Viktor Mayer-Schönberger - Biographical Information Viktor Mayer-Schönberger is Associate Professor of Public Policy and DIrector of the Information + Innovation Policy Research Centre at the LKY School of Public Policy / National University of Singapore. He is also a faculty affiliate of the Belfer Center of Science and International Affairs at Harvard University. He has published seven books (most recently "Governance and Information Technology" with MIT Press) and is the author of over a hundred articles and book chapters (most recently "Demystifying Lessig" in the Wisconsin Law Review) on the governance of information. After successes in the International Physics Olympics and the Austrian Young Programmers Contest, Dr.Mayer-Schönberger studied law in Salzburg (Mag.iur, '88, Dr.iur '91), Cambridge (UK) and Harvard (LL.M. '89). In 1992 he received a M.Sc. (Econ) from the London School of Economics, and in 2001 the venia docendi on (among others) information law. In 1986 he founded Ikarus Software, a company focusing on data security and developed the Virus Utilities, which became the best-selling Austrian software product. The recipient of numerous awards for innovation and entrepreneurship, he was voted Top-5 Software Entrepreneur in Austria in 1991 and Person of the Year for the State of Salzburg in 2000. He has chaired the Rueschlikon Conference on Information Policy in the New Economy, bringing together leading strategists and decision-makers of the new economy. He is the cofounder of the SubTech conference and from 2003-2006 served on the ABA/AALS National Conference of Lawyers and Scientists. He is a frequent public speaker, and sought expert for print and broadcast media worldwide. He is also on the boards of numerous foundations, think tanks and organizations focused on studying the foundations of the new economy, and advises governments, businesses and NGOs on new economy and information society issues. In his spare time, he likes to travel, go to the movies, and learn about architecture. For a detailed CV in PDF format, please click on the icon... Mail Address: Information + Innovation Policy Research Centre LKY School of Public Policy National University of Singapore 469C Bukit Timah Road Singapore 259772 Phone: +65-6516-7032 Fax: +65-6775-6471 For Mayer-Schoenberger's flight as a passenger in a Mig-25 at 89,000 feet, see here...  Mig-Flight.mov(9.6 MB)