CONFERENCES: Scholarly Publishing & Intellectual Property


Subject: CONFERENCES: Scholarly Publishing & Intellectual Property
David Green (david@ninch.org)
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 13:29:31 -0500


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From: David Green <david@ninch.org>
Subject: CONFERENCES: Scholarly Publishing & Intellectual Property

NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
November 30, 1998

           International Symposium on the Changing Character,
             Use & Protection of Intellectual Property.
     Dec. 3-4, 1998, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.
                      <http://www.gaac.org/>

     New Challenges for Scholarly Communication in the Digital Era:
        Changing Roles and Expectations in the Academic Community
                  March 26-27, 1999: Washington, DC
                <http://www.arl.org/scomm/conf.html>

              FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS: Deadline: Dec 7, 1998
      The Third ICCC/IFIP Conference on Electronic Publishing
                       May 10-12, Ronneby, Sweden
                    <http://www5.hk-r.se/elpub99.nsf>

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           International Symposium on the Changing Character,
             Use & Protection of Intellectual Property.
     Dec. 3-4, 1998, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.
                      <http://www.gaac.org/>

>From: "Adam Eisgrau" <AME@alawash.org>
>Subject: NAS IP Symposium on 12/3 and 12/4
>Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 10:09:51 -0500

German-American Academic Council

       International Symposium on the Changing Character, Use &
       Protection of Intellectual Property.
       Dec. 3, 1998 - Dec. 4, 1998
       National Academy of Sciences building (Auditorium)
       2100 C St. NW
       Washington, D.C.
       Open to the Public

       If you would like to attend this meeting or need more
       information, please contact:
       Robert Tuch
       German-American Academic Council
       Email: tuch@gaac.org
       Phone: (202 ) 296-2991
       Fax: (202 ) 833-8514

       Preliminary meeting agenda:

       German-American Academic Council in Cooperation with
       The U.S. National Academy of Sciences and the Max Planck
       Society

       Fourth Annual Public Symposium

       The Changing Character, Use and Protection of Intellectual Property
       December 3-4, 1998

       National Academy of Sciences Building
       Main Auditorium
       2101 Constitution Avenue, NW
       Washington, DC

       Organizing Committee

       Jack Halpern, U.S. National Academy of Sciences, Co-Chair
       Ernst-Joachim Mestmaecker, Max-Planck Institute for International
         Law, Co-Chair
       Kenneth W. Dam, The University of Chicago
       Guenther Stock, Schering AG

       Program

       Thursday, December 3, 1998

       8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
       9:00 a.m. Welcome and Introduction Jack Halpern
       Chairman, GAAC Kuratorium and Vice President, National
       Academy of Sciences

       9:15: a.m. Keynote Address Kenneth W. Dam
       The University of Chicago
       10:00 a.m. Break

       10:20 a.m. Information Technology and Data Base Protection

       Moderator Karl-Heinz Hoffmann
       Institute for Applied Mathematics and Statistics
       Technical University of Munich

       Speakers Jerome H. Reichman
       Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

       Ulrich Loewenheim
       Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main

       12:15 p.m. Lunch

       1:15 p.m. Genetic Information and Research Tools in Molecular
       Biology and Biotechnology

       Moderator Purnell W. Choppin
       Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD

       Introduction Joseph Straus
       Max-Planck Institute for Foreign and International
         Patent, Copyright and Competition Law, Munich

       Panelists Francis S. Collins
       Director, NIH National Human Genome Research Institute,
       Bethesda, MD

       Hans-Georg Landfermann
       German Federal Ministry of Justice, Bonn

       Jack L. Tribble, Merck and Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ

       J. Craig Venter, Celera Genomics Corp., Rockville, MD

       5:00 p.m. Featured Lecture:
       Bruce A. Lehman, Assistant Secretary and
       Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, U.S.
       Department of Commerce

