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1 Creative Commons Innovation or stagnation - Oxford Union Debate The Innovation Enigma - Is the current growth crisis a result of decades of technological stagnation in a risk-averse society? 0:48:55 Ian Goldin, Peter Thiel, John Lee, Mark Shuttleworth 22 May 2013
2 Creative Commons The Future of Energy and Transport With Elon Musk, CEO and Product Architect of Tesla Motors and the CEO/CTO of Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX). 1:26:18 Elon Musk 22 May 2013
3 Creative Commons Ethics and plant science - improving food yields in a changing environment With Professor Liam Dolan and Professor Jane Langdale, Co-Directors, Plants for the 21st Century Institute. 0:46:11 Liam Dolan, Jane Langdale, Julian Savulescu 22 May 2013
4 Digital Heritage Technologies and Issues of Community Engagement and Cultural Restitution in 'New Style' Ethnographic Museums This Anthropology Departmental Seminar (2 November 2012) is by Professor Mike Rowlands (University College London), in collaboration with Graeme Were (Brisbane). Its theme is material anthropology. 1:00:04 Mike Rowlands 18 Apr 2013
5 Creative Commons Opening the Black Box: Examining the Deliberation of Assisted Reproductive Technologies in the UK and US; Second St Cross Special Ethics Seminar HT13 How best to govern the field of assisted reproductive technologies? As UK and US authorities utilise different approaches, will the disparate structures and missions of these two bodies result in significantly different answers? 0:30:51 Kyle Edwards 05 Mar 2013
6 Creative Commons 3.5 Libraries Don't Have to Change, Do They? Dr Wolfram Horstmann (Associate Director for Digital Library Programmes and Information Technology, Bodleian Libraries) talks about cultural heritage and libraries. 0:10:25 Wolfram Horstmann 18 Feb 2013
7 Creative Commons 3.4 The Ashmolean: Eastern Art Online Digitisation Paul Groves talks about Cultural Heritage and his role as project manager for the Ashmolean Eastern Art Online Website in part 4/6 of the lecture "How has technology transformed access and dissemination?". 0:14:17 Paul Groves 18 Feb 2013
8 Creative Commons 3.3 Cultural Heritage and the Oxford e-Research Centre Professor David de Roure (Director, Oxford e-­Research Centre) delivers part 3/7 of the lecture "How has technology transformed access and dissemination?". 0:12:17 David De Roure 18 Feb 2013
9 Creative Commons 3.2 Cultural Heritage and Information Technology Professor Anne Trefethen (Chief Information Officer) delivers part 2/7 of the lecture "How has technology transformed access and dissemination?". 0:09:09 Anne Trefethen 18 Feb 2013
10 Creative Commons 3.1 Introduction: How has Technology Transformed Access and Dissemination? Donna Kurtz introduces the subject 'How has technology transformed access and dissemination?'. 0:05:44 Donna Kurtz 18 Feb 2013
11 Creative Commons Open Journalism, Social Media and the England Riots Paul Lewis, Special Projects Editor, Guardian, gives a talk for the Reuters Institute of Journalism seminar series on ope journalism, social media and the England Riots. 0:35:38 Paul Lewis 04 Feb 2013
12 Delete: Forgetting in the Digital Age Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation at the Oxford Internet Institute Viktor Mayer-Schönberger gives the Keble London lecture 2012. 0:48:21 Viktor Mayer-Schonberger 11 Jan 2013
13 IPP 2012 (Big Data): Welcome and Plenary Panel Panellists discuss the opportunities and challenges posed by big data for research and public policy-making at the conference "IPP2012: Big Data: Big Challenges". 1:00:14 Lance Bennett, Theo Bertram, Helen Margetts, Patrick McSharry 02 Jan 2013
14 IPP 2012 (Big Data) Keynote: Nigel Shadbolt Nigel Shadbolt discusses the opportunities and challenges posed by big data for research and public policy-making during his opening keynote of the conference "IPP2012: Big Data: Big Challenges". 0:34:08 Nigel Shadbolt 02 Jan 2013
15 Creative Commons IPP 2012 (Big Data) Keynote: Duncan Watts Duncan Watts discusses the opportunities and challenges posed by big data for research and public policy-making during his opening keynote of the conference "IPP2012: Big Data: Big Challenges". 1:10:57 Duncan Watts 02 Jan 2013
16 OII Internet and Society Awards: Raspberry Pi Victoria Nash, talks to Pete Lomas, Founder and Trustee at Raspberry Pi, recipients of an Internet and Society Award in 2012 from OII, in recognition of their exemplary efforts in using the Internet for the public good in Britain. 0:21:33 Victoria Nash, Pete Lomas 02 Jan 2013
17 The Life Story of a Pioneer: From Hi-tech to Philanthropy The OII's Founding Donor Dame Stephanie Shirley speaks about the sources of her innovation, the software house she founded back in 1962 and why she has already given away £65M to IT and autism projects. 0:51:09 Stephanie Shirley 02 Jan 2013
18 Creative Commons Communicating Risk and Uncertainty in Climate Science part two Peter Scott, Met Office, gives a talk for the Communicating Risk and Uncertainty conference, held at Green Templton College, Oxford on 15th Novemeber 2012 0:14:45 Peter Scott 21 Dec 2012
19 Creative Commons Communicating Risk and Uncertainty in Climate Science part one Professor Chris Rapley, UCL, gives a talk for the Communicating Risk and Uncertainty conference, held at Green Templton College, Oxford on 15th Novemeber 2012. Introduced by Richard Black, former BBC Correspondent 0:17:19 Chris Rapley, Richard Black 21 Dec 2012
