2007 SSP TMR
Keynote Address: “What is Open Source and What is it Telling Us?”
Interviewer: Geoffrey Bilder
Conflicts over rights management–the length of copyright, the terms for downloading music, fair use of video, etc.–reflect a shift, not just in technology, but in the nature of property in an information-intensive economy. The conventions and contracts governing the creation, dissemination, and use of information were developed to meet the needs of an industrial economy; as that context shifts, so will the governance of intellectual property.
In this session, Chris Meyer will offer a framework for thinking about innovations like open source, the “wisdom of crowds,” and “the gift economy;” followed by a discussion with Chris and Geoffrey regarding the implications for scholarly publishing.
Speakers
He also co-authored the best-selling Blur: The Speed of Change in the Connected Economy and Future Wealth with Stan Davis, and he has contributed to the Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, Fast Company, Time, The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, and Business 2.0. Chris’s recent research and consulting have focused on the development of the Adaptive Enterprise, helping companies create the capacity to sense, respond to, and adapt to changes in their business environments.
He later served as head of R&D in the IT department of Monitor Group, a management consulting firm based in Cambridge, MA. From 2002 to 2005, Geoffrey was Chief Technology Officer at Ingenta. He has since worked and consulted extensively with publishers and librarians on how emerging social software technologies are likely to affect scholarly and professional researchers.