       6:00 p.m. Reception

       Friday, December 4, 1998

       8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast

       8:45 a.m. Economic Impact of Intellectual Property Issues

       Moderator Carl-Christian von Weizsaecker
       University of Cologne

       Speakers Richard Nelson
       Columbia University, New York

       August Katern
       BMG Entertainment New Technologies, Guetersloh

       10:30 a.m. Break

       10:45 a.m. Impact of Intellectual Property Issues on Universities

       Moderator Kenneth Prewitt
       President Emeritus, Social
       Science Research Council and Director
       U.S. Census Bureau

       Speakers M. R. C. Greenwood
       Chancellor, University of California, Santa Cruz

       Gerhard Selmayr
       Chancellor, University of Karlsruhe
       12:30 p.m. Lunch

       1:30 p.m. International Aspects of Intellectual Property Issues

       Moderator Harold K. Forsen,
       Foreign Secretary
       National Academy of Engineering

       Speakers Thomas Dreier
       Max-Planck Institute for Foreign and International
       Patent, Copyright and
       Competition Law, Munich

       Harold C. Wegner
       George Washington University
       Washington, DC

       3:30 p.m. Concluding Remarks Ernst-Joachim
       Mestmaecker
       Max-Planck Institute for
       Foreign and International Law,
       Hamburg

       4:00 p.m. Adjournment

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     New Challenges for Scholarly Communication in the Digital Era:
       Changing Roles and Expectations in the Academic Community
                 March 26-27, 1999: Washington, DC
               <http://www.arl.org/scomm/conf.html>

>Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 12:57:34 -0800
>From: Clifford Lynch <cliff@cni.org>
>To: Multiple recipients of list <cni-announce@cni.org>
>Subject: Scholarly Communications Conference Announcement, March 1999

New Challenges for Scholarly Communication in the Digital Era:
Changing Roles and Expectations in the Academic Community

March 26-27, 1999
Washington, DC
Sheraton City Center Hotel

Sponsored by:

American Association of University Professors
American Council of Learned Societies
Association of American University Presses
Association of Research Libraries
Coalition for Networked Information

The academic community has been deeply affected by the changes brought
by the digital era. The individual sectors of the community face
seemingly unique challenges that are in fact interconnected in the broad
system of scholarly communication. This conference, sponsored by
organizations representing faculty, publishers, librarians, and learned
societies, will explore the nature and scope of the challenges and seek
to develop strategies for change that are built on an understanding of
the needs of all of the sectors.

This conference is a sequel to the successful conference on the
Specialized Scholarly Monograph in Crisis held in September 1997. The
exciting and frank discussions at that meeting led the organizers to
plan a follow-up opportunity to bring these groups together on a broader
set of topics.

Topics to be covered in this conference include:

A. Getting Ahead in the Digital World - Faculty are being encouraged to
employ digital technology in the classroom, develop digitally-based
distance learning courses, submit manuscripts to electronic journals,
and mentor graduate students and junior faculty during this time of
incredible transition. This panel will address how these pressures and
some current initiatives in the digital arena, such as electronic
dissertations, the decoupling of peer review from publication,
electronic only publication, classroom use of technology and distance
learning affect faculty careers and their opportunities for advancement.

B. Distance Education - Many universities are moving into distance
education, some with enthusiasm and some feeling driven by necessity.
This panel will address the issues and challenges that are presented by
distance learning, including he expectations for faculty, ownership of
the courses developed, quality of the learning experience, academic
freedom, library support of distance learners, and potential roles for
societies and presses.

C. What Does it Mean to Publish? - The ability of authors to post
their own work on their own websites and the introduction of electronic
dissertations have created intense discussions of what it means to
"publish" in the digital era. Do online preprints and electronic
dissertations constitute prior publication? If so, what are the
implications for tenure and promotion? How do faculty balance the
desire to get their ideas out with the need for review for tenure?