20 Creative Commons Public Understanding of Risk and Uncertainy - part two Dr Emily Shuckburgh, BAS/DECC, gives a talk for the Communicating Risk and Uncertainty conference, held at Green Templton College, Oxford on 15th Novemeber 2012 0:19:39 Emily Shuckburgh 21 Dec 2012
21 Creative Commons Public Understanding of Risk and Uncertainy - part one Dr Nick Pidgeon, Cardiff University, gives a talk for the Communicating Risk and Uncertainty conference, held at Green Templeton College, Oxford on 15th November 2012 0:24:41 Nick Pidgeon 21 Dec 2012
22 Creative Commons Communicating Risk and Uncertainty Opening Address Opening Address by Professor Speigelhalter, Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk, Cambridge University. 0:23:40 David Speigelhalter 20 Dec 2012
23 Creative Commons The Experience of Different Sectors in Communicating Risk and Uncertainty part one Wendy Jarrett, Associate Director, Media Relations, National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) gives a talk for the Communicating Risk and Uncertainty conference, held at Green Templeton College, Oxford 0:12:53 Wendy Jarrett 20 Dec 2012
24 Creative Commons Legacy media and technology transitions - what went wrong? Lucy Küng, Professor of Media Management at Jönköping International Business School 0:30:39 Lucy Küng 19 Dec 2012
25 Creative Commons Humanitarian Innovation Project: launch event Special seminar by Dr Alexander Betts, Louise Bloom and Dr Naohiko Omata (University College Dublin) recorded on 15 November 2012 at the Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford. 0:41:57 Alexander Betts, Louise Bloom, Naohiko Omata 22 Nov 2012
26 Zooniverse: what to do with half a million scientists? Dr Chris Lintott and Dr Rob Simpson explain using 'citizen power' to expand our knowledge of the Universe. 0:43:44 Chris Lintott, Rob Simpson 14 Nov 2012
27 Creative Commons Pandemics - Can we eliminate major worldwide epidemics? Larry Brilliant, President of the Skoll Global Threats Fund, gives a talk for the Oxford Martin School 0:55:31 Larry Brilliant 06 Nov 2012
28 Revolutionising 21st Century Healthcare Through Technology A panel discussion on new techniques and applications in the emerging field exploring the boundaries between man and machine in medical imaging, drug delivery and taking healthcare from the hospital to the home. 0:46:25 Constantin Coussios, Lionel Tarassenko, Alison Noble, Andrew Hamilton 04 Oct 2012
29 Creative Commons The Tizard Mission Stephen Phelps, Brasenose Alumnus, introduces his book about the top-secret operation that changed the course of World War II. Available now through Amazon or Pen and Sword. 0:05:00 Stephen Phelps, Georgina Edwards 24 Apr 2012
30 Creative Commons Webometrics: The Evolution of a Digital Social Science Research Field Mike Thelwall's Keynote talk from the OII Symposium "Social Science and Digital Research: Interdisciplinary Insights", March 2012. 0:22:17 Mike Thelwall 28 Mar 2012
31 Creative Commons Visioning Studies: A Socio-technical Approach to Designing the Future Diane H. Sonnenwald's Keynote talk from the OII Symposium "Social Science and Digital Research: Interdisciplinary Insights", March 2012. 0:23:27 Diane H. Sonnenwald 28 Mar 2012
32 Facebook Resistance? Understanding the Role of the Internet in the Arab Revolutions Revolutions are currently sweeping the Arab world, from Tunisia to Egypt and Libya to Bahrain. The Internet has been reported as a key factor, but we in fact know little of its role in these revolutions. 1:03:05 Miriyam Aouragh, Noha Atef, Khaled Hroub, George Weyman 12 Mar 2012
33 Visualisation in the Age of Computerisation Professor Steve Woolgar introduces and discusses the main themes of the Visualisation in the Age of Computerisation conference, by reflecting on recent changes in visualisation media and considering some of the implications of these changes for research. 1:02:47 Steve Woolgar 28 Feb 2012
34 Does the Mind have a Future? Baroness Greenfield discusses how Information Technology is changing the way humans think and feel. Whilst there are clear benefits, she also highlights the less desirable consequences, and suggests how best to minimise these threats. 0:46:46 Susan Greenfield 28 Feb 2012
35 The Need for Achieving Appropriate Information Sharing and Information Protection David Bray describes the Information Sharing Environment, exploring post-9/11 information sharing in the United States, and the efforts being made towards information sharing and national security. 1:00:37 David Bray 28 Feb 2012
36 Innovations and Journalism: Finally Together? Turo Uskali argues that, thanks to the Internet, there has never been a better time for innovative journalism and innovations in journalism. 1:24:50 Turo Uskali 28 Feb 2012
37 Next Generation Internet Users: Digital Divides, Choices, and Inequalities Grant Blank summarises his lecture on how a new pattern of Internet access is developing through the use of a growing variety of devices than enable increasing mobility: these people are "Next Generation Internet Users". 0:07:20 Grant Blank 28 Feb 2012
38 Creative Commons Securing our cyber future - opportunities and risks when virtual meets reality Panel discussion as part of the Hilary Term Seminar Series 2012 0:40:01 Sadie Creese, Martin Sadler, Greg Williams 22 Feb 2012
39 Creative Commons Emerging healthcare technologies - how are they changing us? Panel discussion - Hilary Term Seminar Series 2012 0:36:57 Sonia Contera, Angela D Saini, Dianne Sullivan, Lionel Tarassenko 20 Jan 2012
