Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property

_9:00

_{Welcome –  Michael Carroll,  Director, Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, American University Washington College of Law}

_9:15

_{Copyright and the Americans with Disabilities Act: Conflict or Coexistence?}

• _{Chair:  Peter Jaszi, Professor, American University Washington College of Law}

• _{Eve Hill, Senior Counselor to the Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division}

• _{Blake Reid, Graduate Clinical Fellow and Staff Attorney Institute for Public Representation, Georgetown Law}

• _{Tracy Mitrano, Director of IT Policy, Cornell University}

• _{Peter Blanck, University Professor & Chairman, Burton Blatt Institute, Syracuse University}

_10:30

_Break

_10:45

_{Technology as a Tool for or Barrier to Universal Access}

• _{Chair: Victoria Phillips, Director, Intellectual Property Law Clinic,  American University Washington College of Law}

• _{Karen Peltz Strauss, Deputy Bureau Chief, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, FCC}

• _{Jonathan Lazar, Professor of Computer and Information Sciences, Director, Universal Usability Laboratory, Towson University}

• _{Raja S. Kushalnagar, Assistant Professor, National Technical Institute for the Deaf Rochester Institute of Technology}

• _{Prue Adler, Associate Executive Director, Association of Research Libraries}

• _{Richard Culatta, Acting Director, Office of Educational Technology, US Department of Education}

_12:45

_Luncheon

• _{Keynote: George Kerscher, Secretary General, DAISY Consortium}

_2:00

_{IP and Disability Access in International Law}

• _{Chair: Hadar Harris, Executive Director, Center on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, American University Washington College of Law}

• _{Scott LaBarre, Legal Counsel, National Federation for the Blind}

• _{Nancy Weiss, General Counsel, Institute of Museum and Library Services}

• _{Facundo Chávez Penillas, Fellow, Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, American University Washington College of Law}

• _{Peter Jaszi, Professor,  American University Washington College of Law}

_3:15

_Break

_3:30

_{Roundtable Discussion: Patents and Innovation Systems for the Production of Accessibility Tools}

• _{Chairs: Jorge Contreras, American University Washington College of Law; Sean Flynn, Associate Director, Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, American University Washington College of Law}

• _{Opening Presentation: Christian Vogler, Director, Technology Access Program,  Gallaudet University, Patent Issues in TTY-911 Services}

• _{Roundtable Discussion: Peter Blanck, Raja  Kushalnagar, Jonathan Lazar, Bob Dinerstein}

_4:30

_{Close and Light Reception}