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Monday, May 22
12:30	Registration Begins
1:15	Welcome and Overview, Susan Greene, Senior Vice President, Programs and Education, The Cable Center
1:30 - 4:15	Three General Sessions The content revolution is in full gear and is accelerating quickly. The distribution chain is shrinking. What are the implications for business? For law? For society? Hear about how today’s digital technology is affecting consumer behavior, particularly in the Boomer and younger demographics. See demonstrations of the latest mobile media products that deliver incredibly high performance at a relatively low cost, and learn how they work to defeat most digital rights management schemes. Plus, become familiar with how businesses must operate within the current IP infrastructure. Each presentation is followed by a Q&A with the audience. Consumer Behavior in a Digital World, Maria Mandel, Partner, Executive Director of Digital Innovation, OgilvyInteractive Digital Innovation New Digital Devices: Impact on Digital Rights Management Strategies , Greg Harper, President, Cerberus Corp. Working Within the Legal Infrastructure , Eric Goldman, Assistant to Professor, Marquette Law School
4:15 - 4:25	Break
4:30 - 5:30	Interactive presentation: New legal and business issues affecting digital technology and media content. Hear short presentations from legal scholars on new technology and intellectual property topics about which they are writing. The audience will then have the opportunity for in-depth discussion with the authors and to obtain copies of the paper abstracts following the presentation. Moderator: Michael Mireles, Assistant Professor, Sturm College of Law, University of Denver Jeremy deBeer, assistant professor, faculty of Common Law, University of Ottawa, “Locks or Levies: Comparative Influences on Business Models” Christine Galbraith, associate professor, University of Maine School of Law, “Remembering the Public Domain: Substituting a More Balanced Theory of Property for an Absolute Ownership Approach” Roberta Rosenthal Kwall, professor of Intellectual Property Law & director of the Center for Intellectual Property Law & Information Technology, DePaul University College of Law, “Library Reproduction Rights for Preservation and Replacement in the Digital era: An Author’s Perspective on Section 108” Megan LaBelle, Esq., litigation associate, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, “The ‘Rootkit’ Debacle: The Latest Chapter in the Story of the Recording Industry and Digital Rights Management” Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger, associate professor of Public Policy, The John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, “Beyond Copyright: Managing Informational Rights with DRM” Tal Zarsky, faculty of Law, Haifa University, “Reassessing Alternative Compensation Models for Copyright Law in the Digital Age”
5:30 - 6:15	Reception

Tuesday, May 23
8:30 - 9:00	Breakfast
9:15 - 9:30	Welcome and Overview, Susan Greene, Senior Vice President, Programs and Education, The Cable Center
9:30 - 10:15	What are the Implications of Technology in the Video Media Business? presented by Bob Zitter, Executive Vice President & Chief Technical Officer, HBO What changes will technological developments bring to the media business? Hear from an industry leader on where he sees technology going, and what the real business implications are.
10:15 - 11:30	Technological Change and New Business Models How is the cable telecommunications industry changing in response to the technology revolution and constantly shifting consumer trends? This session features high profile strategists from key content providers speaking not only to the rapid changes that are taking place, but also to the future of content distribution. Moderator: Susan Greene, Senior Vice President, Programs and Education, The Cable Center Panelists: Rich Fickle, Executive Vice President – Strategic Development, Ascent Media Group Joe Cantwell, Vice President of Marketing, Advanced Services, Starz Entertainment Group Vince Groff, Director, Video Product Development, Cox Communications Ron Lamprecht, Vice President, New Media, NBC Universal Cable
11:45 - 1:15	Lunch
1:30 - 2:30	Digital Rights Management: Searching for Common Ground An in-depth discussion exploring where the common ground currently is between digital rights owners, new media distribution channels and, perhaps most importantly, consumers. How effective is current digital rights management? How or should digital rights management be regulated – how much is too much? Moderator: Viva Moffat, Assistant Professor, Sturm College of Law, University of Denver Panelists: Sandra Aistars, Associate General Counsel for Intellectual Property, Time Warner, Inc. Scott Teissler, Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer and Chief Technology Officer, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. Edward Felten, Professor of Computer Science and Public Affairs, Princeton University Rob Kasunic, Principal Legal Advisor, Copyright Office and Adjunct Associate Professor of Law, American University’s Washington College of Law Peter Fannon, Vice President, Technology Policy and Regulatory Affairs, Panasonic/Matsushita Electric Corporation of America
2:30 - 3:30	Digital Rights Management: Searching for Common Ground A look at digital rights management from the academic perspective. Interact with legal scholars as they discuss how IP principles may be changing to accommodate future business needs. Moderator: Robert St. John Roper, Esq., partner, Moye White LLP Participants: Peter Yu, Associate Professor of Law & Director of the Intellectual Property and Communications Law Program, Michigan State University College of Law Ralph Oman, Counsel, Dechert LLP and former Register of Copyrights Philip J. Weiser, Associate Professor and Executive Director of Silicon Flatirons Telecommunications Program, University of Colorado School of Law

Note: Session topics and participants subject to change

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