40 Cruising through Uncertainty: Mobile Phone Practices and the Politics of Respect in Southern Mozambique Julie Archambault (African Studies/St Annes College), gives a talk for the African Studies Centre 0:46:26 Julie Archambault 27 Oct 2011
41 Creative Commons Simon Forman: astrology, Medicine and Quackery in Elizabethan England The third in a series of public lectures linked to the Museum's 'Eccentricity' exhibition 0:54:32 Lauren Kassell 26 Oct 2011
42 Why Robots Play Football Stephen Cameron gives a talk for the 2011 Oxford Alumni Weekend on robotics and new technological advances in the field 1:10:31 Stephen Cameron 03 Oct 2011
43 Creativity Lecture 2: Creative Selves, Creative Expression Professor Richard Harper (Microsoft Research, Cambridge) presents on how to design for 'being human' in an age when human-as-machine type metaphors, deriving from Turing and others, tend to dominate thinking in the area. 0:40:33 Richard Harper 20 Jun 2011
44 Creative Commons Designer Babies The term 'designer baby' is usually used in a pejorative sense - to conjure up some dystopian Brave New World. There are already ways to affect what kind of children you have - most obviously by choosing the partner to have them with. 0:21:21 Julian Savulescu 31 May 2011
45 Creative Commons Cistercian Monks as Metallurgists - Iron Technology at Rievalx Abbey c. 1130-1600 AD (24 Feb 2011) Gerry McDonnell gives a talk for the Ian Ramsay Seminar Series on 24th February 2011. 0:56:57 Gerry McDonnell 18 Apr 2011
46 Creative Commons Interview: Peter Scott on Marconi and Radio Manufacturing Professor Peter Scott discusses his research into competitive advantage and innovation in the interwar British radio industry using the Marconi Archive, Britain's most extensive and important archive for the radio and related industries. 0:16:39 Peter Scott, Jim Bennett 01 Apr 2011
47 Creative Commons Radio Manufacturing in the Interwar Years Professor Peter Scott (University of Reading) presents the inaugural Douglas Byrne Marconi Lecture based on his research on Marconi and radio manufacturing between the World Wars. 0:56:40 Peter Scott 01 Apr 2011
48 Young People do a lot of things with technology - does that include learning? For many young people, being able to use ICTs for learning at home is essential for their educational success - or so, at any rate, the argument goes. Is this in fact turning out to be the case? Delivered by Dr Chris Davies. 0:53:50 Chris Davies 16 Feb 2011
49 Creative Commons Inspiring Women - Inspiring Change Jane Butcher, Assistant Director of the UK Resource Centre for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology gives a talk for the International Women's Leadership Symposium 0:24:20 Jane Butcher 31 Aug 2010
50 The Internet Turns 40: Midlife Crisis or Grand Challenge for Computer-Mediated Communication? This talk discusses research being undertaken at the Electronic Visualization Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Chicago and its consequences for future forms of computer-mediated communication and for the Internet. 1:16:22 Steve Jones 18 May 2010
51 Authentic Assessment in the era of Social Media: ideas and applications from Internet Communications The emergence of Web 2.0-enabled social media online provides a new opportunity to develop assessments that match with, and draw upon students' engagement with online knowledge networking, creating new possibilities for 'authenticity' in assessment. 0:48:08 Matthew Allen 18 May 2010
52 The Global Information Technology Reports: Lessons in Technology, Development and Competitiveness Professor Soumitra Dutta discusses the Global Information Technology Reports: the world's most comprehensive and authoritative international assessment of the impact of ICTs on the development process and the competitiveness of nations. 0:35:07 Soumitra Dutta 10 May 2010
53 Giving in the Digital World For charitable organizations and initiatives, the Internet provides the opportunity to reach more people in more direct and personal ways. Are they grasping this opportunity? 1:34:20 Lucy Bernholz 30 Apr 2010
54 We are the Web: The future of the social machine The Web 2.0 world is commonplace but the promise of massive scale human computing has barely been exploited. This seminar explores the potential, challenges, and promises for next-generation technologies that can empower humanity to address key problems 1:27:21 Jim Hendler 30 Apr 2010
55 Those Golden Eggs Come From Somewhere: Internet Regulation at a Crossroads A discussion of how largely well-intentioned political and legal reactions to the highest-profile risks of ICT creates a danger of perhaps killing the goose that is giving us golden eggs of innovation, decentralization, and personal empowerment. 1:11:30 Michael Froomkin 08 Mar 2010
56 Feeling stressed? This Oxford at Said seminar was dedicated to the phenomenon of stress. Sloan Mahone gives a historical perspective on the topic, Ian Brown presents latest findings on occupational stress and John Morris covers stress from a physiological perspective. 1:24:07 Sloan Mahone, Ian Brown, John Morris 09 Dec 2009
57 Technological innovations: Perspectives on medical innovation in Less Industrialised Countries Technological innovations can bring health benefits to many people in Less Industrialised Countries. How do you find the right organisations to partner with? 0:54:05 Adam Stoten, Matthew Harris 07 Dec 2009
58 National Broadband Policies: Perspectives from the US and Britain Robert Hahn discusses his recent paper responding to the US Federal Communications Commission's request for guidance in designing a national US broadband plan 1:27:27 Robert Hahn 13 Nov 2009
