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GOING DIGITAL: LAW FOR THE DIGITAL ECONOMY

Friday 27 June 2014, 2pm to 5pm
Lecture Theatre, IMAS Waterfront Building, 20 Castray Esplanade, Hobart
(This event is free. To attend, please RSVP to goingdigital@mail.com)

2.00 pm
Welcome Madeleine Ogilvie MP
2.10 pm
Introduction Professor Brian Fitzgerald
2.15 pm
An Overview of Challenges and Opportunities in the Digital Economy - Dr Anne Fitzgerald
(to cover selected topics, such as):
- 3D printing; Search engines; Copyright: ISPs, databases, online materials
- Computer-generated works; Privacy and security; Data mining;
- Software inventions and business processes;
- Cloud computing; Digital transactions.
3.00 pm
REFRESHMENT BREAK
3.30 pm
The role of Government in the Digital Economy: Government as proprietor, preserver and user of
copyright material - Dr John Gilchrist
4.00 pm
Opening up government copyright materials for access and reuse: developments in policy and
practice - Neale Hooper
4.30 pm
Expanding Access to Education - the policy and practice of Open Educational Resources - Kunle Ola
4.55 pm
Concluding Comments Professor Brian Fitzgerald

THIS EVENT IS PROUDLY HOSTED BY THE BOOKEND TRUST AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA
The organisers acknowledge the assistance of Dr Niall Doran of the Bookend Trust.

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PRESENTER BIOS
Madeleine Ogilvie BA LLB MBA MP was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly in 2014 as a
member for Denison. Madeleine graduated in Law from the University of Tasmania and has worked
at a senior level in the telecommunications and technology industry.
Professor Brian Fitzgerald BA (Griff.) LLB (Hons) (QUT) BCL (Oxon.) LLM (Harv.) PhD (Griff.) is Dean
of the Thomas More Law School at the Australian Catholic University and a Barrister. Brian studied
Arts at Griffith University (with a focus on media, communications and film) and Law at the
Queensland University of Technology graduating as University Medallist. He holds postgraduate
degrees in law from Oxford University and Harvard University. Brian is an internationally respected
Intellectual Property and Information Technology/Internet lawyer who has pioneered the teaching of
Internet/Cyber Law in Australia and beyond. He has published articles on Intellectual Property and
Internet Law in Australia, the United States, Europe, Nepal, India, Canada, and Japan and his recent
co-edited/authored books include Copyright, Digital Content and the Internet in the Asia Pacific
(2008); Access to Public Sector Information: Law Technology and Policy (2010); Knowledge Policy for
the 21
st
Century (2011); Internet and E Commerce Law, Business and Policy (2011); Copyright 1709-
2010 (2011); A Short History of Copyright (2013).
Dr Anne Fitzgerald BSW (Qld) LLB (Hons) Grad Dip Welfare Law (Tas.) LLM (Lond.) LLM (Col.) JSD (Col.) is
an intellectual property and e-commerce lawyer. Anne graduated in Law from the University of Tasmania
and holds postgraduate qualifications from University College London and Columbia University (New
York). Anne has served terms as a member of the Advisory Council on Intellectual Property (ACIP) and
the Copyright Law Review Committees Expert Advisory Group, and was a consultant to the Venturous
Australia review of Australia's innovation system. She led Creative Commons Australias engagement
with government, overseeing the adoption of CC licences as the default copyright licence for public
sector materials by the Commonwealth and several State governments. Anne has published widely on
intellectual property and internet law. Her latest major (co-authored) book is Internet and E-commerce
Law, Business and Policy, Thomson Reuters, Sydney (2011).
Dr John Gilchrist BA LLB LLM (Mon.) PhD (QUT) GCHE (UC) is a Senior Research Fellow in the
Australian Catholic University Academy of Law. John studied Arts and Law at Monash University and
holds postgraduate degrees and qualifications from Monash University, QUT, the Australian National
University and the University of Canberra. He was the Secretary of the Copyright Law Committee on
Reprographic Reproduction (the Franki Committee) and, more recently, a member of the Copyright
Law Review Committee on its Crown Copyright reference. John has strong family connections to
Tasmania which date back to the 1830s; he lived his early life in Hobart and began his schooling in
Launceston before moving to Melbourne.
Neale Hooper BA LLB LLM (Qld) is a legal consultant and former Principal Lawyer in the Intellectual
Property and Technology Law team in the Queensland Crown Law Office. Neale holds undergraduate
and graduate degrees in Law from the University of Queensland. He has considerable experience as
a legal practitioner, consultant and researcher in the area of intellectual property and innovation law,
and technology commercialisation. From 2005, Neale has been centrally involved with Creative
Commons Australia and has played a leading role in the implementation of Creative Commons
licensing particularly in the government sector as well as the revision and ongoing management of
the licences.
Kunle Ola LLB LLM is currently a PhD Research Candidate at the Australian Catholic University and a
senior government officer with the Nigerian government.