Benjamin Edelman - Invited Presentations

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The listings below reflect a portion of Ben's recent invited presentations.

• Online Advetising. Bits. Harvard College. February 19, 2010.
• Using the Internet for Data Collection and Research. Theory and Practice of Research - HBS Doctoral Programs. February 5, 2010.
• Advertisers' Rights in the Online Economy. International Advertising Association - Digital Download. Beijing, China. November 16, 2009.
• Advertisers' Rights in the Online Economy. International Advertising Association - Digital Download. Seoul, Korea. November 13, 2009.
• Advertisers' Rights in the Online Economy. International Advertising Association - Digital Download. Tokyo, Japan. November 10, 2009.
• Detecting & Deterring Online Advertising Fraud. STIET Program, University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, Michigan. October 29, 2009.
• Running Out of Integers: The Impending Scarcity of IPv4 Addresses and What To Do About It. Market Design, Harvard University Department of Economics. October 16, 2009.
• Advertisers' Rights in the Online Economy. International Advertising Association - Digital Download. London. October 8, 2009.
• Advertisers' Rights in the Online Economy. ICOMP Business Roundtable. Brussels, Belgium. October 6, 2009.
• Towards A Bill of Rights for Online Advertisers. Advertising Week. New York, New York. September 21, 2009.
• eBay Partner Network. Taking Marketing Digital. HBS Executive Education. September 11, 2009.
• Online Advertising: Consumer Protection and Advertisers' Rights. Tech Forum & Seoul National University Law & Technology Seminar. Seoul, Korea. August 18, 2009.
• The Google Book Search Settlement. Public discussion at the Ministry of Culture, Sports & Tourism. Seoul, Korea. August 18, 2009.
• Adverse Selection in Online "Trust" Authorities. The 11th International Conference on Electronic Commerce. Taipei, Taiwan. August 15, 2009.
• What You Need to Know about Advertising Fraud. International Advertising Association - Digital Download Update. Sydney, Australia. August 12, 2009.
• Online Advertisers' Rights. Australian Interactive Media Industry Association Forum: Advertisers' Rights and Consumer Privacy. Sydney, Australia. August 11, 2009.
• Amazon Web Services & Cloud Computing. Delivering Information Systems. HBS Executive Education. July 24, 2009.
• Windows Vista and Windows Platforms. Delivering Information Systems. HBS Executive Education. July 20, 2009.
• Competition in Online Advertising. HBS First Annual Digital Economy Symposium. June 19, 2009.
• Advertising Transparency: Knowing What You’re Getting and Getting What You Want. ICOMP Advertiser Workshop. London, United Kingdom. June 17, 2009.
• Advertisers’ Rights in the Online Economy. Microsoft Search Summit. Seattle, Washington. June 4, 2009.
• Research Opportunities in Online Advertising. NBER Market Design Working Group Meeting. Cambridge, Massachusetts. May 16, 2009.
• Running Out of Numbers: Scarcity of IP Addresses and What To Do About It. AMMA 2009: The First Conference on Auctions, Market Mechanisms and Their Applications. Boston, Massachusetts. May 8, 2009.
• Unexpected Challenges in Measuring Online Advertising ROI. International Advertising Association - Digital Download. Singapore. April 2, 2009.
• Unexpected Challenges in Measuring Online Advertising ROI. International Advertising Association - Digital Download. Mumbai, India. March 26, 2009.
• Unexpected Challenges in Measuring Online Advertising ROI. International Advertising Association - Digital Download. Madrid, Spain. March 12, 2009.
• Unexpected Challenges in Measuring Online Advertising ROI. International Advertising Association - Digital Download. Paris, France. March 10, 2009.
• Securing Online Advertising: Rustlers and Sheriffs in the New Wild West. Research in Action - Harvard Business School. March 4, 2009.
• Deterring Online Advertising Fraud Through Optimal Payment in Arrears. Financial Cryptography and Data Security '09. Barbados. February 23, 2009.
• The Darker Side of Online Advertising. Keynote. Trademark Law and the Internet. International Trademark Association. San Francisco, California. February 10, 2009.
• Discussion. "Online Advertising Markets." 2009 Meetings of the Allied Social Science Associations. San Francisco, California. January 3, 2009.
• The Darker Side of Online Advertising. Center for Research on Computation and Society, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. December 3, 2008.
• Running Out of Integers: The Impending Scarcity of IPv4 Addresses and What To Do About It. Market Design, Harvard University Department of Economics. October 24, 2008.
• Running Out of Integers: The Impending Scarcity of IPv4 Addresses and What To Do About It. Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Seminar, Harvard Business School. October 8, 2008.
• Running Out of Integers: The Impending Scarcity of IPv4 Addresses and What To Do About It. Stanford Institute for Theoretical Economics. Stanford University. June 23, 2008.
• Impact and Policy Implications of Spyware on Consumers and Businesses (written testimony). US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. June 11, 2008.
