For those of you with a continuing interest in the property rights question and the resources to devote to it.
Please note contact information within the message. I am not in the loop on this.
Gene Robkin
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT
http://ipconference.education.wisc.edu
On May 6-9, 2001, the University of Wisconsin Law School and
University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Education will cosponsor
an intellectual property conference, Intellectual Property in the Digital Environment: Exploring the Possibilities at the Monona Terrace Convention Center in Madison, Wisconsin. The Conference, national in scope, will begin with an opening reception on Sunday evening, May 6, 2001 followed by two days of presentations. Two comprehensive post-conference workshops related to copyright and ownership policy are scheduled for the morning of Wednesday, May 9.
Conference presentations will address:
-Copyright and the Internet
-Fair Use in Cyberspace
-Anticircumvention Issues
-Ownership Issues and Distance Education
-Copyright Infringement and Digital Technologies
-Innovative Edu-Business Partnerships
-Recently introduced bill, S.487, "Technology Education and Copyright
Harmonization Act
Our goal is to open communication pathways and share relevant and current information with individuals who have a vested interest in intellectual property use and development in education.
Confirmed speakers:
Marybeth Peters (KEYNOTE)
Register,
U.S. Copyright Office, Washington, DC
Robert Antonucci
President,
Harcourt Higher Education
Christopher Ashley
Legal Counsel,
University of Wisconsin System
Fritz Attaway
Executive Vice President and Washington General Counsel,
Motion Picture Association of America
The Honorable Tammy Baldwin
U.S. House of Representatives, 2nd District of the State of Wisconsin,
Member of the Judiciary Committee
Mark Bloom
Manager of Technology Licensing & Sponsored Programs
and Chief Patent Counsel,
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Manus Cooney
Vice President for Corporate and Policy Development,
Napster
Ryan Craig
Vice President of Business Development,
Fathom Online Learning
Henry Cuthbert
Senior University Legal Counsel,
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Chris Dalziel
Executive Director,
Instructional Telecommunications Council
Washington, DC
Lolly Gasaway
Professor of Law & Director of the Katherine Everett Law Library,
University of North Carolina/Chapel Hill
Robin D. Gross
Intellectual Property Attorney,
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Georgia Harper
Manager,
Intellectual Property Section,
Office of General Counsel, University of Texas/Austin
The Honorable Robert Kastenmeier
Former Wisconsin Congressman,
U.S. House of Representatives
John Kidwell
Kathleen M. & George I. Haight Professor,
University of Wisconsin Law School,
University of Wisconsin-Madison
David L. Lange
Professor of Law,
Duke University School of Law, Durham, North Carolina
Bruce Lehman
President and CEO,
International Intellectual Property Institute,
and former Assistant Secretary of Commerce,
and United States Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
Lisa Livingston
Director,
Instructional Media Development Center,
School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Miriam Nisbet
Legislative Counsel,
American Library Association, Washington Office
Michael Offerman
Executive Director,
Learning Innovations, University of Wisconsin
Matt Oppenheim
Senior Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs
Recording Industry Association of America
Kent Peterson
Professor,
Department of Educational Administration,
School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Michael Remington
Attorney,
Drinker Biddle and Reath/Washington, D.C.
Bryan Renk
Director,
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF)
University of Wisconsin
Carol Risher
Co-founder and Senior Vice President,
Business Development, Savantech
Louise Robbins
Director and Associate Professor, School of Library and Information
Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Judith Saffer
Assistant Deputy Counsel,
Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI)
Kenneth D. Salomon
Attorney,
Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, PLLC/Washington, D.C.
Bernard R. Sorkin
Senior Counsel,
AOL Time Warner/New York
Jane Terpstra
Senior Learning Technology Consultant,
Learning Technology & Distance Education,
Division of Information Technology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Raj Veeramani
Director,
Consortium for Global Electronic Commerce, School of Business
and Associate Professor, College of Engineering,
Industrial Engineering Department,
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Lois Wasoff
VP and Corporate Counsel,
Houghton Mifflin Co. & Chairperson, Copyright Committee,
Association of American Publishers
Detailed program and other conference information are available on the
conference website - http://ipconference.education.wisc.edu
The conference registration form is available at -
http://ipconference.education.wisc.edu/regist.html
CLE (continuing legal education) credit to satisfy the Wisconsin
Board of Bar Examiners, CEUs (continuing education units) and
DPI Clock Hours of equivalency credit to satisfy the Wisconsin
Department of Public Instruction's continuing professional
education requirements are available.
If you have any questions regarding this conference,
please contact :
Lisa Livingston
Conference Chairperson
University of Wisconsin-Madison
lmlivingston@facstaff.wisc.edu
(608)262-3431
Lisa Livingston
Director, Instructional Media Development Center
University of Wisconsin/School of Education
142 Education Science Building
1025 W. Johnson Street
Madison, Wisconsin 53706
V: 608.262.3431 F:608.262.6447
livingston@education.wisc.edu or
http://imdc.education.wisc.edu