The 2020 ABC Copyright Program Committee invites proposals for conference sessions. For this year’s conference, the Program Committee is interested soliciting a broad range of presenters and topics, including international perspectives that could inform Canadian copyright discussions and presentations examining Canadian copyright issues both inside and outside the post-secondary context. A list of potential session topics is offered below, but all relevant proposals will be considered.
- Indigenous knowledge and copyright
- Critical perspectives and issues in copyright
- The future of the public domain
- Author’s rights in publishing
- Comparative copyright studies, either domestic (e.g. Quebec and Ontario) or international (e.g. Canada and Australia)
- Copyright updates (Copyright Act review, Copyright Board, court cases, international copyright developments, etc.)
Proposals should be no more than 300 words. Proposals should include:
- Proposal title
- Proposal description (300 word maximum)
- Type of session (workshop, presentation, panel, other)
- Time required (includes both presentation and Q&A if relevant) (25 or 50 minutes; workshop proposals have the opportunity to choose two 50 minute sessions)
Completed proposals should be submitted to copyright@ualberta.ca with the subject line “ABC 2020 Proposal”.
Proposals are due by October 31, 2019.
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