Chris Marsden

Current

• Associate Editor at info - the journal of management, strategy and regulation for ICTs
• Director, IT/Media/E-commerce LL.M. Program at University of Essex School of Law

Past

• Program Committee Member at TPRC
• Honorary Industrial Policy Fellow at Cambridge University Computer Lab
• Senior Analyst at RAND Corporation

• Fellow at University of Essex School of Law
• Research Associate at selfregulation.info @Wolfson College, Oxford
• Internet Governance Expert at Oxford Internet Institute
• Director, Regulatory and Public Policy, UK and Ireland at MCI WorldCom UK ltd
• Special advisor to CEO at Independent Television Commission
• Founder/Interim General Counsel at Shortmedia Ltd
• Founder and Editor at IJCLP - International Journal of Communications Law and Policy
• Solicitors Trust Lecturer in European Law at Warwick University School of Law
• Publishing Manager at Euromoney - World Economic Forum
• Deputy Advertising Manager at Media Week Ltd

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Education

• London School of Economics and Political Science
• London School of Economics and Political Science
• John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

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Websites

• My Company
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Chris Marsden’s Summary

Expert in Internet and telecoms law, mass media ownership and pluralism.

Chris Marsden’s Specialties:

International law, international relations, international political economy, media law, telecoms regulation

Chris Marsden’s Experience

• Associate Editor

  info - the journal of management, strategy and regulation for ICTs

  (Publishing industry)

  January 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)

• Director, IT/Media/E-commerce LL.M. Program

  University of Essex School of Law

  (Higher Education industry)

  August 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)

  Running degree program from September: http://www2.essex.ac.uk/law/postgraduates/prospectus/llm_iitme_prospective.html
  Researching

• Program Committee Member

  TPRC

  (Internet industry)

  2007 — 2008 (1 year )

• Honorary Industrial Policy Fellow

  Cambridge University Computer Lab

  (Internet industry)

  September 2006 — December 2008 (2 years 4 months)

• Senior Analyst

  RAND Corporation

  (Think Tanks industry)

  June 2005 — September 2007 (2 years 4 months)

  Main activities and responsibilities
  
  Information Society team, with a focus on ICT policy evaluation, communications governance issues, the influence of ICTs on socio-economic ecologies, and information assurance. Consulted variously for:
  European Commission DG INFSO on direct impact assessment evaluation for the proposed Audiovisual Media Services Directive e (2005)
  Ofcom on indirect impact assessment evaluation for the proposed Audiovisual Media Services Directive e (2006)
  European Commission DG INFSO on the security challenges of disruptive technologies (2006)
  Japanese Ministry of Economy and Finance on European government policies and corporate responses in the field of information security and governance (2006)
  Irish government (Forfas) on options and policy towards future broadband technology deployment.; * Type of business or sector

• Fellow

  University of Essex School of Law

  (E-Learning industry)

  January 2006 — May 2007 (1 year 5 months)

  Researcher and part-time professor on Information Technology Media and E-Commerce Law masters degree (ITME - basically cyberlaw).

• Research Associate

  selfregulation.info @Wolfson College, Oxford

  (Internet industry)

  January 2004 — September 2006 (2 years 9 months)

  Managing selfregulation.info project; authoring final report and newsletter; coordinating dissemination strategy including multimedia and international conferences; authoring and coordinating other research contracts and tenders; consulting for OSCE and other governmental organizations; authoring and publishing reports and academic refereed journal articles; liaising with UK and EC governments; supervising employees and interns; lecturing groups of visiting government officials; advising UK government and other organizations on copyright policy.
  Consulted variously for:
  o People's Republic of China, Ministry of Information Industries (telecoms regulation),
  o Department for International Development UK (ICTs and development),
  o Department of Trade UK (spam and Internet security for policy purposes),
  o Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Internet content policy),
  o Korean Internet Service Providers Association (Internet co-regulation by industry)
  
  selfregulation.info is the European Commission's Internet Action Plan project establishing a Technical Assistance Unit and centre of excellence in modes of self-regulation on the Internet. Projects include media (press, broadcast, advertising, film and video classification, video games) and ISP (P2P, filtering, notice and take down, hate speech, adult content controls).

