Silicon Flatirons

A Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship at the University of Colorado

Institute for Regulatory Law and Economics (IRLE)

@ Aspen, CO
May 17-21, 2008

Silicon Flatirons sponsors the Institute of Regulatory Law and Economics, which directly supports state regulators as they seek to learn how to apply developed economic concepts to emerging policy challenges.

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Mapping the Legal Frontiers of New Institutional Economics and Experimental Economics

@ Wolf Law Building, University of Colorado at Boulder
June 11, 2008

New institutional economics (NIE) is increasingly influencing scholarship across a variety of disciplines and provides an analytical framework that is uniquely promising for legal scholarship. NIE examines how institutions--formal legal rules and informal social norms--govern the behavior of individuals and firms as well as how organizations use governance rules to operate effectively (or not).

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Silicon Flatirons Job Opportunity

The Silicon Flatirons Center is seeking an individual to work as a Research Associate specializing in Intellectual Property Reform. For more information, please click here.

The Entrepreneurial University

Silicon Flatirons Roundtable Report

As part of its strategic planning process, the University of Colorado at Boulder has begun exploring how to increase the propensity of faculty and students to engage in entrepreneurial activities. Nationwide, there are a few universities with a commitment to supporting entrepreneurship that can serve as examples. Notably, MIT and Stanford are two schools renowned for using the knowledge creation and invention that takes place on their campuses to create high quality companies. In contrast, many schools do not achieve such results, even with similar characteristics. This disparity raises the two questions addressed by the roundtable: (1) what separates a university that engages in this process effectively--i.e., the "Entrepreneurial University"--from the university that does not?; and (2) how can the University of Colorado- Boulder become an Entrepreneurial University?

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February 2008 Newsletter

Some of the stories you'll find include:

Journal on Telecommunications and High Technology Law Turns Seven and Launches NeutralityLaw.com
Today, the JTHTL stands at the forefront of many critical debates affecting both telecommunications and high technology, including most notably the debate surrounding network neutrality.

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New Technology Meetups Reviews
A review of the November, December, and January meetups, which occur the first Tuesday of every month at 6:00 PM in the Wolf Law Building at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

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Entrepreneurs Unplugged
Silicon Flatirons in Spring 2008 will launch Entrepreneurs Unplugged, which will provide a meeting place for faculty, students and community members to get involved in entrepreneurship.

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The Software Regulation Clearing House
The Software Regulation Clearing House is an initiative designed to track the governmental regulation of software development.

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Institute for Regulatory Law and Economics
Silicon Flatirons is now the proud sponsor of the Institute for Regulatory Law and Economics.

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Silicon Flatirons Law Clinics
Two clinical offerings - Entrepreneurial Law Clinic and Glushko-Samuelson Technology Policy Law Clinic - provide opportunities for Colorado Law students to engage in transactional and policy issues.

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Broadband for All
April 11, 2008
Over the course of the 2008 presidential campaign, candidates will discuss a variety of issues critical to our economy and national competitiveness. One issue, however, remains conspicuously off the radar screen: how the federal government, states and localities should address the development of broadband Internet access.

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The World On a Wire
March 10, 2008
The U.S. ranks 15th in the world in high-speed Internet adoption, behind Denmark, South Korea and even sprawling Australia, according to one international study. And that's not good enough, many experts say.

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Focus on Broadband
February 11, 2008
FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein's comments at the recent Silicon Flatirons Digital Broadband Migration Conference were featured in The Rocky Mountain News.

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Prioritizing Broadband
February 11, 2008
FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein's comments at the recent Silicon Flatirons Digital Broadband Migration Conference were featured in the Boulder Daily Camera.

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The Importance of Broadband Policy
February 11, 2008
Several speakers from the Silicon Flatirons Digital Broadband Migration event were quoted in a recent Sidecut Report.

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FCC May Examine 'D' Block Auction Fiasco
February 11, 2008
FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein's comments at the recent Silicon Flatirons Digital Broadband Migration Conference were featured in GigaOM.

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Crowe: Online Video Will Keep Fiber's Future Full
February 11, 2008
Level 3 CEO Jim Crowe's comments at the recent Silicon Flatirons Digital Broadband Migration Conference were featured in GigaOM.

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Crossing the Ethical Line
February 8, 2008
Prof. Phil Weiser was quoted recently in the Colorado Springs Business Journal.

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Congress and the FCC: A Failure to Communicate
February 3, 2008
Prof. Phil Weiser was recently quoted in Congressional Quarterly Weekly.

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Public Safety, New Technologies, and the Future of Emergency Response Conference Review
November 28, 2007
The conference was an overwhelming success, with a remarkable number of attendees from Denver, Boulder, and across the country.

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