<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>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.<br><br></div>The full programme and details of how to register are available via this link:<br><a href="http://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/swinburne-internet-policy-workshop-tickets-18089893358">http://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/swinburne-internet-policy-workshop-tickets-18089893358</a><br><br></div>Registration is free but places are limited so signing up via that link is required for entry.<br><br></div>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 '<span class="" itemprop="description"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">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 <a href="mailto:isrevents@swin.edu.au">isrevents@swin.edu.au</a><br><br></span></span><br></div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><u>Cloud Policy and Identity Provision in the Digital Future</u><br></span></font><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:115%">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.<span>
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</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><u><span>Biography</span></u></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US">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 <i>Cloud Policy</i>,
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 <i>Empires of Entertainment </i>(Rutgers,
2011) and co-editor of <i>Distribution
Revolution </i>(University of California Press, 2014); <i>Connected Viewing: Selling, Streaming & Sharing Media in the
Digital Age</i> (2013); and <i>Media
Industries: History, Theory, Method</i><u> </u>(Blackwell, 2009). Her work has
appeared in journals and anthologies including recent contributions to <span>Cinema Journal<i>, </i>Jump Cut</span>, <i>Moving Data</i>, and <i>Signal Traffic: Critical Studies of Media Infrastructures</i>. She is
Director of the Carsey-Wolf Center’s Media Industries Project at UC Santa
Barbara, and a founding member of the <i>Media
Industries </i>journal, the first peer-reviewed, multi-media, open-access
online journal that supports critical studies of media industries and
institutions worldwide.<span> </span></span></span></font></p>
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