59 From Weblogs to Twitter: How Did We Get Where We Are Today and What Are the Main Impacts To Date? What are the most important milestones in the evolution of social media? What factors have shaped their successes and limitations? 0:31:25 Kathryn Corrick, Dave Sifry, Bill Thompson, William Dutton 13 Nov 2009
60 Using the Web to do Social Science Duncan Watts discusses how the Internet is beginning to lift a long-time constraint of social science research on emergent collective behaviour: the difficulty of measuring interactions between people, at scale, over time, while also observing behaviour 0:51:42 Duncan Watts 09 Nov 2009
61 The crisis of global capitalism: towards a new economic culture? Manuel Castells draws on arguments from his book Communication Power in discussing the structural causes and implications of the 2008 economic crisis, and in claiming that we are moving, without much understanding, towards a new form of global capitalism 1:29:00 Manuel Castells 09 Nov 2009
62 Blogging at 20? The Future and Potential of Social Media If social media are the defining advance of Web 2.0, whereby the network-as-platform enabled users not just to download content but to create it, tag it and share it ... what will the next decade hold? Will we continue to Tweet? 0:16:59 William Dutton, Nigel Shadbolt, Dave Sifry, Richard Allan 09 Nov 2009
63 Parties, Campaigns and Representation: The Political Impact of Blogs and Social Media Panel discussion during the Oxford Social Media Convention 2009 on whether the outcome of political careers and even campaigns is increasingly dependent on the successful mastery of new communication tools including social media. 1:08:59 Helen Margetts, Iain Dale, Andrew Rasiej, Matthew McGregor 30 Oct 2009
64 Social Media, So What? Assessing the Impact of Blogs and Social Media Panel discussion during the Oxford Social Media Convention 2009 on the socially egalitarian and politically democratic potential of social media. Have they lived up to the promises? 1:10:13 Sandra Gonzalez-Bailon, Stefan Niggemeier, Evgeny Morozov, Richard Allan 30 Oct 2009
65 Breaking News: The Changing Relationship Between Blogs and Mainstream Media Panel discussion during the Oxford Social Media Convention 2008 on whether social media necessarily threaten traditional news media, and what, if anything they may have to offer in return. 1:28:35 David Levy, Richard Sambrook, John Kelly, Jonathan Ford 30 Oct 2009
66 Making Science Public: Data-sharing, Dissemination and Public Engagement with Science Panel discussion on how social media have changed the nature of the scientific debate among scientists, and how they have impacted on engagement with the public understanding of science. 1:08:35 Felix Reed-Tsochas, Maxine Clarke, Ben Goldacre, Cameron Neylon 30 Oct 2009
67 Internet Governance and Regulation: The Future of the Internet - and How to Stop It What lies around the corner for the Internet .. and how do we avoid it? How can we study and affect the future of the Internet using the distributed power of the network itself? This is Jonathan Zittrain's inaugural lecture at the University of Oxford 1:00:40 Jonathan Zittrain 09 Oct 2009
68 Internet Governance and Regulation: The Future of the Internet - and How to Stop It What lies around the corner for the Internet .. and how do we avoid it? How can we study and affect the future of the Internet using the distributed power of the network itself? This is Jonathan Zittrain's inaugural lecture at the University of Oxford 1:00:40 Jonathan Zittrain 09 Oct 2009
69 Breaking News: The Changing Relationship Between Blogs and Mainstream Media Among the traditional media, blogs and other contributions to citizen journalism have for a long time been regarded as posing a significant threat to 'quality' news reporting ... is this a valid view? What (if anything) can social media offer? 0:49:15 David Levy, Richard Sambrook, John Kelly, Jonathan Ford 07 Oct 2009
70 Parties, Campaigns and Representation: The Political Impact of Blogs and Social Media Are social media tools likely to prove effective in engaging any voters except those who are already interested in politics? Is their apparent 'democratisation' of traditional party structures to be believed? 0:30:12 Helen Margetts, Iain Dale, Andrew Rasiej, Matthew McGregor 07 Oct 2009
71 Social Media, So What? Assessing the Impact of Blogs and Social Media Can Web 2.0 tools (eg blogs, social networking and wikis) enhance our democratic freedoms? Or can we dismiss the socially egalitarian and politically democratic potential of these social media? Have any significant social impacts been ignored so far? 0:44:26 Sandra Gonzalez-Bailon, Stefan Niggemeier, Evgeny Morozov, Richard Allan 07 Oct 2009
72 Making Science Public: Data-sharing, Dissemination and Public Engagement with Science How have social media changed the nature of the scientific debate among scientists? Are they challenging the supremacy of editors, reviewers and science communicators? How have they impacted on engagement with the public understanding of science? 0:43:37 Felix Reed-Tsochas, Maxine Clarke, Ben Goldacre, Cameron Neylon 07 Oct 2009
73 Urban Informatics: The Internet, locative media and mobile technology for urbanites Marcus Foth overviews various urban informatics projects, exploring the communicative ecology of urban residents, community engagement using public history and digital storytelling, and social navigation for mobile urban information systems 1:18:56 Marcus Foth 03 Jul 2009
