Cameron Neylon forwarded details of this! Jonathan
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Also of potential interest a workshop being run by NESTA next month on Open Innovation on 15 May in London: http://openinnovationandip.eventbrite.com/ "Please join us on Friday 15th May as NESTA, The Wellcome Trust and the Creative Commons jointly host a conference on open innovation and intellectual property. The conference will explore whether and how Commons tools can unlock innovation by making it easier for artists, scientists, researchers and businesses to share, collaborate and build on the work of others. Much innovation today is hampered by a lack of access to existing data, content and facilities. In sectors such as biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, a lack of openness leads to duplication of existing research activities and significant effort down blind allies. In the creative industries, the absence of simple, standardised licensing arrangements which establish usage rights is arguably holding back innovative online business models. Yet it is sectors such as biotechnology and the creative industries which are otherwise best placed to lead the UK out of recession. James Boyle and John Wilbanks will give respective keynote speeches on the Creative Commons and Science Commons as we explore the impact of the Commons to date, and debate its strengths and weaknesses as a model for supporting innovation. This will be followed by two parallel sessions ŒCommons models and IP in healthcare¹ and ŒCommons models in the creative industries¹ providing you with an opportunity to explore the implications for the science/healthcare sectors and creative industries, including contributions from: John Wilbanks, Science Commons, James Boyle, Creative Commons; Iain Wilcocks, Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property; Sir John Sulston, Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation; Tony Wood, Pfizer and Richard -- Jonathan Gray Community Coordinator The Open Knowledge Foundation http://www.okfn.org _______________________________________________ okfn-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.okfn.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss
