Third Annual Conference on Innovation and Communications Law
May 29-31, 2011
Melbourne, VIC Australia
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Call for Papers
The La Trobe University School of Law will host the third annual Conference on Innovation and Communications Law from May 29-31, 2011. The Melbourne Business School near the Melbourne Central Business District (CBD) is the tentative site for conference actitivies. The Conference is a cooperative effort of La Trobe University School of Law, Drake University Law School, the University of Hawai'i, William S. Richardson School of Law, the University of Louisville School of Law, Michigan State University College of Law, the University of Turku Faculty of Law, and the IPR University Center, Finland. Additional co-sponsors include The Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia (IPRIA), State Government Victoria - Koori Business Network, and The Asia Pacific Social Impact Leadership Centre. The conference committee seeks proposals for presentations from members of academia, government, non-profits, and industry.
The theme for this year's conference is Re-envisioning Progress: Pluralistic Visions of Intellectual Property in a Globalized, Digitized Era. Focusing on the globalization of intellectual property rights (IPR), this conference aims to look beyond utilitarian rationales for intellectual property (IP) protection and take account of diverse constituencies and new technological realities. The committee is keen to receive proposals for papers that consider pluralistic notions of IPR and/or IP rationales that go beyond narrow utilitarian incentives. Topics may push the bounds of traditional expectations of the role of intellectual property and communications law (IPCL) in promoting or regulating the following: open access; free culture; the software movement; efforts to protect and enforce indigenous peoples traditional knowledge, cultural expressions, genetic resources, and/or United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UN DRIP) assets and resources; or the navigation of diverse national traditions with respect to ownership/custodianship/stewardship/management of IP.
The committee would also welcome proposals that explore the impact of IPCL on shaping and promoting culture; IPCL's impact on the digital generation; IPCL and social entrepreneurism and community development; IPCL and the evanescence of traditional borders; IPCL and broadband policy and implementation; IPCL and new and expanding global markets; IPCL and the social network phenomena; IPCL's role in regulating innovation and new technologies; and why IPCL in the information age? The sample list of topics is not exhaustive. Proposals/abstracts should be submitted online by March 15, 2011.
Publication of Select Conference Papers
Law in Context is the leading Australian journal for the contextual study of law. The journal is edited from La Trobe Law and published by The Federation Press. For more than 25 years, Law in Context has published important work exploring the context and operation of law in Australia and internationally. Panelists who wish to take advantage of this publication opportunity should submit abstracts by March 15, 2011, with papers due by May 1, 2011. Law in Context envisions publishing keynote speaker papers and select conference papers.
Partners
University of Turku Faculty of Law
University of Louisville
Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
