DAY 1 – Thursday 16 April

1. The Magic Pudding: Australia's Public Domain

Graham Greenleaf (Faculty of Law, University of NSW) -
National and International Dimensions of the Public Domain [slides] [paper]

CHAIR/Commentator:

• Brian Fitzgerald (Queensland University of Technology)

2B. Learning from Histories and Cultures

CHAIR: Luigi Palombi (Centre for the Governance of Knowledge and Development, The Australian National University)

Catherine Bond (Faculty of Law, University of NSW)
The Unique Flavours of Australia’s Public Domain: A View from History [slides]

Ben Atkinson (ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation, Queensland University of Technology)
The History of Privatisation and the Public Domain [slides] [paper]

Louise Buckingham (Faculty of Law, University of NSW)
Traditional Knowledge and the Public Domain: an overview [paper]

3B. Coexistence of Open Content and Compulsory Licences

CHAIR: Graham Greenleaf (Faculty of Law, University of NSW)

George Tian (Faculty of Law, University of Technology, Sydney)
China's IP Abuse Rule: Another approach to protecting the public domain [slides] [paper]

Elliott Bledsoe (Creative Commons Australia)
Still No Good: APRA’s non-commercial licensing amendments and what they mean for Creative Commons users [paper]

Delia Browne (Ministerial Council on Employment, Education, Training and Youth, NSW)
Educational use and the Internet – does Australian copyright law work in the web environment? [slides] [paper]

Commentators:

• Brian Fitzgerald (Queensland University of Technology)
• Jonathon Carter (in house counsel, APRA)
• Adam Simpson (Simpsons Solicitors)

Launch of The Blog, Podcast, Vodcast and Wiki Copyright Guide for Australia

http://www.creativecommons.org.au/materials/Australian_Copyright_Blog_Guide.pdf

Jessica Coates, Brian Fitzgerald and Graham Greenleaf

Followed by Lunch

4B. Re-use of Government Works

CHAIR: Ben Atkinson (ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation, Queensland University of Technology)

David Vaile (Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre, Faculty of Law, University of NSW)
Yes We Scan: US government access policies and the revived attempt to 'Reboot.Gov' [slides]

Anne Fitzgerald (Faculty of Law, Queensland University of Technology) and Neale Hooper (Queensland Crown Law Office; Faculty of Law, Queensland University of Technology)
Re-use of Government Works

Waltraut Ritter (Hong Kong Knowledge Management Forum)
Developing Public Policies for Re-use of Government Information: Starting the Public Discourse in Hong Kong

CHAIR: Michael Handler (Faculty of Law, University of NSW)

Ben Bildstein (Faculty of Law, University of NSW)
Exploring the Untamed Wilderness: Quantifying Online Commons

Catherine Bond (Faculty of Law, University of NSW)
For the Term of His Natural Life, Plus Seventy Years: Mapping Australia’s Public Domain

Louise Buckingham (Faculty of Law, University of NSW)
International IP Institutions, Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions

Sophia Christou (Faculty of Law, University of NSW)
The ‘User’ under Law in the Online Environment: Beyond the Legal Perspective

Lin Xie (Faculty of Law, The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Legal Solutions to Unauthorised File Sharing in Digital Environment

Jeremy Malcolm, Consumers International (Asia Pacific)

SPECIAL GUEST: Gordon Renouf (CHOICE)

Conference Dinner - Pazzo Restaurant (583 Crown St, Surry Hills)

Drinks followed by dinner.

6. Business Models Integrating Public Rights

CHAIR: Jessica Coates (Creative Commons Clinic, Queensland University of Technology)

Roger Clarke (Xamax Consultancy/ Visiting Professor, University of NSW) and Danny A Kingsley
Open Access to Journal Content as a Case Study in Unlocking IP [slides] [paper]

Susan Murray-Smith (Digital Initiatives & Sydney University Press)
Sydney University Press - a model for combining open access with commercial sales [slides] [paper]

James Dalziel (Macquarie E-Learning Centre of Excellence, Macquarie University, Sydney)
Successes and Challenges for Open IP Business Models [slides]

Commentators:

• Jan Trzaskowski (Law Department, Copenhagen Business School)
• Brianna Laugher (President, Wikimedia Australia) and Liam Wyatt (Vice President, Wikimedia Australia)

7B. Public Rights in Publicly-Funded Research

CHAIR: Delia Browne (Ministerial Council on Employment, Education, Training and Youth, NSW)

Anne Fitzgerald (Faculty of Law, Queensland University of Technology)
Public Rights in Publicly-Funded Research [slides]

Luigi Palombi (Centre for the Governance of Knowledge and Development, The Australian National University)
The Role of Patent Law in Regulating Access to Medicines [paper]

Commentators:

• Roger Clarke (Xamax Consultancy/ Visiting Professor, University of NSW)
• Graham Greenleaf (Faculty of Law, University of NSW)

Launch of Unlocking IP Public Rights Licences Database

http://www.worldlii.org/int/other/PubRL/

Ben Bildstein (Faculty of Law, University of NSW), Philip Chung (AustLII) and Graham Greenleaf [in conjunction with Andres Guadamaz, The Arts and Humanities Research Council Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property and Technology Law at The University of Edinburgh]