• Who Engages in Illicit Gaming, and Why? Evidence from Inflated Download Counts of SSRN Working Papers. Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Work In Progress Lunch, Harvard Business School. March 19, 2008.
• Running Out of Integers: The Impending Scarcity of IPv4 Addresses and What To Do About It. Market Design, Harvard University Department of Economics. March 14, 2008.
• Proposed IPv4 Transfer Policies. Cisco Workshop on Address Allocation Models for the Internet. San Jose, California. March 3-4, 2008.
• Running Out of Integers: The Coming Scarcity of IPv4 Addresses and What Can Be Done About It. Market Design Workshop, Harvard Business School. November 16, 2007.
• Bidding for Sponsored Link Advertisements at Internet Search Engines. Operations and Information Management Department, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. October 23, 2007.
• Transferable IPv4 Addresses and the IPv6 Transition (transcript). "IP Markets?" ARIN XX. Albuquerque, New Mexico. October 17, 2007.
• The Spyware Ecosystem: Business Models and Ongoing Activities. National Association of Attorneys General - Conference on Spyware and Phishing. University of Mississippi. August 28, 2007.
• Current Spyware Practices. Spyware 2010. Defcon. Las Vegas, Nevada. August 3, 2007.
• Current Spyware Practices. Spyware 2010. Black Hat. Las Vegas, Nevada. August 2, 2007.
• Bidding for Sponsored Link Advertisements at Internet Search Engines. Operations, Information and Technology Workshop, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University. January 25, 2007.
• Bidding for Sponsored Link Advertisements at Internet Search Engines. Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Workshop, Harvard Business School. December 6, 2006.
• Bidding for Sponsored Link Advertisements at Internet Search Engines. Seminar on Sponsored Search, Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Pensylvania. November 27, 2006.
• Adverse Selection in Online "Trust" Authorities. Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Pensylvania. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 27, 2006.
• Bidding for Sponsored Link Advertisements at Internet Search Engines. Marketing Workshop, Harvard Business School. November 6, 2006.
• Adverse Selection in Online "Trust" Authorities. Marketing Workshop, Harvard Business School. October 4, 2006.
• Bidding for Sponsored Link Advertisements at Internet Search Engines. Research in Industrial Organization - Seminar. Harvard University, Department of Economics. September 20, 2006.
• Adverse Selection in Online "Trust" Authorities. The Fifth Workshop on the Economics of Information Security. University of Cambridge. Cambridge, United Kingdom. June 28, 2006.
• Safety at Internet Search Engines. The Rising Power of Search Engines on the Internet. University of Leipzig. Berlin, Germany. June 26, 2006.
• Fraud, and Other Pitfalls in Search Engine Advertising. "The Google Effect" (conference) - Gerson Lehrman Group. Boston, Massachusetts. June 8, 2006.
• Where Does Spyware Come From? - "Why" - Spyware Revenue Sources. Anti-Spyware Coalition Public Workshop. Ottawa, Canada. May 16, 2006.
• Understanding Spyware: Its Effects on Your Brand and Marketing Pound. Perfiliate Technologies Points of Interest Speakeasy 2006. London, United Kingdom. May 11, 2006.
• Problems and Solutions. Spyware Workshop, Information Law Institute, NYU Law School. March 17, 2006.
• Adverse Selection in Online "Trust" Authorities. Research in Industrial Organization - Seminar. Harvard University, Department of Economics. March 8, 2006.
• Adverse Selection in Online "Trust" Authorities. EconCS Group, Division of Engineering and Applied Science, Harvard University. March 6, 2006.
• Spyware. ABCD Committee, Harvard University. February 23, 2006.
• Current Installation Methods; Advertisement Syndication as a Spyware Revenue Source. Anti-Spyware Coalition Public Workshop. Washington, DC. February 9, 2006. (video recording)
• Understanding Spyware and Its Effects on Affiliate Marketing. Affiliate Summit. Las Vegas, Nevada. January 9, 2006. (video recording)
• Understanding and Stopping Spyware. Ziff Davis Internet eSeminars. December 7, 2005.
• Understanding Spyware and Its Effects on Your Marketing Dollars and Your Brand. ad:tech. New York, New York. November 8, 2005.
• Analyzing Site Safety. Market Design Workshop, Harvard Business School. November 4, 2005.
• Effectiveness and Enforcement of CAN-SPAM. Federal Trade Commission (by teleconference). July 21, 2005.
• Spyware Revenue Sources. "Spyware" (breakfast briefing) - Gerson Lehrman Group. New York, New York. June 15, 2005.
• The Spyware Problem: Why It Matters and How Information Security Officers Can Help. New York State Office of Cyber-Security & Critical Infrastructure Coordination. Albany, New York. June 2, 2005.
• Understanding Spyware & Adware. Conversations with the Blogosphere, Analyst Access Conference Call Series. UBS. May 6, 2005.
• Defining Spyware and Adware. The Antispyware Workshop. c|net download.com. San Francisco, California. May 3, 2005. (audio recording)
• Spyware: Defining the Problem, and Legislative Responses. National Association of State Chief Information Officers. Teleconference. March 4, 2005.
