Information Science and Law School David Oppenheimer, UC Berkeley Law School (moderator) Nicole Ozer, ACLU of California Oppenheimer (intro), Levy audio Kricheli-Katz, Oppenheimer audio Leong audio Ozer and discussion audio
3:00 PM	Conclusion: More regulation, less regulation, self-regulation — what is the right balance for effective governance? Daphne Keller, Stanford Center for Internet and Society James Manyika, McKinsey & Company Jennifer Martin, Covington (moderator) Marshall Van Alstyne, Boston University Questrom School of Business Joris Van Hoboken, IViR, University of Amsterdam Martin (intro) audio Alstyne, Manyika Hoboken, Keller and discussion audio
4:15 PM	Closing