New media and technology law @ work workshop
A colleague of mine, Daniella Kafouris, and I are going to be running a short workshop on new media and technology law issues which will be of interest to anyone who is looking at implementing new media technologies in a business environment and just about anyone who is making use of IT in the workplace.
The Web and information technology are important components of an increasing number of businesses’ operational and marketing initiatives. It therefore becomes important that businesses are aware of the some of the issues that could arise through their use of the Web and information technology generally, as those issues pertain to them. Our aim is to introduce you to many of these issues through these workshops and perhaps give you a few ideas about how to approach these issues in a constructive and more effective manner.
A few people have expressed concern that the workshop will be in legalese. Please rest assured that Daniella and I have been training hard and can speak pretty good non-legalese English and will be presenting the workshop in English (there is a risk that we may have a faint legalese accent though).
Topics we intend to cover will include:
- The risk of defamation through the use of social media;
- An overview of intellectual property rights issues on the Web;
- Open content licensing options;
- Protecting your relationships with your customers;
- Technology risks in the workplace;
- Corporate governance as it related to technology risks;
- Information and network security concerns;
- Risk assessments to detemine your possible exposure.
Our first workshop will take place on 30 October 2007 at the FNB Conference Centre on Grayston Drive in Sandton. We are holding a couple seats open for the media so if you are a journalist, citizen journalist/blogger or otherwise write for a related publication, please send us (either Paul or Daniella) an email with your details?
We only have space for 35 delegates so space is limited so please send us (either Paul or Daniella) an email with your name and email address to book a seat. We will get back to you with a booking form. You can find out more at our wiki and also on Facebook (where you can also RSVP directly).
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