74 The Second Life of Urban Planning Marcus Foth demonstrates the value of various tools and services (eg Second Life) for engaging people in novel and participatory planning exercises, and for investigating how the public interpret and understand proposed urban designs and urban planning 0:41:43 Marcus Foth 03 Jul 2009
75 If Fiber is the Medium, What is the Message? Next-Generation Content for Next-Generation Networks By investigating price and capacity trends over the past century, Eli Noam shows that it is possible to predict the type, style, and genres of media content of a future ultra-broadband infrastructure, which allows a richer, more bit-intensive content 1:03:41 Eli Noam 03 Jul 2009
76 The Universe, the Brain and Second Life Three presentations that explore the possibilities of the virtual world Second Life, the philosophical implications of society’s dependence on the internet and the development of the world’s first private space shuttle. 1:27:15 Susan Greenfield, Elon Musk, Philip Rosedale 15 Jun 2009
77 We're the people we've been waiting for Lord Puttnam discusses how education and learning will develop over the next decade and beyond, given the pace of change driven by digital technologies. He reflects on the impact of the recession and climate change on how we equip learners for the future. 0:27:27 David Puttnam 12 Jun 2009
78 We're the people we've been waiting for Lord Puttnam discusses how education and learning will develop over the next decade and beyond, given the pace of change driven by digital technologies. He reflects on the impact of the recession and climate change on how we equip learners for the future. 0:33:26 David Puttnam 12 Jun 2009
79 Regulating Technologies Roger Brownsword argues that the legal community should be concerned to contribute to debates about the implications and regulation of rapidly developing and converging technologies (eg ICTs, biotech / nanotech). 1:05:29 Roger Brownsword 08 May 2009
80 Societies in Transition: Technology and Transition in the 21st Century Professor Rayner talks about society in the 21st century the impacts of science and technology, particularly cyber-technology and the Internet. He also asks how new technology will change society and what it means to be a person. 1:01:18 Steve Rayner 24 Mar 2009
81 Societies in Transition: Technology and Transition in the 21st Century Professor Rayner talks about society in the 21st century the impacts of science and technology, particularly cyber-technology and the Internet. He also asks how the new technology will change society and what it means to be a person 1:01:18 Steve Rayner 24 Mar 2009
82 Ian Goldin at University of Cape Town Speaking at the Vice-Chancellor's Open Lecture, Dr Ian Goldin asked: Are the world's leading thinkers anticipating the risks and opportunities of the 21st century, or will humanity be overtaken by its own medical, technological and scientific successes? 0:44:21 Ian Goldin 18 Mar 2009
83 21st Century Challenges: Humanity at the Crossroads? Dr Ian Goldin provides an overview of the work of the James Martin 21st Century School and looks at the challenges facing humanity in the 21st Century. 0:45:00 Ian Goldin 15 Oct 2008
84 Greening the full lifecycle - going the extra mile. Greening the full lifecycle - going the extra mile. 0:25:35 Juergen Hiedegger 28 Apr 2008
85 Why Oxford University must respond to the challenge. Why Oxford University must respond to the challenge. 0:28:01 Daniel Curtis, Nick Eyre 28 Apr 2008
86 Welcome to the Towards Low Carbon ICT conference at Oxford Welcome to the Towards Low Carbon ICT conference at Oxford. 0:03:59 Paul Jeffreys 28 Apr 2008
# Episode Title Description Duration People Date
1 Creative Commons Innovation or stagnation - Oxford Union Debate The Innovation Enigma - Is the current growth crisis a result of decades of technological stagnation in a risk-averse society? 0:48:55 Ian Goldin, Peter Thiel, John Lee, Mark Shuttleworth 22 May 2013
2 Creative Commons The Future of Energy and Transport With Elon Musk, CEO and Product Architect of Tesla Motors and the CEO/CTO of Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX). 1:26:18 Elon Musk 22 May 2013
3 Creative Commons Ethics and plant science - improving food yields in a changing environment With Professor Liam Dolan and Professor Jane Langdale, Co-Directors, Plants for the 21st Century Institute. 0:46:11 Liam Dolan, Jane Langdale, Julian Savulescu 22 May 2013
4 Creative Commons Building a Business 2012/13: Protecting your Ideas: Intellectual Property Jeremy is Chef vom Dienst at European Patent Office, Munich 1:21:38 Jeremy Philpott 15 Mar 2013
5 Creative Commons Building a Business 2012/13: Taking the First Steps: Company Basics Martin Chilcott, founder and CEO of 2 degrees, specialises in the environment and education. 2 degrees is the largest community for sustainable business globally. 0:43:55 Martin Chilcott 15 Mar 2013
6 Internationalisation and Innovation by Chinese Multinational Companies On 7 February the Technology and Management for Development (TMD) Centre and the Oxford Department of International Development (ODID) co-hosted the Distinguished Guest Lecture delivered by Victor Zhang, the CEO of Huawei Technologies (华为) UK. 0:43:05 Victor Zhang 27 Feb 2013
7 Creative Commons 3.5 Libraries Don't Have to Change, Do They? Dr Wolfram Horstmann (Associate Director for Digital Library Programmes and Information Technology, Bodleian Libraries) talks about cultural heritage and libraries. 0:10:40 Wolfram Horstmann 18 Feb 2013
