The programme for the upcoming SCRIPTed conference has been published, and it looks pretty interesting.
SUNDAY
29 MARCH 2009 |
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19:00
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Welcome Wine Reception (Playfair Library) |
MONDAY 30 MARCH 2009 |
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09:00
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Registration (Raeburn Room Vestibule) (Posters Erected) |
10:00
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Welcome & Opening (Playfair Library) (Chair: Prof Graeme Laurie, SCRIPT) Prof Douglas Brodie, Head of Law School Shawn Harmon, Editor-in-Chief, SCRIPTed, and Wiebke Abel, Managing Editor, SCRIPTed |
10:15
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Keynote Address (Playfair Library) (Chair: Prof Hector McQueen, SCRIPT) DR FRANCIS GURRY, “The Future Direction of the International Patent System” |
11:15
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Coffee Break |
11:30
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Parallel-1: “IP-1 – IP & Nanotechnology” (Playfair Library) (Chair: Jane Calvert, InnoGen) Herbert Zech, “Nanotechnology – New Challenges to Patent Law?” Krishna Srinivas, “Nanotechnology, Synthetic Biology and Intellectual Property: Towards Open Source and ‘Commons’ Solutions” Archana Chugh & Kanika Sharma, “Dilemmas of IP in Nanotechnology: an Indian Perspective” Parallel-2: “IT-1 – E-governance” (Raeburn Room) (Chair: Burkhard Schafer, SCRIPT) |
12:45
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Lunch |
13:45
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Parallel-3: “IT-2 – Internet & Security” (Playfair Library)(Chair: Burkhard Schafer, SCRIPT) Sara Smyth, “Child Pornography and the Law (Canada): A New Agenda for the Information Age” Mohamad Rahman, “Efficiency of Criminal Legal Mechanisms in Handling the Invasion of Malwares, Badwares and Bad Cookies” Gerrit Hornung, “Governing Electronic Identities: The Authentication Concept of the New German ID Card” Parallel-4: “Med-1 – Stem Cell Governance” (Raeburn Room) (Chair: Ann Bruce, InnoGen) |
14:15
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Coffee Break (Poster Event) |
14:30
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Parallel-5: “Med-2 – New Issues” (Playfair Library) (Chair: Renate Gertz, U Glasgow) Bald de Vries & Lyana Francot, “Self-Determination in a Techno-World: Euthanasia as a Case Study” Naomi Hawkins, “Gene Patents and Genetic Diagnostic Tests” Norberto Gomes de Andrade, “Enhancement Technologies and Human Identity: A Legal Perspective” Parallel-6: “IP-2 – Copyright” (Raeburn Room) (Chair: Smita Kheria, SCRIPT) |
19:00
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Conference Dinner & Ceilidh |
TUESDAY
31 MARCH 2009 |
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09:00
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Keynote Speaker (Playfair Library) (Chair: Prof Graeme Laurie, SCRIPT) PROF BARTHA KNOPPERS, “Genomics and Policymaking” |
10:00
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Parallel-7: “IP-3 – Patents” (Raeburn Room) (Chair: Prof Hector McQueen, SCRIPT) Juan He, “Practice and Strategy of Patent Protection for Biotechnology Inventions in China” Abbe Brown, “The Interface Between IP, Competition and Human Rights” Richard Taylor, “Playing Catch-Up: IP Law and New Technologies – A View from Practice” Parallel-8: “Med-3 – Biobank Governance” (Playfair Library) (Chair: Ann Bruce, InnoGen) |
11:30
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Coffee Break |
11:45
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Parallel-9: “IP-4 – ICTs & IP” (Playfair Library) (Chair: Andres Guadamuz, SCRIPT) Stefan Larsson & Mans Svensson, “Law in Books, Norms in Action: Governing IPRs in a File Sharing Society” Simon Bradshaw, “The IP Implications of Cheap 3D Fabricators” Andrew Torrance, “Patents and the Regress of Useful Arts” Para |
13:15
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Lunch (Poster Adjudication) |
14:15
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Keynote Speaker (Playfair Library) (Chair: Prof Lilian Edwards, SCRIPT) PROF DAN HUNTER, “Information Monoculture” |
15:15 | Coffee Break |
15:30
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Parallel-11: “Med-4 – Health Data” (Raeburn Library) (Chair: Renate Gertz, U Glasgow) Simone Penasa, “From Biological Provision Towards Genetic Rules: The Need for a Multidimensional System of Genetic Privacy Protection: The Italian Case in the EU” Mario Cunha, “The Use of Health Data by Private Actors: An Analysis of the Italian Data Protection Framework” Matteo Macilotti, “Property and Privacy in the Regulation of Research Biobanks” Parallel-12: “IT-4 – Internet & Crime” (Playfair Library) (Chair: Richard Jones, U Edinburgh) |
17:00
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Thank You & Closing (Playfair Library) Shawn Harmon, Editor-in-Chief, SCRIPTed, and Wiebke Abel, Managing Editor, SCRIPTed |
You can register here.
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