[wos] Brussels Mar 20-21 Conference on The Politics and Ideology of Intellectual Property and the Knowledge Commons

[Volker Grassmuck]

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From:           	James Love <james.love at cptech.org>

This event is free and open to the public, but requires pre-
registration.    Jamie

http://www.tacd.org/docs/?id=286

Conference on The Politics and Ideology of Intellectual Property and
the Knowledge Commons
The Ballroom, Hotel Renaissance, Rue du Parnasse 19, Brussels

(with support from the Rockefeller Foundation and the John D. and
Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation)

The conference will bring together a broad variety of political
figures and stake-holders to look at the thinking that drives current
intellectual property rule-making.

In recent years, intellectual property policy issues have gained
higher profiles in Europe and the United States, as debates over
patenting of software and business methods, copyright term
extensions, the public domain nature of the Human Genome Project,
access to medicine, peer-to-peer file-sharing networks, and other hot
button issues have attracted a wide public audience.

The TACD conference will provide an opportunity to stand back from
specific legislative proposals and consider the broader intellectual
and philosophical aspects of the debate. In particular, the meeting
will examine how the struggles over the control and ownership of the
new knowledge economy relates to our concepts of ideology, in party
political positions platforms and political rhetoric. It will also
look at the role of both the transparent and non-transparent lobbying
of government officials, opinion leaders and the public to build
consensus or support for different intellectual property rules.

To register for this free conference, you need to send your name and
affiliation to Marco Presutto (mpresutto at consint.org) by close of
business Tuesday March 14th.

Draft agenda:

DAY ONE – MONDAY MARCH 20, 2006

8:45 – 9:00 Registration

9:00 – 9:15	 Welcome and introduction
Jim Murray, BEUC and TACD Steering Committee (TBC), and Ed
Mierzwinski, U.S. Public Interest Research Group and TACD Steering
Committee

9:15 - 10:40 Panel 1: IP and the Knowledge Commons - Rhetoric and
Ideology

Moderated by Michelle Childs, Consumer Project on Technology
- Peter Drahos, Australian National University
- Hugh Hansen, Fordham University
- Philippe Aigrain, Transversales

10:40 - 11:00 Break

11:00 - 12:30	Panel 2: IP and the Knowledge Commons - Lobbying and
Advocacy I

Moderated by Jill Johnstone, National Consumer Council
- Susan Sell, George Washington University
- Sangeeta Shashikant, Third World Network
- Riaz Tayob, SEATINI (Southern and Eastern African Trade Information
and Negotiations Institute) (TBC)
- Sisule Musungu, South Centre (TBC)

12:30 – 14.00 Lunch in foyer outside conference room

14:00 – 15:40	Panel 3: IP and the Knowledge Commons - Lobbying and
Advocacy II

Moderated by David Lawsky, Reuters
- Jonathan Zuck, Association for Competitive Technology
- Florian Müller, Founder, NoSoftwarePatents.com
- Benjamin Coriat, University of Paris
15:40 - 16:00 Break

16:00 – 17.45	 Panel 4: IP and the Knowledge Commons - Political Parties

Moderated by Marco Pierani, Altroconsumo
- David Hammerstein, Member of the European Parliament
- Bruce Lehman, Akin Gump, Strauss Hauer & Feld
- Rufus Pollock, Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure
(FFII-UK)
- John Howkins, Adelphi Charter

DAY TWO – TUESDAY MARCH 21, 2006

9:00 - 10:40	Panel 5: IP and the Knowledge Commons – The politics of
Access to Knowledge

Moderated by Manon Ress, Consumer Project on Technology
- Tilman Luder, European Commission
- Declan McCullagh, CNET
- David Hammerstein, Member of the European Parliament
- Antony Taubman, World Intellectual Property Organization

10:40 - 11:00 Break

11:00 - 12:30	Panel 6: IP and the Knowledge Commons – The politics of
new technologies

Moderated by Machiel van der Velde, Consumentenbond
- Kenneth Cukier, The Economist
- Mark Cooper, Consumer Federation of America
- Luc Soete, United Nations University

12:30 – 14.00 Lunch in foyer outside conference room

14:00 – 15:40	 Panel 7: IP and the Knowledge Commons - new political
paradigms

Moderated by Antony Taubman, World Intellectual Property Organization
- Sisule Musungu, South Centre
- Tom Faunce, Australian National University
- Mohamed Ben Ahmed, University of La Manouba, Tunisia

15:40 - 16:00 Break

16:00 – 17.45	 Panel 8 - Concluding comments and reflections

Moderated by James Love, Consumer Project on Technology and Felix
Cohen, Consumentenbond
- Jolle Roge, World Intellectual Property Organization
- Kenneth Cukier, The Economist
- Peter Drahos, Australian National University
- Mark Cooper, Consumer Federation of America
- Sangeeta Shashikant, Third World Network
- Bruce Lehman, Akin Gump, Strauss Hauer & Feld
- Jill Johnstone, National Consumer Council
- Ed Mierzwinski, PIRG

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