This year’s symposium is titled MONOPOLY: PLAYING THE INNOVATION GAME. Three days of keynote addresses, panels, and round tables will address the conflicts resulting from the exclusive ownership and limited monopolies fostered by U.S. copyright laws and the technologies and practices that encourage sharing and collaboration.

The Center has invited an impressive line up of speakers and panelists including James Boyle, co-founder of the Center for the Study of the Public Domain and professor of law at Duke University School of Law as well as Georgia Harper, the CIP’s Intellectual Property Scholar (2006-08) and Scholarly Communications Advisor for the University of Texas at Austin Libraries. For a longer list of presenters with brief bios, browse the link at  http://www.umuc.edu/distance/odell/cip/symposium/speakers.shtml

In addition the Center will host “The Institute for Copyright Leadership and Management,” which consists of pre- and post-conference seminars and workshops designed to help individuals or teams develop basic skills for effective leadership in copyright management while focusing on influencing skills and building strategic institutional partnerships and
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You may take advantage of the Early Bird registration fee, if you register before May 9th. The cost of the symposium is $350.00. For the Institute for Copyright Leadership and Management the cost is $900.00 per individual or $2,295.00 for a team of three.

Lodging is separate and runs $150 to $200.00 per night, depending on where you choose to stay.

Full symposium details may be found at http://www.umuc.edu/CIP2008 .