The 2006 UMUC Center for Intellectual Property 6th Annual Symposium
June 14-16, 2006. Adelphi, MD. 

The deadline for early bird registration is May 12, 2006.

THEME: Copyright at a Crossroads: The Impact of Mass Digitization on
Copyright and Higher Education

The symposium will examine the issues surrounding Google's ambitious
plans to digitize and index massive library collections and the positive
and negative effects this may have on copyright itself as well as the
consumers, librarians, educators, authors, and publishers who handle
copyrighted material each day.  

KEYNOTE ADDRESS and PANEL DISCUSSION:

THE GOOGLIZATION OF CULTURE

Siva Vaidhyanathan, New York University Steinhardt School of Education,
Department of Culture and Communication

Panelists:

Alan Davidson, Google, Inc.
Allan Adler, Association of American Publishers
John Band, Jonathan Band, PLLC

PRE-CONFERENCE SEMINARS:

Copyright 101: Exploring the Fundamentals
	Arnold Lutzker, Lutzker, Lutzker & Settlemyer, LLP

E-Reserves Policy and Implementation: Digital Dilemmas
	Donna Ferullo, Purdue University Copyright Office

SYMPOSIUM PANELS:

Libraries in Transition: How Will They Be Used?
The Future of Fair Use: Access in an Information Age
Institutional Repositories: Digital Collections
Legislative Updates: News from the Hill

Please visit http://www.umuc.edu/cip/symposium/ for detailed information
about registration and lodging.