8 Creative Commons Lecture 3: Libraries don't have to change do they? In this talk Dr Horstmann talks about cultural heritage and libraries, 0:10:40 Wolfram Horstmann 18 Feb 2013
9 Creative Commons 3.4 The Ashmolean: Eastern Art Online Digitisation Paul Groves talks about Cultural Heritage and his role as project manager for the Ashmolean Eastern Art Online Website in part 4/6 of the lecture "How has technology transformed access and dissemination?". 0:14:33 Paul Groves 18 Feb 2013
10 Creative Commons Lecture 3: Ashmolean - Eastern Art Online Digitisation In this talk Paul Groves talks about Cultural Heritage and his role as project manager for the Ashmolean Eastern Art Online Website. 0:14:33 Paul Groves 18 Feb 2013
11 Creative Commons 3.3 Cultural Heritage and the Oxford e-Research Centre Professor David de Roure (Director, Oxford e-­Research Centre) delivers part 3/7 of the lecture "How has technology transformed access and dissemination?". 0:12:32 David De Roure 18 Feb 2013
12 Creative Commons Lecture 3: Cultural Heritage and the Oxford e-Research Centre In this talk David De Roure talks about 'How has technology transformed access and dissemination?' in relation to the Oxford e-Research Centre 0:12:32 David De Roure 18 Feb 2013
13 Creative Commons 3.2 Cultural Heritage and Information Technology Professor Anne Trefethen (Chief Information Officer) delivers part 2/7 of the lecture "How has technology transformed access and dissemination?". 0:09:24 Anne Trefethen 18 Feb 2013
14 Creative Commons Lecture 3: Cultural Heritage and Information Technology In this talk Anne Trefethen talks about cultural Heritage and information technology. 0:09:24 Anne Trefethen 18 Feb 2013
15 Creative Commons 3.1 Introduction: How has Technology Transformed Access and Dissemination? Donna Kurtz introduces the subject 'How has technology transformed access and dissemination?'. 0:05:59 Donna Kurtz 18 Feb 2013
16 Creative Commons Lecture 3: Introduction, How has technology transformed access and dissemination? In this talk Donna Kurtz introduces the subject 'How has technology transformed access and dissemination?'. 0:05:59 Donna Kurtz 18 Feb 2013
17 IPP 2012 (Big Data): Welcome and Plenary Panel Panellists discuss the opportunities and challenges posed by big data for research and public policy-making at the conference "IPP2012: Big Data: Big Challenges". 1:00:14 Lance Bennett, Theo Bertram, Helen Margetts, Patrick McSharry 02 Jan 2013
18 IPP 2012 (Big Data) Keynote: Nigel Shadbolt Nigel Shadbolt discusses the opportunities and challenges posed by big data for research and public policy-making during his opening keynote of the conference "IPP2012: Big Data: Big Challenges". 0:34:08 Nigel Shadbolt 02 Jan 2013
19 Creative Commons IPP 2012 (Big Data) Keynote: Duncan Watts Duncan Watts discusses the opportunities and challenges posed by big data for research and public policy-making during his opening keynote of the conference "IPP2012: Big Data: Big Challenges". 1:10:57 Duncan Watts 02 Jan 2013
20 The Life Story of a Pioneer: From Hi-tech to Philanthropy The OII's Founding Donor Dame Stephanie Shirley speaks about the sources of her innovation, the software house she founded back in 1962 and why she has already given away £65M to IT and autism projects. 0:51:09 Stephanie Shirley 02 Jan 2013
21 OII Internet and Society Awards: Raspberry Pi Victoria Nash, talks to Pete Lomas, Founder and Trustee at Raspberry Pi, recipients of an Internet and Society Award in 2012 from OII, in recognition of their exemplary efforts in using the Internet for the public good in Britain. 0:21:33 Victoria Nash, Pete Lomas 02 Jan 2013
22 Zooniverse: what to do with half a million scientists? Dr Chris Lintott and Dr Rob Simpson explain using 'citizen power' to expand our knowledge of the Universe. 0:43:44 Chris Lintott, Rob Simpson 14 Nov 2012
23 Revolutionising 21st Century Healthcare Through Technology A panel discussion on new techniques and applications in the emerging field exploring the boundaries between man and machine in medical imaging, drug delivery and taking healthcare from the hospital to the home. 0:46:35 Constantin Coussios, Lionel Tarassenko, Alison Noble, Andrew Hamilton 04 Oct 2012
24 Creative Commons How can we deal with the challenge of 'data overload'? We are reaching a point where computers can no longer cope with the quantity of data collected from cosmological simulations - a problem that will grow, not only in cosmology. 0:01:21 Pedro Ferreira 20 Aug 2012
25 Creative Commons Why do we need 'citizen science'? Harnessing the general public to help analyse complex data sets is not only helping scientists with galaxy classification. 0:02:01 Pedro Ferreira 20 Aug 2012
26 Why do we need 'citizen science'? Harnessing the general public to help analyse complex data sets is not only helping scientists with galaxy classification. 0:02:01 Pedro Ferreira 20 Aug 2012
27 Creative Commons How can nanotechnology address medical problems? Microscopes with nanometer resolution can test the mechanical properties of cells. Nanoscale 'scaffolds' that mimic the cellular matrix of cells in the body can help regenerate tissue, improve healing mechanisms, and even train the immune system. 0:02:46 Sonia Contera 20 Aug 2012
28 Creative Commons How can stem cells help in the treatment of cancer? One of the flipsides of ageing is cancer, characterised by cells that do not age. What can stem cell research learn from cancer cells to help prevent the degenerative illnesses associated with ageing? 0:02:36 Colin Goding 20 Aug 2012
