Creative Industries in Transition: New Directions for the Digital Era: Symposium II

Date: Mon, October 27, 2008
Time: 10:00 AM
Location: Members's Reading Room, Jefferson Building, Library of Congress
10:00-10:15 Welcome & Introduction
Professor Robert Brauneis, Co-Director GW IP Law Program
John M. Whealan, Associate Dean for Intellectual Property Law Studies; Professorial Lecturer in Law
10:15–10:45 Paper Presentation
Ralph Oman, Register of Copyrights, 1985-1993, Pravel Professorial Lecturer and GW CIEC Fellow
10:45–11:15 Commentary
Tanya Sandros, General Counsel, U.S. Copyright Office
11:15–12:15 Panel Discussion
Professor Brauneis, moderator
Susan Mann, Senior Director, Intellectual Property Policy, Microsoft Corp
Bhamati Viswanathan, GW CIEC Research Associate
Maury Yeston PhD, Tony Award-winning composer/lyricist, former Professor and Director of Undergraduate Music Studies, Yale University
12:15–12:45 Keynote Remarks
Del Bryant, President and CEO, BMI
Maury Yeston,PhD