[csaa-forum] Monday 5th October - Swinburne Internet Policy Workshop and public lecture with A Prof Jennifer Holt (UCSB) - 'Cloud Policy and Identity Provision in the Digital Future'

[Angela Daly]

We are delighted to announce the programme for the inaugural Swinburne
Internet Policy Workshop, generously sponsored by the .au Domain Authority
and taking place in Hawthorn Arts Centre (Burwood Road, Hawthorn VIC 3122)
on Monday 5th October as a one-day academic pre-event to the annual
Australian Internet Governance Forum.

The full programme and details of how to register are available via this
link:
http://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/swinburne-internet-policy-workshop-tickets-18089893358

Registration is free but places are limited so signing up via that link is
required for entry.

We are also delighted to have Associate Professor Jennifer Holt from the
University of California, Santa Barbara give the keynote lecture (which
will be open to the general public) on 'Cloud Policy and Identity Provision
in the Digital Future' from 6 to 7pm in the Zelman Room, Hawthorn Arts
Centre. If you only wish to attend her lecture, please RSVP to
isrevents at swin.edu.au


*Cloud Policy and Identity Provision in the Digital Future*

The phenomenon of “connected viewing” is creating a revolution in how our
media is created, circulated, and consumed. However, the functionality of
this new multi-platform, socially-networked digital entertainment
experience is heavily dependent on “the cloud” and its attendant
infrastructure, such as data centers and server farms across the globe.
Further, as digital content distribution and engagement becomes
increasingly reliant on streaming platforms, remote servers, and access to
viewers’ personal preferences, the issues of privacy and data security have
become critical for producers, distributors, and consumers of cloud-based
media. This presentation will look at some recent developments in how
“cloud policy” is being formulated to protect and police data that is
stored remotely and ultimately streamed, downloaded, and/or shared across
broadband networks and digital platforms. The global contours of cloud
storage have only made this more challenging, given the gaps and fissures
in international data jurisdiction, regulating third party hosts, and the
difficulties defining “personal information” across international
boundaries. Additionally, the increasing data protections instituted by
various European initiatives which aim to create “national clouds,” and the
growing presence of Identity Service Providers (IdPs) in the digital
ecosystem have introduced further chaos into an already unruly policy
landscape. In our current era of data-driven digital content distribution,
this lack of universal legal standards for a global digital ecosystem will
have significant impact on consumer access, data flow, and the
privacy/security of our information. It is in these details where we can
begin to connect the intricacies of “cloud policy” to our future designs on
a vibrant media culture, a healthy democratic commons, and well-informed,
secure citizenry.



*Biography*

Jennifer Holt is Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies at the
University of California, Santa Barbara, and Faculty Associate at the
Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. She
specializes in the areas of media industry studies, television and digital
media, and media policy. Her research focuses on the cultural politics and
legal histories of media regulation, and she is currently working on a book
entitled *Cloud Policy*, examining the regulation of digital media
infrastructure as it relates to privacy, data security, and the
jurisdiction of data in “the cloud.” She is the author of *Empires of
Entertainment *(Rutgers, 2011) and co-editor of *Distribution
Revolution *(University
of California Press, 2014); *Connected Viewing: Selling, Streaming &
Sharing Media in the Digital Age* (2013); and *Media Industries: History,
Theory, Method* (Blackwell, 2009). Her work has appeared in journals and
anthologies including recent contributions to Cinema Journal*, *Jump
Cut, *Moving
Data*, and *Signal Traffic: Critical Studies of Media Infrastructures*. She
is Director of the Carsey-Wolf Center’s Media Industries Project at UC
Santa Barbara, and a founding member of the *Media Industries *journal, the
first peer-reviewed, multi-media, open-access online journal that supports
critical studies of media industries and institutions worldwide.
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