• Click Fraud: A Legal Look. Search Engine Strategies. New York, New York. March 2, 2005.
• Bidding for Sponsored Link Advertisements at Internet Search Engines. Research in Industrial Organization - Seminar. Harvard University, Department of Economics. February 23, 2005.
• An Overview of Software Downloads: Spyware, Adware, Stealware & Thiefware. eComXpo. February 17, 2005.
• Spyware: How They Sneak onto Your Computer, How They Make Money, and What You Can Do to Stop Them. Cabot House, Food for Thought. December 8, 2004.
• Spyware: Effects, "Consent," and Legislative Responses. State Government Affairs Council, Foundation Leaders' Policy Conference. Dana Point, CA. November 22, 2004.
• Spyware on Corporate Networks: Assessing the Risks and Costs. Spyware and the Enterprise: A Growing Threat. Business4Site. Los Angeles, CA. June 15, 2004.
• Empirical Research on Sites Omitted from Google Search Results. "Gatekeepers of the Web: The Hidden Power of Search Engine Technology." Computers, Freedom & Privacy Conference. Berkeley, CA. April 21, 2004.
• Design Challenges in CAN-SPAM Do-Not-Email Registry. Federal Trade Commission (by teleconference). March 3, 2004.
• Measuring ISP Response to VeriSign Site Finder. Security and Stability Advisory Committee, ICANN. Washington, DC. October 15, 2003.
• Intentionally Invalid Whois Data. US House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property Oversight Hearing on Internet Domain Fraud & US Government's Role in Ensuring Public Access to Accurate Whois Data. September 4, 2003.
• Internet Filtering Worldwide: The Technologies of Filtering and Their Unexpected Consequences. UNDP Global Meeting on ICT for Development. Ottawa, Canada. July 10, 2003.
• Internet Filtering Worldwide: The Technologies of Filtering and Their Unexpected Consequences. World Press Freedom Committee Internet Press Freedom Conference. New York, New York. June 27, 2003.
• Internet Filtering Worldwide: How to Respond When Your Sites and Emails are Blocked. American Chamber of Commerce in Japan. Tokyo, Japan. June 23, 2003.
• Filtering Spam: New Perspectives on the False-Positive/False-Negative Tradeoff (slides, notes). Oxford Internet Institute. Oxford, United Kingdom. June 18, 2003.
• Internet Filtering Worldwide: The Technologies of Filtering and Their Unexpected Consequences and Influence of Code and Companies on the Freedom of the Internet. OSCE Conference on Freedom of the Media and the Internet. Amsterdam, Netherlands. June 13, 2003.
• Internet Filtering Worldwide: The Technologies of Filtering and Their Unexpected Consequences. ISOC Turkey. Istanbul, Turkey. June 11, 2003.
• Internet Filtering Worldwide: The Technologies of Filtering and Their Unexpected Consequences. China and the Internet Conference, USC Annenberg School for Communication. May 30, 2003.
• "Adware" and "Spyware": Research Methods. Berkman Center Fellows Lunch. May 7, 2003.
• Edelman v. N2H2 and Internet Filtering Research Generally. Copyright Law and Digital Works, University of Kansas School of Law (by teleconference). April 10, 2003.
• Internet Filtering Worldwide: The Technologies of Filtering and Their Unexpected Consequences. Computers, Freedom & Privacy (plenary session). New York, New York. April 3, 2003.
• China and the Internet: A New Revolution? Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Lunch Panel. Washington, DC. March 14, 2003.
• Internet Filtering: Implementations, Accuracy, and Best Practices. APRICOT 2003. Taipei, Taiwan. February 27, 2003.
• Internet Filtering & Transparency. With Jonathan Zittrain. Berkman Center Fellows Lunch. February 13, 2003.
• Internet Filtering Roundtable. Voice of America / International Broadcasting Internet Bureau / Radio Free Asia. Washington, DC. December 17, 2002.
• Internet Filtering Worldwide. Information Society Project, Yale Law School. New Haven, Connecticut. December 16, 2002.
• Expert Research in CIPA and Goals in Edelman v. N2H2. Technology and Liberty Program Project Highlights, ACLU National Policy Review. Washington, DC. October 8, 2002.
• Pornography and Jurisdiction & Zoning. ILAW Conference. June 1-5, 2002. With Jonathan Zittrain.
• Internet & Society. Harvard Law School, Spring 2002. Substance and technology in various sessions, including domain names, Internet filtering, television retransmission, and geolocation.
• Mock legislative session re strengths and shortcomings of filtering software. Kennedy School of Government. March 20, 2002.
• Scribing (notes). APRICOT 2002. Bangkok, Thailand. March 5-6, 2002.
• The Effect of Editorial Discretion Book Promotionon Sales at Amazon.com (introduction and table of contents). Research in Microeconomics. Harvard University, Department of Economics. February 15, 2002.
• Design and Constraints of Internet Filtering Software. Federal Communications Commission. Washington, DC. February 16, 2001.