29 Creative Commons What are stem cells and why are they important for the future of medicine? An explanation of how stem cells could transform medical practice, from treating the diseases of ageing to finding a cure for cancer by Professor Colin Goding, Co-Director, Oxford Stem Cell Institute 0:03:00 Colin Goding 20 Aug 2012
30 Creative Commons Webometrics: The Evolution of a Digital Social Science Research Field Mike Thelwall's Keynote talk from the OII Symposium "Social Science and Digital Research: Interdisciplinary Insights", March 2012. 0:22:17 Mike Thelwall 28 Mar 2012
31 Creative Commons Visioning Studies: A Socio-technical Approach to Designing the Future Diane H. Sonnenwald's Keynote talk from the OII Symposium "Social Science and Digital Research: Interdisciplinary Insights", March 2012. 0:23:27 Diane H. Sonnenwald 28 Mar 2012
32 Visualisation in the Age of Computerisation Professor Steve Woolgar introduces and discusses the main themes of the Visualisation in the Age of Computerisation conference, by reflecting on recent changes in visualisation media and considering some of the implications of these changes for research. 1:02:47 Steve Woolgar 28 Feb 2012
33 Does the Mind have a Future? Baroness Greenfield discusses how Information Technology is changing the way humans think and feel. Whilst there are clear benefits, she also highlights the less desirable consequences, and suggests how best to minimise these threats. 0:46:46 Susan Greenfield 28 Feb 2012
34 Next Generation Internet Users: Digital Divides, Choices, and Inequalities Grant Blank summarises his lecture on how a new pattern of Internet access is developing through the use of a growing variety of devices than enable increasing mobility: these people are "Next Generation Internet Users". 0:07:20 Grant Blank 28 Feb 2012
35 Why Robots Play Football Stephen Cameron gives a talk for the 2011 Oxford Alumni Weekend on robotics and new technological advances in the field 1:10:31 Stephen Cameron 03 Oct 2011
36 Creativity Lecture 2: Creative Selves, Creative Expression Professor Richard Harper (Microsoft Research, Cambridge) presents on how to design for 'being human' in an age when human-as-machine type metaphors, deriving from Turing and others, tend to dominate thinking in the area. 0:40:33 Richard Harper 20 Jun 2011
37 Creative Commons Radio Manufacturing in the Interwar Years Professor Peter Scott (University of Reading) presents the inaugural Douglas Byrne Marconi Lecture based on his research on Marconi and radio manufacturing between the World Wars. 0:56:40 Peter Scott 01 Apr 2011
38 Creative Commons Inspiring Women - Inspiring Change Jane Butcher, Assistant Director of the UK Resource Centre for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology gives a talk for the International Women's Leadership Symposium 0:24:20 Jane Butcher 31 Aug 2010
39 The Oxford Innovation Society Members old and new give their perspective on The Oxford Innovation Society, and its events. Established by Isis in 1990, the Society allows companies to have a window on Oxford science and fosters links between business and the academic community. 0:03:02 Tom Hockaday 19 May 2010
40 Tom Hockaday, Managing Director of Isis Innovation Managing Director of Isis Innovation Tom Hockaday talks about the technology transfer company, and how it helps Oxford University researchers to commercialise intellectual property arising from their research. 0:02:43 Tom Hockaday 19 May 2010
41 The Internet Turns 40: Midlife Crisis or Grand Challenge for Computer-Mediated Communication? This talk discusses research being undertaken at the Electronic Visualization Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Chicago and its consequences for future forms of computer-mediated communication and for the Internet. 1:16:22 Steve Jones 18 May 2010
42 Giving in the Digital World For charitable organizations and initiatives, the Internet provides the opportunity to reach more people in more direct and personal ways. Are they grasping this opportunity? 1:34:20 Lucy Bernholz 30 Apr 2010
43 We are the Web: The future of the social machine The Web 2.0 world is commonplace but the promise of massive scale human computing has barely been exploited. This seminar explores the potential, challenges, and promises for next-generation technologies that can empower humanity to address key problems 1:27:21 Jim Hendler 30 Apr 2010
44 Those Golden Eggs Come From Somewhere: Internet Regulation at a Crossroads A discussion of how largely well-intentioned political and legal reactions to the highest-profile risks of ICT creates a danger of perhaps killing the goose that is giving us golden eggs of innovation, decentralization, and personal empowerment. 1:11:30 Michael Froomkin 08 Mar 2010
45 Mandelson: Enterprise-led Recovery Lord Peter Mandelson gave a key-note speech following an invitation by the Oxford Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Said Business School. 0:24:45 Lord Peter Mandelson 10 Dec 2009
46 National Broadband Policies: Perspectives from the US and Britain Robert Hahn discusses his recent paper responding to the US Federal Communications Commission's request for guidance in designing a national US broadband plan 1:27:27 Robert Hahn 13 Nov 2009
47 From Weblogs to Twitter: How Did We Get Where We Are Today and What Are the Main Impacts To Date? What are the most important milestones in the evolution of social media? What factors have shaped their successes and limitations? 0:31:25 Kathryn Corrick, Dave Sifry, Bill Thompson, William Dutton 13 Nov 2009
