Date and time:
Monday 28th February 2005, 9.30 am

Venue:
Dawson Hall, The Sir Anthony Dawson Room, Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute, University of London, Charterhouse Square, London EC1 UK

Map of venue available for download
Workshop Programme available for download

Workshop organiser:
Professor Michael Blakeney, m.blakeney@qmul.ac.uk

Worshop Schedule:

9.30-10.30
Professor Michael Blakeney, Queen Mary Intellectual Property Institute:
International Developments in the Protection of Traditional Cultural Expressions
Working paper available on website under 'Publications'

10.30-11.00 MORNING TEA

11.00-12.00
Dr Johanna Gibson, Queen Mary Intellectual Property Institute:
Community and the Exhaustion of Culture: Creative Territories in Traditional Cultural Expressions

12.00-1.00
Daphne Zografos, Queen Mary Intellectual Property Institute:
Can Geographical Indications be a Viable Alternative for the Protection of Traditional Cultural Expressions?

1.00-2.00 LUNCH

2.00-3.00
Dr Jane Anderson, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies & Centre for Folklore and Cultural Heritage, Smithsonian Institution:
The Politics of Indigenous Knowledge: Australia’s Communal Moral Rights Bill
Working paper available on website under 'Publications'

3.00-3.30 AFTERNOON TEA

3.30-4.30
Dr Alex Tawanda Magaisa, School of Law, University of Nottingham:
Knowledge and Power: Legal, Political and Socio-Historical Perspectives on the Protection of Traditional Medical Knowledge Systems in Zimbabwe
Working paper available on website under 'Publications'

4.30-5.30
Professor Martha Woodmansee, Case Western Reserve University:
The “Author Function” in Copyright: A Cross Cultural Perspective

There is no charge for attendance at the workshops, but numbers are limited and people wishing to attend should reserve a place by contacting Valerie Kelley on v.kelley@bbk.ac.uk (020 7323 4408).