Programme Working Conference on Copyright and Universities

Programme Working Conference on Copyright and Universities

Programme & presentations
List of participants
Conference report

Thursday June 7th 2001

Opening Session
13.30-13.50	Welcome and an introduction to the conference dr. Sijbolt Noorda, Conference Chair (chair of IWI; president of the Amsterdam university "Universiteit van Amsterdam"; The Netherlands) Outline of the issues in the debate of copyright and universities.
13.50-14.15	(Inter)national Developments in Copyright regarding the relationship between copyright and higher education. Prof. Bernt Hugenholtz, professor of law; Institute for Information Law, Faculty of Law, "Universiteit van Amsterdam"; Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Introductory Sessions: state of the art on Universities and Scholarly Publications in four countries
14.30-15.00	* Policy Approaches to Copyright in HEIs in the United Kingdom; the JISC survey and an update. dr. Ralph Weedon, Internet Copyright Officer, Centre for Educational Systems, University of Strathclyde; Glasgow, United Kingdom
15.00-15.30	* Copyright and universities; Issues in Australia dr. Leanne Wiseman, Senior Lecturer Law Faculty, Queensland University of Technology; Brisbane, Australia
15.45-16.15	* Proposal for a joint copyright policy for universities; the Dutch solution. mr. Wilma Mossink, head legal department, Open University of the Netherlands; Heerlen, the Netherlands
16.15-16.45	* Universities in relation tot copyrights in the United States of America dr. John Vaughn, Executive Vice President, the Association of American Universities, Washington DC, United States of America
Working Sessions
16.45-18.15	legal framework and Ownership * Who is the owner of copyright in higher education. dr. Frederic Friend, Director Scholarly Communication, University College London (UCL); London, United Kingdom Speaker will outline the strategy of UCL about ownership of academic works.
	* Group discussions In different groups there will be discussion about the legal framework and ownership and possible strategies to reach an optimal solution. There will be feedback to the whole group.

Friday June 8th 2001

Working Sessions - continuation
09.30-11.00 University policy and Copyright policies
dr. Rodney Petersen, Co-ordinator of Policy and Ethics, University of Maryland, United States of America
Speaker will address important issues when defining a copyright policy

* Group discussions In different groups there will be discussions about the principal objectives of copyright policies, the effectiveness, the constituents that are involved.
There will be feedback to the whole group.

11.15-12.45 Arrangements between universities, faculty and publishers
dr. Julia Blixrud, SPARC (Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition), Washington DC, United States of America
How is a strategy planned to achieve arrangements between academics, universities and publishers? Level of negotiation between the stakeholders? How do you reach academics?

* Group discussions
In different groups there will be discussions about possible arrangements. There will be feedback to the whole group.

Concluding remarks, future actions and plans
14.15-15.45 Strategies for the future
dr. Sijbolt Noorda, chair
The outcomes of the different workshops will be used as input for the discussion about future strategies in the debate on copyright and universities.
15.45-16.00 Closing remarks

Last update: 1 augustus 2001

Working Sessions - continuation
09.30-11.00	University policy and Copyright policies dr. Rodney Petersen, Co-ordinator of Policy and Ethics, University of Maryland, United States of America Speaker will address important issues when defining a copyright policy
	* Group discussions In different groups there will be discussions about the principal objectives of copyright policies, the effectiveness, the constituents that are involved. There will be feedback to the whole group.
11.15-12.45	Arrangements between universities, faculty and publishers dr. Julia Blixrud, SPARC (Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition), Washington DC, United States of America How is a strategy planned to achieve arrangements between academics, universities and publishers? Level of negotiation between the stakeholders? How do you reach academics?
	* Group discussions In different groups there will be discussions about possible arrangements. There will be feedback to the whole group.
Concluding remarks, future actions and plans
14.15-15.45	Strategies for the future dr. Sijbolt Noorda, chair The outcomes of the different workshops will be used as input for the discussion about future strategies in the debate on copyright and universities.
15.45-16.00	Closing remarks