The Internet has already changed the way that we do business and share information. With the emergence of Web 3.0 it is about to undergo an even more profound transformation that will challenge our traditional business practices and established laws.

Come and hear three leading Oxford University academics discuss the next generation of internet technologies as part of the popular Nutshells series.

This event is organised by the Oxford Science Enterprise Centre at the Said Business School. Register online

Programme:

Internet Overview: history, present and future
Prof. William H. Dutton, Professor of Internet Studies, Director of the Oxford Internet Institute

New Business Models: the disruption of existing industry norms
Dr Nir Vulkan, University Reader in Business Economics, Said Business School

The cat and mouse game of regulating the internet
Prof. Jonathan Zittrain, Professor of Internet Governance & Regulation, (Berkman Visiting Professor, Harvard University), Oxford Internet Institute.

The Nutshells series is a joint venture between the Regional Liaison Office of Oxford University and the Oxford Science Enterprise Centre at the Said Business School which informs the Oxford business community on interesting and current issues.

The series brings together leading academics from the University to discuss, in everyday language, a particular subject and the issues surrounding it. The target audience includes bankers, solicitors, accountants, finance directors, entrepreneurs, business managers, local government officers, venture capitalists and business angels. Past seminars have included climate change, moentary policy, nanotechnology, stem cell research.