U.S.-Canada intellectual property conference Fri-Sat in Ottawa [ip]

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 21:43:46 -0400
To: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
From: Michael Geist <mgeist () pobox com>
Subject: Comparative IP & Cyberlaw conference

Declan -- of possible interest for Politech.  We're certainly looking 
forward to your participation.

MG

The University of Ottawa is hosting a two-day conference on comparative 
perspectives on intellectual property and Internet law. The conference 
brings together 18 scholars from across Canada and the U.S. to compare how 
Canada and the U.S. are dealing with issues such as copyright, privacy, and 
e-commerce.  With schools such as Harvard, Berkeley, Stanford, and the 
Wharton school all represented, it is one of the largest events of its kind 
ever held in Canada.

As part of the conference we are hosting a town hall style meeting with 
senior Canadian government officials.  The plan is to have representatives 
from Canadian Heritage and Industry Canada lay out their current plans on 
copyright, patents, spam, and privacy and then engage in a serious 
discussion with the audience and experts from across North America.  The 
event will be moderated by noted technology journalist Declan McCullagh and 
promises to provide a unique perspective on the current state of Canadian 
technology policy.

The event is planned for October 3rd and 4th, with the policy lunch slated 
for Friday the 3rd.  Full details are at 
http://www.commonlaw.uottawa.ca/tech/html/symposium.html.

For those that cannot attend in person, the symposium will be 
webcast.  Links to the webcast will be available at the symposium url noted 
above.

MG
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Professor Michael A. Geist
Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law
University of Ottawa Law School, Common Law Section
Technology Counsel, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
57 Louis Pasteur St., P.O. Box 450, Stn. A, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5
Tel: 613-562-5800, x3319     Fax: 613-562-5124
mgeist () pobox com              http://www.michaelgeist.ca
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