Friday, June 12, 2009
9:00 Welcoming Remarks
- Prof. Yuen Ying Chan, Journalism and Media Studies Centre, The University of Hong Kong
- Prof. Peter K. Yu, Drake University Law School & Zhongnan University of Economics and Law
9:30 Digital Natives, Social Networks and the Virtual World
Chair: Dr. Felix W.H. Chan, Associate Dean, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong
Speakers:
- Prof. Anupam Chander, University of Chicago Law School
- Dr. Melissa deZwart, Associate Professor, School of Law, University of South Australia
- Prof. Lilian Edwards, School of Law, University of Sheffield
- Prof. Steven A. Hetcher, Vanderbilt University Law School
- Prof. Dan Hunter, New York Law School
- Prof. Yee Fen Lim, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore
11:30 Coffee Break
11:45 Content Control, Indecency and Pornography
Chair: Doreen Weisenhaus, Associate Professor, Journalism and Media Studies Centre, The University of Hong Kong
Speakers:
- Prof. Ann Bartow, University of South Carolina School of Law
- Prof. Llewellyn J. Gibbons, University of Toledo College of Law
- Prof. Mark S. Kende, Drake University Law School
- Rebecca MacKinnon, Assistant Professor, Journalism and Media Studies Centre, The University of Hong Kong
- Alana Maurashat, Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales
1:30 Lunch
2:30 Journalism in the Age of Convergence
Chair: Prof. Yuen Ying Chan, Journalism and Media Studies Centre, The University of Hong Kong
Speakers:
- Leonard M. Apcar, Deputy Managing Editor & Chief Editor for Asia, International Herald Tribune
- Prof. Laura A. Heymann, College of William and Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law
- Dr. Yan Mei Ning, Associate Professor, Cheung Kong School of Journalism and Communication, Shantou University
4:00 Coffee Break
4:15 New Media, Sociocultural Issues and Emerging Developments
Chair:Dr. James Griffin, Lecturer in Law, School of Law, University of Exeter
Speakers:
- Dr. Anne S.Y. Cheung, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong
- Prof. John T. Cross, University of Louisville School of Law
- Prof. Debora Halbert, Department of Political Science, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa
- Prof. Sean A. Pager, Michigan State University College of Law
- Prof. Rolf H. Weber, Faculty of Law, University of Zurich
- Prof. Mary W.S. Wong, Franklin Pierce Law Center
6:15 Day 1 Adjourns
Saturday, June 13, 2009
9:00 Content Delivery, Multimedia Platforms and New Prosumers
Chair: Dr. Steven Wan, Assistant Professor, School of Law, City University of Hong Kong
Speakers:
- Prof. Olufunmilayo Arewa, Northwestern University School of Law
- Desmond S.H. Chan, General Counsel, Hong Kong Cable Television Ltd.
- Dr. Matthew Chew, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Hong Kong Baptist University
- Dr. Christopher Heath, Boards of Appeal, European Patent Office.
- Prof. Anselm Kamperman Sanders, Faculty of Law, Maastricht University
- Prof. Steven S. Wildman, Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media, Michigan State University
11:00 Coffee Break
11:15 Privacy, Identity and Brandjacking
Chair: Yap Po Jen, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong
Speakers:
- Prof. Jane Bailey, Faculty of Common Law, University of Ottawa
- Dr. Ian Brown, Senior Research Fellow, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford
- Dr. K.P. Chow, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, The University of Hong Kong
- Prof. Deven Desai, Thomas Jefferson School of Law
- Prof. Lisa P. Ramsey, University of San Diego School of Law
- Marcelo Thompson, Research Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong
1:15 Lunch
2:15 Online Distribution, the iPod Generation and Copyright Protection
Chair: Dr. Yahong Li, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong
Speakers:
- Peter K.F. Cheung, JP, Deputy Director, Intellectual Property Department, HKSAR Government
- Prof. Anne Fitzgerald, Faculty of Law, Queensland University of Technology
- Prof. Daniel J. Gervais, Vanderbilt University Law School
- Prof. Eric A. Priest, University of Oregon School of Law
- Eddie Schwartz, President, Songwriters Association of Canada
4:00 Coffee Break
4:15 Creativity 2.0, Technolegal Fixes and Copyright Reform
Chair: Alice Lee, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong
Speakers:
- Prof. Michael W. Carroll, American University Washington College of Law
- Charles Mok, Chairman, Internet Society Hong Kong
- Dr. Kevin K.H. Pun, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science & Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong
- Dr. Xie Huijia, Lecturer, Intellectual Property School, South China University of Technology
5:45 Closing Address: “Hong Kong–Creative Capital in Asia”
- Alan Yu Bun Siu, JP, Deputy Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development (Communications & Technology), HKSAR Government
- Prof. Peter K. Yu, Drake University Law School & Zhongnan University of Economics and Law
6:15 Concluding Remarks