Memorial Union (check TITU)
Saturday, April 12, 2008
3 pm to 6 pm
2:30-3:00 Registration - outside of Beefeaters - 3rd floor east wing
3:00 Welcome and Introductions - Beefeaters
Welcome by Lori Berquam, Dean of Students
Introduction by Ken Frazier, UW-Madison Libraries
3:15 - 4:00 Keynote speech by Nelson Pavlosky - Beefeaters
Nelson Pavlosky, co-founder of the national Students for Free Culture, is currently a first-year law student at George Mason University. His activities in issues related to open access developed out of his interest in open source software while he was a student at Swarthmore College. He is noted for having sued Diebold - and winning! - over their misrepresentation of copyright infringement and the DMCA. Nelson will present an overview of the various issues related to a culture of sharing.
4:00 - 4:15 Break with refreshments
4:15 - 5:00 Breakout sessions
- Remixes and mash-ups: YouTube, sampling and legal repurposing
Facilitators: Maddy Covelli and Richie Rathsack
Location: Beefeaters - 3rd floor east wing - Peer-to-peer file sharing: what CAN you do?
Facilitators: Ron Kraemer and Erik Paulson
Location: Roundtable South - 3rd floor east wing - Sharing your work: including open access publishing options
Facilitators: Gavin Baker and Sarah Roberts
Location: Capitol View- 4th floor center - Open source: sharing programming solutions
Facilitators: Nelson Pavlosky and Allan Barclay
Location: Langdon - 4th floor center - Digital rights management: DRM in CDs, DVDs, iTunes and more
Facilitators: Kristin Eschenfelder and Chris Lay
Location: Board Room - 3rd floor east wing
5:15 - 6:00 Closing session with Gavin Baker - Beefeaters
Gavin Baker is currently managing Open Students, a blog for students about open access to research, and is the Assistant Editor for Peter Suber's Open Access News. He interned last year at SPARC, helping develop their student outreach campaign. He was a board member of Students for Free Culture and co-founder of the University of Florida chapter, Florida Free Culture. Gavin will facilitate the closing session to bring together the ideas from the breakout sessions and work toward next steps to foster a culture of sharing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
6:00 - 7:00 Post Forum follow-up action (with pizza!) - Beefeaters
Join Nelson and Gavin to develop the University of Wisconsin-Madison local chapter of Students for Free Culture. Learn how to sustain a local chapter and participate in the free culture movement.