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

Date: Wed, June 18, 2008
Time: 9:30 AM
Location: Moot Court Room, GW Law School

9:30-9:45	Welcome
	Professor Robert Brauneis, Co-Director GW IP Law Program Frederick Lawrence, Dean and Robert Kramer Research Professor of Law
9:45-10:00	Introduction
	Del Bryant, President and CEO BMI
10:00-10:30	Paper Presentation
	Professor Robert P. Merges, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Professor of Law & Technology, University of California at Berkeley
10:30-11:00	Commentary from The Honorable Marybeth Peters, U.S. Register of Copyrights, 1994 - present
11:00-12:00	Panel Discussion
	Professor Brauneis, moderator Ralph Oman, Register of Copyrights, 1985-1993, and Pravel Professorial Lecturer and GW CIEC Fellow Gigi Sohn, Public Knowledge Dennis Morgan, Grammy Award Winning BMI Songwriter and CEO, Morgan Music Group, Inc.
12:00 - 2:00	Luncheon
	Speaker: Congressman Howard Coble (R-NC) Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and IP

Bhamati ViswanathanBhamati Viswanathan, JD, LLM, specializes in copyright law and informational and …
John M. WhealanJohn M. Whealan is Associate Dean for Intellectual Property Law Studies; …
Susan O. MannSusan O. Mann serves as Senior Director of Intellectual Property Policy …
Steny H. HoyerCongressman Steny H. Hoyer of Mechanicsville represents Maryland’s Fifth Congressional District, …
Maury YestonMaury Yeston’s music and lyrics include the scores for his internationally …
Tanya SandrosTanya M. Sandros is General Counsel of the United States Copyright …
Robert BrauneisRobert Brauneis is Associate Professor of Law and Co-Director of the …
Ralph OmanRalph Oman is Pravel Professorial Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law at …