24
Apr 2017
I&J Observatory Meeting at Oxford Internet Institute
I&J convened
February 22, 2017
Bringing Together the Experts of the I&J Observatory
The most recent I&J Observatory Meeting was held virtually from the Oxford Internet Institute on April 24, 2017, allowing members to take stock of the state of research on topics of internet jurisdiction and contribute to the upcoming projects of the Internet & Jurisdiction policy network.
Participating Observatory Members
Catalina Botero Marino
Dean of the School of LawUniversity of Los Andes
Agnes Callamard
DirectorColumbia University Global Freedom of Expression
Laura DeNardis
Associate Dean, School of CommunicationAmerican University
Agustina Del Campo
DirectorCenter for Studies on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information
Giancarlo Frosio
Senior Research and LecturerCentre for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI)
Michael Geist
Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce LawUniversity of Ottawa
Matthias Kettemann
Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders”University of Frankfurt
Joanna Kulesza
Department for International Law and International RelationsUniversity of Lodz
Victoria Nash
Deputy Director and Senior Policy FellowOxford Internet Institute
Carlos Affonso Souza
DirectorInstitute for Technology and Society Rio
Dan Svantesson
Co-director of the Centre for Commercial LawBond University
Rolf Weber
Center for Information and Communication LawUniversity of Zurich

At present, members of the I&J Observatory come from 17 countries and 28 leading institutions, including Harvard University, the Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, the Institute for Technology & Society Rio, National Law University Delhi, Oxford University, and Stanford University. Support from the I&J Observatory ensures that Internet & Jurisdiction's policy process is evidence-based.
Past Meetings of the I&J Observatory
Centre Pompidou | Paris, France
In 2013, the inaugural I&J Observatory Meeting gathered members along with guest scholar Vint Cerf, the co-founder of the internet, for a one-day workshop titled "What is the Geography of Cyberspace? Cross-border Internet, national jurisdictions and the quest for appropriate frameworks" at the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
Humboldt Institute | Berlin, Germany
The 2nd annual I&J Observatory Meeting was held in 2014 at the Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society in Berlin. Observatory members analyzed the due process framework emerging from I&J's global multistakeholder dialogue process, and the I&J Secretariat launched the official release of the 2012 and 2013 Retrospect Case Collections.
Stanford University | Stanford, California, USA
In 2015, the 3rd annual I&J Observatory Meeting took place at Stanford University in partnership with Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and Society. Members discussed different theoretical modalities for collecting emerging norms and best practices concerning cross-border requests, and cited the utility of a potential I&J Retrospect Database, which was unveiled the following year in 2016.

The Role of the I&J Observatory in the Retrospect Process
Since 2012, Internet & Jurisdiction has documented policy developments, judicial decisions, international agreements, and other cases that reflect jurisdictional tensions on the cross-border internet for its flagship, open-access publication, Retrospect. Retrospect has become a highly respected tool for enabling evidence-based policy debates, reaching an audience of key decision-makers and influencers from all stakeholder groups and continents.
Each month, members of the I&J Observatory crowd-rank concise summaries of influential cases submitted by the I&J Secretariat via a customized digital platform. The top 20 cases are subsequently added, in order, to the I&J Retrospect Database, which contains more than 1,200 cases from 117 different countries as of early 2017.

Bringing Together the Experts of the I&J Observatory
The most recent I&J Observatory Meeting was held virtually from the Oxford Internet Institute on April 24, 2017, allowing members to take stock of the state of research on topics of internet jurisdiction and contribute to the upcoming projects of the Internet & Jurisdiction policy network.
Participating Observatory Members
Catalina Botero Marino
Dean of the School of LawUniversity of Los Andes
Agnes Callamard
DirectorColumbia University Global Freedom of Expression
Laura DeNardis
Associate Dean, School of CommunicationAmerican University
Agustina Del Campo
DirectorCenter for Studies on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information
Giancarlo Frosio
Senior Research and LecturerCentre for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI)
Michael Geist
Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce LawUniversity of Ottawa
Matthias Kettemann
Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders”University of Frankfurt
Joanna Kulesza
Department for International Law and International RelationsUniversity of Lodz
Victoria Nash
Deputy Director and Senior Policy FellowOxford Internet Institute
Carlos Affonso Souza
DirectorInstitute for Technology and Society Rio
Dan Svantesson
Co-director of the Centre for Commercial LawBond University
Rolf Weber
Center for Information and Communication LawUniversity of Zurich

At present, members of the I&J Observatory come from 17 countries and 28 leading institutions, including Harvard University, the Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, the Institute for Technology & Society Rio, National Law University Delhi, Oxford University, and Stanford University. Support from the I&J Observatory ensures that Internet & Jurisdiction's policy process is evidence-based.
Past Meetings of the I&J Observatory
Centre Pompidou | Paris, France
In 2013, the inaugural I&J Observatory Meeting gathered members along with guest scholar Vint Cerf, the co-founder of the internet, for a one-day workshop titled "What is the Geography of Cyberspace? Cross-border Internet, national jurisdictions and the quest for appropriate frameworks" at the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
Humboldt Institute | Berlin, Germany
The 2nd annual I&J Observatory Meeting was held in 2014 at the Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society in Berlin. Observatory members analyzed the due process framework emerging from I&J's global multistakeholder dialogue process, and the I&J Secretariat launched the official release of the 2012 and 2013 Retrospect Case Collections.
Stanford University | Stanford, California, USA
In 2015, the 3rd annual I&J Observatory Meeting took place at Stanford University in partnership with Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and Society. Members discussed different theoretical modalities for collecting emerging norms and best practices concerning cross-border requests, and cited the utility of a potential I&J Retrospect Database, which was unveiled the following year in 2016.

The Role of the I&J Observatory in the Retrospect Process
Since 2012, Internet & Jurisdiction has documented policy developments, judicial decisions, international agreements, and other cases that reflect jurisdictional tensions on the cross-border internet for its flagship, open-access publication, Retrospect. Retrospect has become a highly respected tool for enabling evidence-based policy debates, reaching an audience of key decision-makers and influencers from all stakeholder groups and continents.
Each month, members of the I&J Observatory crowd-rank concise summaries of influential cases submitted by the I&J Secretariat via a customized digital platform. The top 20 cases are subsequently added, in order, to the I&J Retrospect Database, which contains more than 1,200 cases from 117 different countries as of early 2017.
