2008 Copyright Symposium, May 29-30th

["Olga Francois" <OFrancois@xxxxxxxx>]

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[Please excuse the inevitable duplication of this notice.]

         8th Annual Symposium
Copyright Monopoly: Playing the innovation game
           May 28-30, 2008
      in Metro Washington, D.C.
     http://www.umuc.edu/CIP2008/

Are you stuck on your next move? Join the Center for Intellectual
Property, a trusted source of accessible professional development
programming, and learn how to create a winning strategy for managing
your creations and the use of third party copyrighted works. Sit down
with noted scholars and practitioners exploring the relationship between
the U.S. copyright monopoly, technological innovation and higher
education institutions.

Programming highlights include:

Meet Some of the Players:
Keynote speakers, James Boyle, Professor of Law, Duke University School
of Law;
Co-Founder, Center for the Study of the Public Domain and Georgia
Harper, Scholarly Communications Advisor, University of Texas at Austin
Libraries. Please see the site for a growing list of speakers!
http://www.umuc.edu/cip/symposium/speakers.shtml

Honing Your Skills:
Check out one of the intensive pre-conferences: Public Domain & Fair Use
or Copyright 101 http://www.umuc.edu/cip/symposium/preconference.shtml

The Hottest Game of the Season:
Sign up for the new management track: Institute for Copyright &
Leadership Management (ICLM)
http://www.umuc.edu/cip/symposium/institute.shtml

We urge you to check out the website for more information on this year's
exciting events, including: "Game Night", our Opening Night reception,
focused roundtables & the "Re-mix Contest". TO register for the 2008
Symposium see http://tinyurl.com/ypg33b


- - 2008 Institute for Copyright Leadership & Management (ICLM) - -

In addition to the full symposium agenda, the Center for Intellectual
Property (CIP) has partnered with the National Leadership Institute
(NLI) to bring to you a unique program that promises to meet the needs
of many institutions struggling to better manage the changes in
copyright law. The goal of the Institute is to increase participants'
capacity for change management and to lead copyright initiatives on
their campuses.

Register today to take advantage of the early bird rates. Please see the
site for logistics & ICLM Team Discounts!

To join the ICLM Symposium cohort or register for the symposium:
http://tinyurl.com/ypg33b

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Olga Francois, Assistant Director
Center for Intellectual Property
University of Maryland University College
3501 University Blvd. East, PGM3-780
Adelphi, MD 20783
Phone: 240-582-2803
Fax:   240-582-2961
http://www.umuc.edu/CIP2008/