This event is co-sponsored by The George Washington Law Review, The GW Law Intellectual Law Program, and the Munich Intellectual Property Law Center
Agenda
All panels will be held in the Jacob Burns Moot Court Room (Lerner 101)
Thursday, November 4:
7:30 - 8:30 am
Breakfast in Kelly Lounge
8:30 - 8:45 am
Welcome and Introductions
Senior Associate for Academic Affairs Dean Gregory E. Maggs
8:45 - 10:15 am
Panel: Production of Creative Works as an Economic Sector
Moderator: Robert Brauneis, Professor, The George Washington University Law School
Michael Abramowicz, Professor, The George Washington University Law School
Oren Bracha, Professor, The University of Texas at Austin
Talha Syed, Professor, The University of California, Berkeley
Stan Liebowitz, Professor, The University of Texas at Dallas
10:15 - 10:30 am
Break
10:30 am - Noon
Panel: Copyright and Specific Industries
Moderator: Dawn Nunziato, Professor, The George Washington University Law School
Niva Elkin-Koren, Professor, The University of Haifa
Pamela Samuelson, Professor, The University of California, Berkeley
Dr. Josef Drexl, Professor, Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property
Seth Ericsson, Munich Intellectual Property Law Center
Noon - 1:30 pm
Lunch
Welcome by Dean Frederick Lawrence, The George Washington University Law School
Remarks by the Honorable Stephen G. Breyer, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
Location: RSVPs - Faculty Conference Center (Burns, 5th Floor) or open seating with video in the Jacob Burns Moot Court Room (Lerner 101)
1:30 - 3 pm
Panel: Historical and Empirical Perspectives on the Institution of Copyright
Moderator: Ralph Oman, Professor, The George Washington University Law School
Zorina Khan, Professor, Bowdoin College
Martin Kretschmer, Professor, Bournemouth University
3 - 3:15 pm
Break
3:15 - 4:45 pm
Panel: Supporting Creativity and its Dissemination: Alternative Ends, Alternative Means
Moderator: Roger Schechter, Professor, The George Washington University
Wendy Gordon, Professor, Boston University
John Duffy, Professor, The George Washington University
F. Scott Kieff, Professor, The George Washington University