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GOING DIGITAL: LAW FOR THE DIGITAL ECONOMY

Friday 27 June 2014, 2pm to 5pm

Lecture Theatre, IMAS Waterfront Building, 20 Castray Esplanade, Hobart

(This event is free. To attend, please RSVP to goingdigital@mail.com)

2.00 pm

Welcome – Madeleine Ogilvie MP

2.10 pm

Introduction – Professor Brian Fitzgerald

2.15 pm

An Overview of Challenges and Opportunities in the Digital Economy - Dr Anne Fitzgerald

(to cover selected topics, such as):

- 3D printing; Search engines; Copyright: ISPs, databases, online materials

- Computer-generated works; Privacy and security; Data mining;

- Software inventions and business processes;

- Cloud computing; Digital transactions.

3.00 pm

REFRESHMENT BREAK

3.30 pm

The role of Government in the Digital Economy: Government as “proprietor, preserver and user” of

copyright material - Dr John Gilchrist

4.00 pm

Opening up government copyright materials for access and reuse: developments in policy and

practice - Neale Hooper

4.30 pm

Expanding Access to Education - the policy and practice of Open Educational Resources - Kunle Ola

4.55 pm

Concluding Comments – Professor Brian Fitzgerald

THIS EVENT IS PROUDLY HOSTED BY THE BOOKEND TRUST AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA

The organisers acknowledge the assistance of Dr Niall Doran of the Bookend Trust.

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PRESENTER BIOS

Madeleine Ogilvie BA LLB MBA MP was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly in 2014 as a

member for Denison. Madeleine graduated in Law from the University of Tasmania and has worked

at a senior level in the telecommunications and technology industry.

Professor Brian Fitzgerald BA (Griff.) LLB (Hons) (QUT) BCL (Oxon.) LLM (Harv.) PhD (Griff.) is Dean

of the Thomas More Law School at the Australian Catholic University and a Barrister. Brian studied

Arts at Griffith University (with a focus on media, communications and film) and Law at the

Queensland University of Technology graduating as University Medallist. He holds postgraduate

degrees in law from Oxford University and Harvard University. Brian is an internationally respected

Intellectual Property and Information Technology/Internet lawyer who has pioneered the teaching of

Internet/Cyber Law in Australia and beyond. He has published articles on Intellectual Property and

Internet Law in Australia, the United States, Europe, Nepal, India, Canada, and Japan and his recent

co-edited/authored books include Copyright, Digital Content and the Internet in the Asia Pacific

(2008); Access to Public Sector Information: Law Technology and Policy (2010); Knowledge Policy for

the 21st Century (2011); Internet and E Commerce Law, Business and Policy (2011); Copyright 1709-

2010 (2011); A Short History of Copyright (2013).

Dr Anne Fitzgerald BSW (Qld) LLB (Hons) Grad Dip Welfare Law (Tas.) LLM (Lond.) LLM (Col.) JSD (Col.) is

an intellectual property and e-commerce lawyer. Anne graduated in Law from the University of Tasmania

and holds postgraduate qualifications from University College London and Columbia University (New

York). Anne has served terms as a member of the Advisory Council on Intellectual Property (ACIP) and

the Copyright Law Review Committee’s Expert Advisory Group, and was a consultant to the Venturous

Australia review of Australia's innovation system. She led Creative Commons Australia’s engagement

with government, overseeing the adoption of CC licences as the default copyright licence for public

sector materials by the Commonwealth and several State governments. Anne has published widely on

intellectual property and internet law. Her latest major (co-authored) book is Internet and E-commerce

Law, Business and Policy, Thomson Reuters, Sydney (2011).

Dr John Gilchrist BA LLB LLM (Mon.) PhD (QUT) GCHE (UC) is a Senior Research Fellow in the

Australian Catholic University Academy of Law. John studied Arts and Law at Monash University and

holds postgraduate degrees and qualifications from Monash University, QUT, the Australian National

University and the University of Canberra. He was the Secretary of the Copyright Law Committee on

Reprographic Reproduction (the Franki Committee) and, more recently, a member of the Copyright

Law Review Committee on its Crown Copyright reference. John has strong family connections to

Tasmania which date back to the 1830s; he lived his early life in Hobart and began his schooling in

Launceston before moving to Melbourne.

Neale Hooper BA LLB LLM (Qld) is a legal consultant and former Principal Lawyer in the Intellectual

Property and Technology Law team in the Queensland Crown Law Office. Neale holds undergraduate

and graduate degrees in Law from the University of Queensland. He has considerable experience as

a legal practitioner, consultant and researcher in the area of intellectual property and innovation law,

and technology commercialisation. From 2005, Neale has been centrally involved with Creative

Commons Australia and has played a leading role in the implementation of Creative Commons

licensing – particularly in the government sector – as well as the revision and ongoing management of

the licences.

Kunle Ola LLB LLM is currently a PhD Research Candidate at the Australian Catholic University and a

senior government officer with the Nigerian government.