D. Economics of Scholarly Communication - There is a disjunction
between the sociology and economics of scholarly publishing, primarily
in the sciences, that has affected the access to scholarship in all
disciplines. Can the new technology provide better and more
cost-effective solutions for scholarly communication? How do
solutions vary by discipline? What roles do the various members of
the academic community play in contributing to the solutions?

E. Preservation and Access - The new technology brings great
opportunity for expanded access to a wide array of electronic resources
which can be searched with powerful search engines across distributed
systems. But technology also creates such challenges as version
control, document integrity, persistent naming, authentication, and
preservation.

Speakers committed thus far:

John Ackerman, Cornell University Press
Robert Bovenschulte, Publications Director, American Chemical Society
Peter Givler, Association of American University Presses
Paula Kaufman, University of Tennessee Library
Clifford Lynch, Coalition of Networked Information
Teresa Sullivan, Vice President and Graduate Dean, University
   of Texas at Austin
Sandy Thatcher, Pennsylvania State University Press
Kathy Wilhelm, Graduate Student, West Virginia State University

Conference Schedule

Friday, March 26, 1999

11:00 a.m. -1:00 p.m. Registration
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 - 1:15 p.m. Introduction
1:15 - 2:00 p.m. Keynote Address
2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Panel I. Getting Ahead in the Digital World
3:30 - 4:00 p.m. Break
4:00 - 5:30 p.m. Panel II. Distance Education
6:00 -7:00 p.m. Reception

Saturday, March 27, 1999

7:30 - 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:30-10:00 a.m. Panel III. What Does it Mean to Publish?
10:00-10:30 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. -12:00 p.m. Panel IV. Economics of Scholarly Communication
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Panel V. Preservation and Access
2:30 - 3:00 p.m. Break
3:00-4:00 p.m. Engaging the Issues
4:00-4:30 p.m. Closing Speaker

Hotel Information:

Sheraton City Centre Hotel
1143 New Hampshire Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20037
Reservations: (202) 775-0800

Rates: $125 single; $145 double
Cut-off date for reservations: March 4, 1999

Registration:

Registration is $300 [includes continental breakfast, two lunches,
and a reception on Friday evening].
$250 for three or more individuals from the same institution.
$150 for graduate students.
Deadline for registration is: March 15, 1999.

To register online, go to <http://www.arl.org/scomm/conf.html>

OR

Mail or fax your name, institution, address, and credit card
information to:

Association of Research Libraries
Mary Jane Brooks - New Challenges
21 Dupont Circle, NW
Washington, DC 20036
phone: 202-296-2296
fax: 202-872-0884
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           FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS: Deadline: Dec 7, 1998
   The Third ICCC/IFIP Conference on Electronic Publishing
                    May 10-12, Ronneby, Sweden
                 <http://www5.hk-r.se/elpub99.nsf>

>Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 10:42:15 +0100
>From: Peter Linde <elpubm@bib.hk-r.se>
>To: ETEXTCTR-L@cornell.edu
>Subject: Final Call for papers!: Third ICCC/IFIP Conference on Electronic
>Publishing

The Third ICCC/IFIP Conference on Electronic Publishing
(http://www5.hk-r.se/elpub99.nsf) will be held in Ronneby, Sweden and
presents a great opportunity to present achievements in this area to an
international audience.

On behalf of the Organizing committee of Electronic Publishing '99, I,
therefore would like to encourage and remind you to submit an abstract.
Deadline for abstract submission is 7th of December 1998. Abstracts in
English of no more than 500 words should be sent by e-mail to:
<mailto:abstract@notes.hk-r.se> or submitted by webform to:
<http://www5.hk-r.se/elpub99.nsf>

Peter Linde, chairman of the Programme Committee.

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David L. Green
Executive Director
NATIONAL INITIATIVE FOR A NETWORKED CULTURAL HERITAGE
21 Dupont Circle, NW
Washington DC 20036
http://www-ninch.cni.org/
david@ninch.org
202/296-5346 202/872-0886 fax

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