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General Policy Registered attendees of Silicon Flatirons events taking place on the CU Boulder campus who wish to park a motor vehicle in a…

Inception Our spectrum policy publications started in 2005 at the latest, with Weiser & Hatfield’s “Policing the Spectrum Commons” in the…

The DC Summer Program places students in technology-focused private and public organizations and government agencies in Washington, D.C. for…

On September 8 and 9, 2009 the Silicon Flatirons Center convened a closed‐door meeting of legal, economic, technical and regulatory experts in…

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. On September 6, 2012, the Denver startup…

On May 5, 2009, the Silicon Flatirons Center and the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF) brought together leading ndividuals from the telecommuications industry, academia, and public interest community to discuss the state of broadband competition policy.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. “Everybody wants more radio,” conference…

On August 25, 2010, the Silicon Flatirons Center brought together a number of experts in the fields of economics, technology and policy, including public utility commissioners, economics professors, financial analysts, and policy advisors, to discuss regulatory issues facing smart grid deployment in the United States. The discussion was held at the University of Colorado School of Law and touched upon the economics of the smart grid, incentives for the variety of stakeholders in the smart grid effort, the technological challenges of implementing a “smart” electricity generation and distribution system and its constituent technologies, and the policy implications at both state and federal levels.

On September 24, 2010 representatives of artists, record labels, music publishers, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), online distributors, collective licensing organizations, academia, and the public interest community gathered and considered the challenges and opportunities that widespread, easily accessed, low cost distribution and licensing offers the music industry. The meeting was an opportunity for a number of stakeholders in the music world to discuss ways to make music distribution “work” online.

    Cities and towns around the world know that fertile locations for innovation help attract creative people and enable…

Please join Silicon Flatirons on Monday, May 6th at 6:00 PM as Jerry Colonna, executive coach and former venture capitalist, will present a Crash…

See how governments can collaborate and innovate! Join us for the presentation of workable solutions to pressing problems faced by the City and County…

The Internet’s development has amazed even its early pioneers and its ability to confound skeptics suggests that calls for change should be taken with a grain of salt. This conference will imagine the Internet’s future, discuss its economic and social implications, and contrast different prescriptions for Internet policy.

Hiring is one of the most important things you’ll ever do. And yet most people get it wrong. Tom Fischaber of Woot Math will help you get it right.…

To say that Fred Kahn is the archetype and inspiration for the deregulatory policies that have transformed a series of network industries over the last thirty years is no exaggeration. In this conference, we will bring together a group of policymakers, former policymakers, academics, and industry leaders from across the last several decades to evaluate the legacy of deregulation, with particular attention to and appreciation for Fred Kahn’s leadership and teachings in the area.

Please join us for a panel discussion between attorneys from Holme Roberts & Owen and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. HRO is a Denver-based law firm that represents record companies in their attempts to stem online music copyright infringement, including actions targeting individual university students. The EFF is a nonprofit organization that frequently questions the RIAA’s tactics and opposes it in court.

A Silicon Flatirons Roundtable To view the report, Click Here. The increasingly complex radio spectrum environment is changing the sources and…

The role of patents in our economy is becoming more critical as we move toward an economy where value is represented by intangible assets rather than tangible ones. The America Invents Act was enacted to update the Patent Act and enable the Patent Office to grapple with an increasing number of patent applications. Even with the reforms embodied in that law, commenters and practitioners have offered a series of differing analysis from economic, ethical or technological perspectives. At this conference, we will bring together some of the leading thinkers on patent policy and examine the arguments and metaphors about the future of patent policy.

Silicon Flatirons and the Blackstone Entrepreneurs Network present Simple Energy Founders Yoav Lurie and Justin Segall as our featured entrepreneurs with Brad Feld and Phil Weiser as moderators.