48 Using the Web to do Social Science Duncan Watts discusses how the Internet is beginning to lift a long-time constraint of social science research on emergent collective behaviour: the difficulty of measuring interactions between people, at scale, over time, while also observing behaviour 0:51:42 Duncan Watts 09 Nov 2009
49 The crisis of global capitalism: towards a new economic culture? Manuel Castells draws on arguments from his book Communication Power in discussing the structural causes and implications of the 2008 economic crisis, and in claiming that we are moving, without much understanding, towards a new form of global capitalism 1:29:00 Manuel Castells 09 Nov 2009
50 The Growth of the Corporate Blog: 'Letting go' of Information Control or Maintaining the Official Line? What do companies expect to gain from maintaining an online 'social media' presence? What are the implications of these trends for the development of traditional public relations strategies and business journalism? 0:28:13 Jonathan Silberstein-Loeb, Kara Swisher, Simon Hampton, Mark Rogers 09 Nov 2009
51 Blogging at 20? The Future and Potential of Social Media If social media are the defining advance of Web 2.0, whereby the network-as-platform enabled users not just to download content but to create it, tag it and share it ... what will the next decade hold? Will we continue to Tweet? 0:16:59 William Dutton, Nigel Shadbolt, Dave Sifry, Richard Allan 09 Nov 2009
52 Internet Governance and Regulation: The Future of the Internet - and How to Stop It What lies around the corner for the Internet .. and how do we avoid it? How can we study and affect the future of the Internet using the distributed power of the network itself? This is Jonathan Zittrain's inaugural lecture at the University of Oxford 1:00:40 Jonathan Zittrain 09 Oct 2009
53 Internet Governance and Regulation: The Future of the Internet - and How to Stop It What lies around the corner for the Internet .. and how do we avoid it? How can we study and affect the future of the Internet using the distributed power of the network itself? This is Jonathan Zittrain's inaugural lecture at the University of Oxford 1:00:40 Jonathan Zittrain 09 Oct 2009
54 Breaking News: The Changing Relationship Between Blogs and Mainstream Media Among the traditional media, blogs and other contributions to citizen journalism have for a long time been regarded as posing a significant threat to 'quality' news reporting ... is this a valid view? What (if anything) can social media offer? 0:49:15 David Levy, Richard Sambrook, John Kelly, Jonathan Ford 07 Oct 2009
55 Parties, Campaigns and Representation: The Political Impact of Blogs and Social Media Are social media tools likely to prove effective in engaging any voters except those who are already interested in politics? Is their apparent 'democratisation' of traditional party structures to be believed? 0:30:12 Helen Margetts, Iain Dale, Andrew Rasiej, Matthew McGregor 07 Oct 2009
56 Social Media, So What? Assessing the Impact of Blogs and Social Media Can Web 2.0 tools (eg blogs, social networking and wikis) enhance our democratic freedoms? Or can we dismiss the socially egalitarian and politically democratic potential of these social media? Have any significant social impacts been ignored so far? 0:44:26 Sandra Gonzalez-Bailon, Stefan Niggemeier, Evgeny Morozov, Richard Allan 07 Oct 2009
57 Making Science Public: Data-sharing, Dissemination and Public Engagement with Science How have social media changed the nature of the scientific debate among scientists? Are they challenging the supremacy of editors, reviewers and science communicators? How have they impacted on engagement with the public understanding of science? 0:43:37 Felix Reed-Tsochas, Maxine Clarke, Ben Goldacre, Cameron Neylon 07 Oct 2009
58 Urban Informatics: The Internet, locative media and mobile technology for urbanites Marcus Foth overviews various urban informatics projects, exploring the communicative ecology of urban residents, community engagement using public history and digital storytelling, and social navigation for mobile urban information systems 1:18:56 Marcus Foth 03 Jul 2009
59 If Fiber is the Medium, What is the Message? Next-Generation Content for Next-Generation Networks By investigating price and capacity trends over the past century, Eli Noam shows that it is possible to predict the type, style, and genres of media content of a future ultra-broadband infrastructure, which allows a richer, more bit-intensive content 1:03:41 Eli Noam 03 Jul 2009
60 We're the people we've been waiting for Lord Puttnam discusses how education and learning will develop over the next decade and beyond, given the pace of change driven by digital technologies. He reflects on the impact of the recession and climate change on how we equip learners for the future. 0:27:31 David Puttnam 12 Jun 2009
61 We're the people we've been waiting for Lord Puttnam discusses how education and learning will develop over the next decade and beyond, given the pace of change driven by digital technologies. He reflects on the impact of the recession and climate change on how we equip learners for the future. 0:33:47 David Puttnam 12 Jun 2009
62 Regulating Technologies Roger Brownsword argues that the legal community should be concerned to contribute to debates about the implications and regulation of rapidly developing and converging technologies (eg ICTs, biotech / nanotech). 1:05:29 Roger Brownsword 08 May 2009