[Ecommerce] Brussels Free & Public event: Politics and Ideology of IP (registration and agenda)

[Manon Ress]

To register for public event in Brussels:

The Politics and Ideology of Intellectual Property
Date: =09March 20-21, 2006
Venue: =09Hotel Renaissance, Rue du Parnasse 19, Brussels
with support from the Rockefeller Foundation and the John D. and
Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

As part of TACD=92s series of conferences on intellectual property
issues, this conference looks at the thinking that drives current
intellectual property rule-making. Examining broad intellectual and
philosophical aspects of the debate, the meeting will examine how the
struggles over the control and ownership of the new knowledge economy
relate to concepts of ideology, in party political positions
platforms and political rhetoric. Attached you will find a
registration form, and a draft agenda with a list of confirmed speakers.

We are hereby inviting registration to the conference. Registration
is free but capacity is limited, so register as soon as possible if
you want to secure a place. We hope and aim to confirm all
registrations received.

If you would like to attend this conference, please fill in the
attached registration form and email (mpresutto@consint.org) or fax
it (+44 207 354 0607) to us before close of business, Tuesday March
14th.

Registration Form

Conference on the Politics and Ideology of Intellectual Property

(Please tick the relevant boxes and fax back to +44 207 354 0607, or
email your response to mpresutto@consint.org)


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Registration closes on Tuesday March 14th.

We will contact all registered participants by March 16th with a
final agenda.
The Politics and Ideology of Intellectual Property

Date: =09March 20-21, 2006
Venue: =09Hotel Renaissance, Rue du Parnasse 19, Brussels

DAY ONE =96 MONDAY MARCH 20, 2006

8:45 =96 9:00 =09=09Registration

9:00 =96 9:15=09=09Welcome and introduction

9:15 - 10:40  =09=09Panel 1: IP and the Knowledge Commons - Rhetoric and
Ideology

11:00 - 12:30=09=09Panel 2: IP and the Knowledge Commons - Political Partie=
s

14:00 =96 15:40=09Panel 3: IP and the Knowledge Commons - Lobbying and
Advocacy I (EU and U.S.)

16:00 =96 17.45=09Panel 4: IP and the Knowledge Commons - Lobbying and
Advocacy II (International)


DAY TWO =96 TUESDAY MARCH 21, 2006

9:00 - 10:40=09Panel 5: IP and the Knowledge Commons =96 The politics of
new technologies

11:00 - 12:30=09Panel 6: IP and the Knowledge Commons =96 The politics of
Access to Knowledge

14:00 =96 15:40=09=09Panel 7: IP and the Knowledge Commons - new political
paradigms

16:00 =96 17.45=09=09Panel 8 - Concluding comments and reflections


Confirmed speakers:
- Benjamin Coriat, University of Paris
- Bruce Lehman, Akin Gump, Strauss Hauer & Feld
- David Hammerstein, Member of the European Parliament
- Declan McCullagh, CNET
- Ed Mierzwinski, U.S. Public Interest Research Group
- Eva Lichtenberger, Member of the European Parliament
- Florian M=FCller, Founder, NoSoftwarePatents.com
- Hugh Hansen, Fordham University
- Jonathan Zuck, Association for Competitive Technology
- Kenneth Cukier, The Economist
- Luc Soete, United Nations University
- Mark Cooper, Consumer Federation of America
- Mohamed Ben Ahmed, University of La Manouba, Tunisia
- Nicoletta Dentico, Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi)
- Peter Drahos, Australian National University
- Philippe Aigrain, Transversales
- Sangeeta Shashikant, Third World Network
- Sisule Musungu, South Centre
- Susan Sell, George Washington University
- Tom Faunce, Australian National University

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Manon Anne Ress
manon.ress@cptech.org,
www.cptech.org

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