The latest version of the iSummit 08 programme.

1. The world’s most
dynamic community
pioneering the growth
of global digital culture
comes to Japan
29 July - 1 August, 2008 Version 2.0 - Mar 2008

2. Once a year, people from around the world
come together to talk about a free culture for all
on the Internet

3. Artists, musicians, entrepreneurs,
philosophers, lawyers, activists, technologists,
educators and free-thinkers from all continents

4. And in this mountain of difference, there is
one ideal that we share:

5. A free digital culture

6. A digital culture
Where creativity is compensated

7. A digital culture
That continues the free sharing of knowledge
and creativity that built the first Internet

8. In 2005, the iSummit was born at the Berkman
Center, Harvard University: birthplace of
Creative Commons and of new ideals of Net
politics and culture
Pic by creative commons on Flickr, CC BY http://www.flickr.com/photos/ccsummit/60871323/in/photostream

9. In 2006, the iSummit moved to Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil: a country breaking new ground in the
development of digital cultural production as a
sustainable community resource.
Pic by Fred Benenson on Flickr, CC BY SA http://flickr.com/photos/fcb

10. In 2007, the iSummit was held in Dubrovnik,
Croatia - a city that has redefined freedom and
independence throughout history
Pic by Fred Benenson on Flickr, CC BY SA http://flickr.com/photos/fcb/175222049/sizes/l/

11. This year, the iSummit comes to Sapporo City,
Japan - the Ideas City - host to the International
Short Film Festival, and quickly becoming
recognised as a hub for creativity and technology.

12. iSummit 2008 promises to the be the most
innovative iSummit yet - drawing from the
expertise of independent creative communities
from around the world to produce four days of
exploration, debate and a celebration of the
opportunities presented by the digital revolution
Kevin Driscoll & Jaroslaw Lipszyc by mecredis: CC BY SA Blog TV by MildlyDiverting: CC BY-NC-SA

13. 1. Keynotes
from the world’s leading thinkers in commons-based
community governance and the cultural commons
pic by joi ito on flickr CC BY http://www.flickr.com/photos/joi

14. Joi Ito
On digital innovation
Joichi Ito by Gyllene Skor CC BY-NC http://flickr.com/photos/gyllene_skor/
2125923551/

15. David Wiley
A celebration of 10 years of open content from the originator
of the first open content license
David Wiley on Flickr by unumediastudio CC BY-NC-SA
http://www.flickr.com/photos/54493249@N00/1208943685/

16. Erin McKean
On language as the ultimate
commons
Erin McKean at TED on Flick by Neil Hunt http://flickr.com/photos/nhunt/416025300/

17. Jessica Powell
On a global reading culture
from Google Literacy Project www.google.com/literacy

18. Rishab
Ghosh
How people and companies
are able to innovate together

19. 2. LABS
Working tracks that run throughout the iSummit where
iSummit Tribes gather together to discuss, debate and
develop resources that grow the cultural commons in
ways that create wealth and sustainability for all.
Pic on Flickr by hfordsa BB VY SA http://www.flickr.com/photos/hfordsa

20. LABS 2.1
the first
interdisciplinary by mecredis CC BY SA
research
workshop on
free culture
the economic, political and social
implications of free culture
Cory Doctorow by mecredis CC BY SA

21. highlights
• Yochai Benkler: ‘Social cooperation and
the production and distribution of
creative works’
• Irene Cassarino and Wolf Richter:
‘Lessons Learnt from Implementing an
Open Licensing Model in Distributed
Film Production - The case of “A Swarm
of Angels”’

22. LABS 2.2
LABS
open business
commons-based approaches
to business and how to use cc
+ copyright licences to enable
artists and companies to be
compensated
Jump! by ph1337 at Flickr CC BY-NC-SA
http://www.flickr.com/photos/20979974@N05/2043829127/

23. participating orgs and projects
• CC+ (Creative Commons)
• Jamendo
• ...and then we win
• Aviary
• Digital Garage
• Kennisland
• Qwartz
• Free Beer

24. highlights
• ‘Mars landing: how collecting societies
have opened’
• Open business think tank - getting people
together to talk about what makes open
business

25. LABS
LABS 2.3
open education Open Education reportback by creativecommoners CC BY
a community at the cutting
edge of new ways to learn and
share in the Information Age
by mecredis CC BY SA

26. participating orgs and projects
• ccLearn
• COSL - The Center for Open, Sustainable Learning
• OOPS - Opensource Opencourseware Prototype
System
• ISKME - The Institute for the Study of Knowledge
Management in Education
• Free Textbooks Project
• Vietnam OpenCourseWare Program
• The Shuttleworth Foundation

27. highlights
• copyright - What copyright criteria need
to be fulfilled to ‘do’ open education?
• community - How do open education
communities build content together?
• dissemination - How can textbook
publishers help the open education
movement while still helping themselves?

