Thought Leadership

A Conference to Launch:“The Copyright Pentalogy: How the Supreme Court of Canada Shook the Foundations of Canadian Copyright Law”
Friday, October 4, 2013

Panel 1 – Copyright Scope and Management
Moderator: Elizabeth F. Judge, Full Professor, University of Ottawa
Teresa Scassa, Full Professor and Canada Research Chair in Information Law, University of Ottawa
Margaret Ann Wilkinson, Full Professor and Faculty Scholar, University of Western Ontario
Paul Daly, Assistant Professor, University of Montreal

Panel 2 - Fair Dealing
Moderator: Michael Geist, Full Professor and Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-Commerce Law
Ariel Katz, Associate Professor, Innovation Chair in Electronic Commerce, University of Toronto
Samuel Trosow, Associate Professor, University of Western Ontario

Panel 3 – Technological and Copyright Neutrality
Moderator: Jeremy deBeer, Associate Professor, University of Ottawa
Carys J. Craig, Associate professor, Osgoode Hall Law School
Greg Hagen, Associate professor, University of Calgary

“Technological Neutrality: (Pre)Serving the Purposes of Copyright Law”
Speaker:  Dr. Carys J. Craig, Associate Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
Wednesday, February 27, 2013

"Genetic Ressources and Farmers' Right: Testing the 'Access and Benefit Sharing' Waters at a Global Level"
Speaker: Dr. Chidi Oguamanam, Associate Professor, University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law
November 7, 2012

Panelists:
Chidi Oguamanam, Associate Professor, University of Ottawa Faculty of Law
Jeremy deBeer, Associate Professor, University of Ottawa Faculty of Law
Peter K Yu, Kern Family Chair in Intellectual Property Law and Director, Intellectual Property Law Center, Drake University Law School
Anesh Maistry, Deputy Head of Mission, South African High Commission

Panelists:
Valerie Steeves, Associate Professor, Department of Criminology, University of Ottawa
Mistrale Goudreau, Full Professor, Droit civil, University of Ottawa
Ian Kerr, Canada Research Chair in Ethics, Law & Technology, Common Law, University of Ottawa
David Fewer, Director, Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic
September 12, 2012

"Infringement by Accident? Subconscious Copying in the Digital Age"
Speaker: Stuart Svonkin, Partner, Torys LLP
Wednesday, November 23, 2011