Copyright at a Crossroads -- Register Today for This 3-Day Symposium

["Jack Boeve" <JBoeve@xxxxxxxx>]

ATTENTION:
The 2006 UMUC Center for Intellectual Property 6th Annual Symposium on
Intellectual Property is just around the corner--June 14-16,2006, in
Adelphi, MD.
The deadline for early bird registration is only weeks away...May 12,
2006.

Curious about the benefits of attending this year's symposium, consider
this question...

	Who should own, manage, and have access to our world of
knowledge?

THEME:
The theme of this year's symposium is...

	Copyright at a Crossroads:
	The Impact of Mass Digitization on Copyright and Higher
Education

The symposium will examine the issues surrounding Google's ambitious
plans to digitize and index massive library collections and the positive
and negative effects this may have on copyright itself as well as the
consumers, librarians, educators, authors, and publishers who handle
copyrighted material each day.

KEYNOTE ADDRESS and PANEL DISCUSSION:

	THE GOOGLIZATION OF CULTURE
	Siva Vaidhyanathan, New York University
	Steinhardt School of Education, Department of Culture and
Communication

		Panelists:
		Alan Davidson, Google, Inc.
		Allan Adler, Association of American Publishers
		John Band, Jonathan Band, PLLC

PRE-CONFERENCE SEMINARS:
	Copyright 101: Exploring the Fundamentals
		Arnold Lutzker, Lutzker, Lutzker & Settlemyer, LLP
	E-Reserves Policy and Implementation: Digital Dilemmas
		Donna Ferullo, Purdue University Copyright Office

SYMPOSIUM PANELS:
	Libraries in Transition: How Will They Be Used?
	The Future of Fair Use: Access in an Information Age
	Institutional Repositories: Digital Collections
	Legislative Updates: News from the Hill

Please visit http://www.umuc.edu/cip/symposium for detailed information
about registration and lodging.
We look forward to seeing you!

__________
Jack Boeve
Program Management Specialist
Center for Intellectual Property
University of Maryland University College
3501 University Boulevard East
Adelphi, MD 20783
T: 240.582.2965
F: 240.582.2961
jboeve@xxxxxxxx
http://www.umuc.edu/cip