- If you’re in Ottawa, Canada, (or if you can get there) here’s an event you’ll want to make note of.

It’s the Copyright Summit and Conference scheduled to begin at 12:00 noon tomorrow (September 29) with the launch of the Creative Commons licensed book, In the Public Interest: The Future of Canadian Copyright Law, edited by professor Michael Geist.

It’ll be followed Friday and Saturday with the Canada-Australia Comparative IP and Cyberlaw Conference, a bilateral conference between Canadian and Australian IP, Privacy and IT legal experts.

Thursday

12:00 Book Launch
1:00 Special Lecture, Dr Tom Faunce, Australia National University
2:00 Information Technology Law Society, Student Panel
3:30 Informal Discussion of copyright reform Bill C-60 with representatives from Industry Canada and Canadian Heritage

Friday

8:30 - 5:00 Canada-Australia Comparative IP and Cyberlaw Conference

Saturday

8:30 - 5:00 Canada-Australia Comparative IP and Cyberlaw Conference

For more information:

Irwin Law’s webpage for In the Public Interest - http://www.irwinlaw.com/books.cfm?pub_id=120&series_id=3

The Law & Technology Program homepage - http://web5.uottawa.ca/techlaw/index.php