International conference with the title: “Copyright and the Digital Agenda for Europe: Current Regulations and Challenges for the Future”
The Ministry of Culture and Sports and the Hellenic Copyright Organization in light of the Hellenic Presidency of the EU are organizing an international conference with the title “Copyright and the Digital Agenda for Europe: Current Regulations and Challenges for the Future”.
The conference will take place on Friday, June 6 2014 from 9:00 till 17:30 at Megaron Athens Concert Hall in Athens.
The purpose of the conference is to present the actions (legal or otherwise) that have taken place in the field of copyright and related rights, with special focus on the Digital Agenda for Europe and to discuss future challenges in this field.
- To view the programme of the Conference click here (the programme is likely to be modified before the Conference takes place).
- For registration you can e-mail as at: info@opi.gr
- For information about Athens International Airport, Health and Safety, Athens and Greece Tourist Guides etc. you can visit the Hellenic Presidency website.
- For the location of the Megaron Athens Concert Hall click here.
Registration until May 7th 2014.
You can download the presentations of the speakers of the conference by selecting the following links:
- Klaus-Peter Böttger, President, EBLIDA (European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations)
- Veronique Desbrosses, General Manager, GESAC (European Grouping of Societies of Authors and Composers)
- Mihaly Ficsor, Chairman of the Central and Eastern European Copyright Alliance (CEECA), Honorary President of the Hungarian Copyright Council and former Assistant Director General of WIPO
- Sylvie Forbin, Senior Vice President, Public and European Affairs, VIVENDI
- Marie-Christine Janssens, Professor, University of Leuven, Belgium
- Dionysia Kallinikou, Professor, Law School, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens
- Alfons Karabuda, President, ECSA (European Composer and Songwriter Alliance)
- Cédric Manara, Counsel, GOOGLE
- Alain Strowel, Professor, Saint-Louis University-Brussels and UCLouvain