Age of Digital Convergence Conference / feed

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

  • 6:15    Concluding Remarks

    • Prof. Peter K. Yu, Drake University Law School & Zhongnan University of Economics and Law