Juan Carlos De Martin

Juan Carlos De Martin (Córdoba (Argentina), 7 June 1966) is an Italian academic.

He is a full professor at the DAUIN Department of the Polytechnic of Turin, where he co-founded and co-directs the Nexa Center of Internet and Society. Since 2011, he is a Berkman Faculty Fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society of Harvard University and Senior Visiting Researcher at the Internet and Society Laboratory of Keio University (Tokyo). It is known for its activities in the Internet and the Society, with particular attention to issues of copyright in the digital age and net neutrality. Often writes in the daily "La Stampa" as a columnist on issues related to digital technologies and their impact on society. He is a member of the Scientific Council of 'Encyclopedia Treccani' and Coordinators of the Scientific Council of "Democracy Biennial". It 'also an expert of the Italian Government Committee "Science and Society" of the Seventh Framework Programme (2007–2013) of the European Commission and, from April 2013, he is the 'National Point of Reference' for the open access policies, referring to the European Recommendation on access to and preservation of scientific information. Provided by Wikipedia