-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Ecommerce] The Politics and Ideology of intellectual property and the knowledge commons, Brussels, March 20-21 Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 13:33:02 +0100 From: James Love <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ecommerce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
The Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD) is hosting a 2 day workshop in Brussels on March 20-21. http://www.tacd.org/docs/?id=286) The subject is: THE POLITICS AND IDEOLOGY OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND THE KNOWLEDGE COMMONS The event is open to the public. Pre-registration is required, but free. For more information about event, contact Ben Wallis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), in the TACD Secretariat. The program agenda and the list of speakers and panel chairs follows: Date: March 20-21, 2006 Venue: Hotel Renaissance, Rue du Parnasse 19, Brussels DRAFT AGENDA, version 3.3 DAY ONE - March 20 8:30 - 9:00 Registration 9:00 to 9:30 Introduction 9:30 - 11:00 Panel 1: IP and the Knowledge Commons - Rhetoric and Ideology 11 - 11:15 Break 11:15 - 12:15 PM - Panel 2: : IP and the Knowledge Commons - Political Parties 12:15 to 2 pm Lunch 2 - 3:30 - Panel 3: IP and the Knowledge Commons - Lobbying and Advocacy I (TRANSATLANTIC) 3:30 - 3:45 Break 4 to 6 pm - Panel 4: : IP and the Knowledge Commons - Lobbying and Advocacy II (INTERNATIONAL) DAY TWO - March 21 9.00 - 10:30 - Panel 5 - : IP and the Knowledge Commons - The politics of new technologies 10:30 11:00 Break 11:00 to 12:30 - Panel 6 -- IP and the Knowledge Commons - Politics of Access to Knowledge 2:00 to 3.30 Panel 7 - IP and the Knowledge Commons - new political paradigms 4:00 to 6 pm Panel 8 - Concluding comments and reflections Speakers and Panel Chairs: Benjamin Coriat, University of Paris Bruce Lehman, Akin Gump, Strauss Hauer & Feld Cornelia Kutterer, BEUC David Hammerstein, Member of the European Parliament David Lawsky, Reuters Declan McCullagh, CNET Ed Mierzwinski, PIRG Emma Bonino, Member of the European Parliament (TBC) Eva Lichtenberger, Member of the European Parliament Felix Cohen, Consumentenbon Florian Müller, No Software Patents Hugh Hansen, Fordham University James Love, The Knowledge Ecology Project Jim Murrary, BEUC (TBC) Joelle Roge, WIPO John Howkins, Adelphi Charter (TBC) Jonathan Berger, South Africa AIDS Law Project Jonathan Zuck, Association for Competitive Technology Kenneth Cukier, The Economist Luc Soete, United Nations University Manon Ress, CPTech Marc Cooper, CFA Marco Pierani Mark Cooper, Consumer Federation of America Michelle Childs, CPTech-UK Michiel Van der Velde Consumentenbon Mohamed Ben Ahmed, University of La Manouba, Tunisia Nicoletta Dentico, DNDi Peter Drahos, Australian National University Philippe Aigrain, TRANSVERSALES Rufus Pollock, FFII (TBC) Sangeeta Shashikant, Third World Network (TWN) Sisule Musungu, South Centre Susan Sell, George Washington University Tilman Luder, EC (TBC) Tom Faunce, Australian National University Tony Taubman; WIPO --------------------------------- James Love, CPTech / www.cptech.org / mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] / tel. +1.202.332.2670 / mobile +1.202.361.3040 "If everyone thinks the same: No one thinks." Bill Walton _______________________________________________ Ecommerce mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.essential.org/mailman/listinfo/ecommerce _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list [email protected] https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