• Internet Governance Expert

  Oxford Internet Institute

  (Internet industry)

  April 2004 — October 2004 (7 months)

  Expert advisor - research areas:
  advising European Internet Co-regulation Group, a pan-European network, in following areas
  [1] global Internet governance;
  culminating in advice to the ECommission in advance of Tunis WSIS 2005
  [2] mobile Internet regulation;
  culminating in report to European institutions in spring 2005.
  Contacts remain ctmarsden@yahoo.co.uk

• Director, Regulatory and Public Policy, UK and Ireland

  MCI WorldCom UK ltd

  (Telecommunications industry)

  November 2001 — December 2002 (1 year 2 months)

  The book is pending...but apart from internal fun...
  Fixed-to-Mobile Competition Commission inquiry;
  Leased Lines dispute taken to final resolution;
  Advised Puttnam Committee on Communications Bill 2002;
  Oftel interface in run-up to OfCom;
  Wholesale Line Rental and International Interconnection;
  Parliamentary lobbying, briefing;
  Media trained and background briefer

• Special advisor to CEO

  Independent Television Commission

  (Government Administration industry)

  September 2000 — January 2001 (5 months)

  * Type of business or sector
  
  Regulator of UK Commercial Television Broadcasting
  
  * Occupation or position held
  
  Special Advisor to the Chief Executive (1 day a week appointment)
  
  * Main activities and responsibilities
  
  Acting as new media and multimedia independent advisor to CEO;
  Coordinating regulatory and policy strategy including international conferences;
  Liaising with UK and EC governments;
  Advising UK government, European Commission and other organizations on broadband and Internet policy.

• Founder/Interim General Counsel

  Shortmedia Ltd

  (Internet industry)

  January 2000 — January 2001 (1 year 1 month)

  * Type of business or sector
  
  Video over DSL Local Loop Aggregator
  
  * Occupation or; Main activities and responsibilities
  
  Managing regulatory team (lawyers, accountants, economists) and reporting to board;
  acting in incorporation-employment-contractual-dissolution as General Counsel;
  authoring and presenting business plan submissions to investors;
  coordinating multi-stakeholder consortia with public service broadcasters and telcos;
  coordinating regulatory and policy strategy including multimedia and international conferences.

• Founder and Editor

  IJCLP - International Journal of Communications Law and Policy

  (Internet industry)

  1998 — 2001 (3 years )

• Solicitors Trust Lecturer in European Law

  Warwick University School of Law

  (Education Management industry)

  September 1997 — September 2000 (3 years 1 month)

• Publishing Manager

  Euromoney - World Economic Forum

  (Publishing industry)

  March 1993 — September 1993 (7 months)

  Main activities and responsibilities
  
  Personally responsible for special projects; liaising at Deputy Prime Ministerial level with governments, advising on Foreign Direct Investment.

• Deputy Advertising Manager

  Media Week Ltd

  (Internet industry)

  September 1989 — January 1991 (1 year 5 months)

  * Type of business or sector
  
  Media sales and publishing company
  
  * Occupation or; Main activities and responsibilities
  
  Managing advertising team and reporting to manager, publisher and Managing Director; launch team of Journalist's Week; direct sales and presentations to directors and editors of national newspapers, television news teams and regional publishers; supervising employees and interns.

Chris Marsden’s Education

• London School of Economics and Political Science

  LL.M. (Hons) , International Economic Law , 1993 — 1994

• London School of Economics and Political Science

  LL.B. , Law , 1986 — 1989

  Activities and Societies:

  Students Union 1987 - elected unopposed in by-election as SDP candidate - Welfare Officer - created Housing Officer post - youngest ever known SU exec member - chose not to seek re-election

• John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

  Residential Research Fellowship
  
  * Name and type of organisation providing education and training
  
  Information Infrastructure Project,

Additional Information

Chris Marsden’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Blog

Chris Marsden’s Groups:

Supernova, ISOC, TPRC, GiKIV

•    Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government (HKS)
•    ISOC Members
•    University of Essex
•    LSE Alumni
•    RAND Alumni

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