2008 Copyright Symposium, May 29-30th

["Olga Francois" <OFrancois@umuc.edu>]

[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:

James Boyle, Georgia Harper, Gigi Sohn, Patrick Ross, Lolly 
Gasaway, and many, many more! 
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

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