28. LABS 2.4
LABS
access to knowledge
global commons
drawing from the practice of
peer production in a variety
access to medicine
of cultural and economic
contexts
From top: Pic by Mosa'ed Al Shati CC BY NC SA, by Amit Gupta CC BY, by Jimmy
local digital creativity
Wales, CC BY-SA 3.0 all on www.icommons.org

29. participating orgs and projects
• Global Voices • Vintage Pattern Wiki
• Open Democracy • Overmundo
• Wikipedia • Knowledge Ecology
International
• Fundação Getulio
Vargas • The Association for
Progressive
• Alternative Law Forum
Communications (APC)
• Pratham Books
• Connexions

30. highlights
• How to do “Open publishing”
• Copyright and copyleft in the public
sector - case studies from Australia to
Amsterdam.
• A multi-lingual Internet - possibilities
through peer production

31. LABS 2.5
LABS
DIY Video
video creation by the world’s
leading figures in activist and
citizen-driven video
production and distribution
pics by unumediastudio on flickr CC BY NC SA
http://www.flickr.com/photos/54493249@N00/

32. participating orgs and projects
• 24/7 DIY Video Summit
• Norman Lear Center, USC
• Global Lives
• Stanford Law Clinic
• Dotsub
• Video Slam

33. highlights
• Mimi Ito: ‘An introduction to DIY Video’
screening and discussion
• Jean-Baptiste Souffron: ‘Manga Business
Models’
• Managing the copyright of open video
projects - workshop

34. LABS 2.6
Frontiers of
openness in
Japan
Pic by creativecommonsjp on Flickr, CC BY
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ccjp/2259889875/in/photostream/

35. participating orgs and projects
• Digital Content • Nifty
Association of Japan
• Japanese
• Institute of Information OpenCourseWare
Security Consortium
• Niwango • FTEXT
• Japan Research Institute • BCCKS
• Hokkaido University • Waseda University
• Keio University • Mitsubishi UFJ

36. highlights
• An introduction to the commons’
featuring Lawrence Lessig, Joi Ito and
Ronaldo Lemos
• C-Shirt Workshops
• Nifty Video Workshop
• Hiroaki Kitano

37. 3. Interactive

38. A free culture house
DJs spinning the free culture decks, Sapporo resident
volunteers teaching the ancient art of calligraphy and
participants hanging out all in an interactive coffee bar!
Fred Benenson at iSummit 08 Planning
Workshop by iPhilipp on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/iphilipp/
2199094175/ CC BY

39. Exhibitions and installations
Global Lives installation at http://globallives.org/
by volunteer artists and
curators
MTAA

40. Second Life
A parallel virtual iSummit in Second Life
Keynote Session 1 by uscpublicdiplomacy: Attribution-NoDerivatives 2.0

41. 4. Evening events
A jam-packed social programme that explores the old and
the new of Japanese innovation and culture
samba night at icommons summit 06 by Fred Benenson on Flickr CC BY-SA http://www.flickr.com/photos/fcb/174263991/

42. Evening events 4.1
Okurayama Ski Jump
iSummit kick-off event
at the site of the 1972
Winter Olympics
All pics by hford on flickr CC BY SA http://www.flickr.com/photos/hfordsa

43. Evening events 4.2
Concert
pic by msabbath on Flickr CC BY http://www.flickr.com/photos/msabbath/2096424757/in/set-72157594411474358/

44. Evening events 4.3
Reception by
the Mayor
of Sapporo
The Sushi Project and
ccJapan video sharing
awards

45. Evening events 4.4
Picnic at
Moerenuma
Park
From http://www.welcome.city.sapporo.jp/moerenuma/index-e.html

46. 5. The road to the iSummit
The iSummit is more than just an event. It is the result of
almost 12 months of sharing knowledge and expertise
among the four core partners from South Africa and Japan -
and many more friends of the iSummit.
civil society government
private sector

47. Critical players in the
global media landscape

48. Will you be a part of that change?
Submit proposals for participation, sponsorship and
friendship on http://icommons.org
29 July - 1 August, 2008

49. Credits
This keynote is licensed by iCommons (www.icommons.org)
under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 South Africa license
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/za/