Global Expert Network on Copyright User Rights Network Symposium (aka User Rights Network)

Public Symposium: June 11-13 - 9:30-1:00pm  
Registration Required
Closed Workshops: June 11 -13 - 2:30 - 5:30 pm

User Rights Network Meetings

American University’s Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property invites you to participate in this year’s annual meeting and Symposium of the Global Expert Network on Copyright User Rights – an international network of over 130 copyright professors from over 80 countries around the world. 

Description
This year’s meeting will share research and engage in deliberation to adopt statements and action plans to promote the fundamental right to research in information law. Each day is organized around a topic that will be the basis of User Rights members-only discussions and breakout sessions to draft a final conference statement and research agenda. The morning presentations are open to the general public. The afternoon discussions are open only to invited speakers or members of the User Rights Network. The topics and speakers at the public sessions of the conference include:

TUESDAY JUNE 11
9:30 - 1:00 pm
What elements of copyright, data protection, platform regulation, or other aspects of technology law should be recognized as components of the fundamental right to research as applied to our modern digital context? 
Speakers
Peter Jaszi, American University Washington College of Law
Michael Carroll, American University Washington College of Law
Thomas Margoni, CiTiP
Martin Senftleben, IViR, University of Amsterdam
Caterina Sganga, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna

WEDNESDAY JUNE 12
9:30 - 1:00 pm
What Principles, Objectives, and Options should guide the domestic implementation of limitations and exceptions for libraries, archives, museums, education and research, including to actualize the right to research?  
Speakers
Margaret Chon, Seattle University School of Law
Allan Rocha de Souza, UFRJ - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Carys Craig, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
Alek Tarkowski, Open Future
Justin Jutte, University College Dublin
Leander Nielbock,  Communia
Teresa Nobre, Communia
Faith Majekolagbe, University of Alberta
Elena Izyumenko, IViR, University of Amsterdam
Arul Scaria, National Law School of India University, Bengaluru

THURSDAY, JUNE 13
9:30 - 1:00 pm
What elements of a scholarship agenda would be useful to further elaborate, justify, or measure the social impact of elements of the right to research in law?
Speakers
Christian Handke, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Joan Josep Vallbe, University of Barcelona
Ariel Katz, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
Walter Park (Comments), American University
Bita Amani, Queen's University, Faculty of Law
Graeme Slaght, University of Toronto
Meredith Jacob, American University Washington College of Law
Vitor Ido, South centre / University of São Paulo
Rodrigo Corredor, UniDistance Suisse

Participants may publish accepted working papers for PIJIP’s Research Papers Series and will be considered for a future book project.

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