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2007 SSP TMR

Keynote Address: “What is Open Source and What is it Telling Us?”

Speaker: Chris Meyer
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

Christopher Meyer
Chris Meyer is Chief Executive of Monitor Networks, a unit of the Monitor Group focused on fostering business innovation through designing, growing, and learning from human networks. Chris writes and speaks about the trends shaping business and economic developments. His most recent book is It’s Alive: The Coming Convergence of Information, Biology, and Business (co-authored with Stan Davis).

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.

Geoffrey Bilder
Geoff Bilder joined CrossRef as Director of Strategic Initiatives in December 2006, prior to which he was a Publishing Technology Consultant at Scholarly Information Strategies Ltd. since October of 2005. He has over 15 years experience as a technical leader in scholarly technology. He co-founded Brown University’s Scholarly Technology Group in 1993 to provide advanced technology consulting on issues related to academic research, teaching and scholarly communication.

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.