The Role of Scientific and Technical Data and Information in the Public Domain: Proceedings of a Symposium (2003)
Chapter: Appendix A: Final Symposium Agenda
Appendix A
Final Symposium Agenda
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5
7:45 a.m. | Registration and continental breakfast |
8:30 | Welcoming Remarks, William A. Wulf, President, National Academy of Engineering |
8:40 | Symposium Overview, R. Stephen Berry, University of Chicago |
8:50 | Session 1: The Role, Value, and Limits of Scientific and Technical Data and Information in the Public Domain |
| Discussion Framework, Paul Uhlir, National Research Council |
9:10 | —in Society, James Boyle, Duke University School of Law |
9:30 | —for Innovation and the Economy |
| • Intellectual Property—When is it the Best Incentive Mechanism for Scientific and Technical Data and Information? Suzanne Scotchmer, University of California, Berkeley • “Open Science” Economics and the Logic of the Public Domain in Research: A Primer, Paul David, Stanford University |
10:15 | BREAK |
10:35 | —for Innovation and the Economy |
| • Scientific Knowledge as a Global Public Good: Contributions to Innovation and the Economy, Dana Dalrymple, U.S. Agency for International Development • Opportunities for Commercial Exploitation of Networked Science and Technology Public-Domain Information Resources, Rudolph Potenzone, LION Bioscience |
11:20 | Discussion of Issues from Presentations |
12:00 | LUNCH |
1:00 | —for Education and Research |
| • Education, Bertram Bruce, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign • Earth and Environmental Sciences, Francis Bretherton, University of Wisconsin • Biomedical Research, Sherry Brandt-Rauf, Columbia University |
2:00 | Discussion of Issues from Presentations |
2:30 | Session 2: Pressures on the Public Domain |
| Discussion Framework, Jerome Reichman, Duke University School of Law |
2:50 | The Urge to Commercialize: Interactions between Public and Private Research and Development, Robert Cook-Deegan, Duke University |
3:10 | BREAK |
3:30 | Legal Pressures |
| • in Intellectual Property Law, Justin Hughes, Cardozo School of Law • in Licensing, Susan Poulter, University of Utah School of Law • in National Security Restrictions, David Heyman, Center for Strategic and International Studies |
4:45 | The Challenge of Digital Rights Management Technologies, Julie Cohen, Georgetown University School of Law |
5:10 | Discussion of Issues from Session 2 |
5:55 | ADJOURN |
6:00–7:30 | RECEPTION |
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6
8:00 a.m. | CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST |
8:30 | Session 3: Potential Effects of a Diminishing Public Domain |
| Discussion Framework, Paul Uhlir, National Research Council |
8:50 | —on Fundamental Research and Education, R. Stephen Berry, University of Chicago |
9:20 | —in Two Specific Areas of Research |
| • Environmental Information, Peter Weiss, National Weather Service • Biomedical Research Data, Stephen Hilgartner, Cornell University |
10:00 | Discussion of Issues from Session 3 |
10:30 | BREAK |
11:00 | Session 4: Responses by the Research and Education Communities in Preserving the Public Domainand Promoting Open Access |
| Discussion Framework, Jerome Reichman, Duke University School of Law |
11:20 | Strengthening Public-Domain Mechanisms in the Federal Government: A Perspective from Biological and Environmental Research, Daniel Drell, U.S. Department of Energy |
11:45 | Academics as a Natural Haven for Open Science and Public-Domain Resources: How Far Can We Stray? Tracy Lewis, University of Florida |
12:10 | LUNCH |
1:00 | New Legal Approaches in the Private Sector, Jonathan Zittrain, Harvard University School of Law |
1:20 | Designing Public–Private Transactions that Foster Innovation, Stephen Maurer, Esq. |
1:50 | New Paradigms |
| —in Academia |
| • The Role of the Research University in Strengthening the Intellectual Commons: The OpenCourseWare and DSpace Initiatives at MIT, Ann Wolpert, MIT • Emerging Models for Maintaining Scientific Data in the Public Domain, Harlan Onsrud, University of Maine |
2:20 | —in Industry |
| • Open-Source Software in Commerce, Bruce Perens, Hewlett Packard • Corporate Donations of Geophysical Data, Shirley Dutton, University of Texas at Austin • The Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Consortium, Michael Morgan, Wellcome Trust |
3:20 | BREAK |
3:30 | Discussion of Issues from Session 4 |
4:00 | Closing Remarks, R. Stephen Berry, University of Chicago |
4:15 | ADJOURN |
