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“Your free resource on legal issues in e-Business”. www. lexelerator.eu. Christine Sägesser, SwissMedia WIPO-ICC training workshop Geneva, 15/16 September 2008. A partner of the European Multimedia Forum. SwissMedia Swiss IT & Multimedia Association.
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“Your free resource on legal issues in e-Business” www. lexelerator.eu Christine Sägesser,SwissMedia WIPO-ICC training workshopGeneva, 15/16 September 2008
A partner of the European Multimedia Forum SwissMediaSwiss IT & Multimedia Association • a national association of support to companies and organisations • promotion and development of entrepreneurship as well as education in the ICT and Multimedia domain • more than 200 companies of various sizes • Leading 2 technoparcs and incubatorsin Vevey and Lausanne Main goals: • Promotion • Education/Learning • Networking • Matchmaking
Why the Lexelerator? • Needs of businesses • More awareness of legal issues in e-business • Easier access to legal information • Raising level of legal knowledge • Advantages of Web 2.0: • Flexible • Interactive • Free • Autonomous • Community-based
Why the Lexelerator? (2) • Bottom-up – what companies (but also consumers) should know when engaging in e-business • User-driven – a platform that is evolving through the community (contributors AND users).
Where? Europe Silicon Valley, USA Bangalore, India Chile E-business does not know any boundaries… the law does! 6
Opportunities the Lexelerator offers: • Web visitors/readers: easy accessible consumption of information on legal issues in e-business + rating of content • For registered users: become active in tagging/commenting/creating discussion for a • Contributors (lawyers and academics) and e-business experts/executives: become contributors = add and shape the content in the Legal Wiki and Blogs AND raise visibility of YOUR expertise on the contributors’ page
Opportunities the Lexelerator offers (2): • Institutional partners (e.g. industry associations, chambers of commerce, clusters, ministries, regions, etc.): national versions, regional versions • Public officials (international, European, national, regional): contributions to legal Wiki, Blogs, Fora for a better communication with the grass-roots • E-Government initiatives: Reach the citizens through the Lexelerator
www. lexelerator.eu SwissMedia, Christine SägesserSwiss IT & Multimedia Association www.swissmedia.ch