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Technology and Online Spaces. Claro Parlade Director for Software Policy Asia-Pacific. BSA Global Members. BSA Asia Regional Members. BSA Local Members in Asia. Online Dispute Resolution. Pilot ODR Projects in the Philippines. 2002 to 2005 Online Multi-door Courthouse Blind bidding
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Technology and Online Spaces Claro Parlade Director for Software Policy Asia-Pacific
Pilot ODR Projects in the Philippines • 2002 to 2005 • Online Multi-door Courthouse • Blind bidding • Online Arbitration • Online Mediation • Neutral Evaluation • E-Rulemaking Facility • Working Group Mode • Public Forum
Use of “Appropriate Technology” • Design of both services largely influenced by state of technology • Bandwidth Issues • Graphics vs. Text • Videoconferencing Option • Access devices • Basic computers • Mobile phones capable of SMS
Society is changing • “Information society” • “Digital Economy” • “Knowledge-based economy” • “Creative Economy”
Technology is advancing • Rapid growth of internet usage and increasing importance of broadband access • Enrichment of user experience • Innovations in video-conferencing, from Livemeeting to Telepresence • Growing dominance of wireless – “anytime, anywhere computing” • Diversity in access devices • Emergence of “cloud computing”
Policy is evolving • Social networking challenging privacy norms • Growing threats to network and data security • Policy and legal implications of cloud computing • Need for legal weapons to address cybercrime, including internet piracy
But many principles stay the same… • An innovation environment is critical to the software industry • Free competition, technology neutrality and open standards • Incentive to innovate springs from intellectual property protection • Need for effective legal framework, appropriate for digital environment
Claro V. Parlade clarop@bsa.org