Strategy Meeting on Global Copyright Policy and Advocacy
Earlier this year, the Open Society Foundations convened a two-day meeting on access to knowledge strategy. Copyright emerged as a major issue and many of the attendees focused on a next-generation copyright reform strategy. The discussion included identifying best user practices, capacity building, WIPO, and risk management. By the end of the two-days, there was strong support to continue the dialogue with a further one-day meeting at the Global Congress.
Agenda overview and guidelines
The agenda is being designed as a combination of planned sessions and participant-driven discussions, and specific topics will be placed into time slots based on input from the participants. Sessions will be dialog- and outcome-oriented rather than presentations or lecture format.
14 December 2015
The Meeting will take place at:
Room 102
National Law University, Delhi
Sector 14, Dwarka
New Delhi – 110078
9:00 Interactive Plenary
This session will provide a collaborative opportunity for participants to share some of their thoughts on the issues relevant to copyright reform strategies, priorities, and directions.
10:00 Identify opportunities for advocacy
Participants will break out into small groups to discuss opportunities for advocacy both internationally and domestically. Some possibilities include:
- Limitations and exceptions/user rights
- Remedies/damages/risk
- Intermediaries
- International – WIPO
- International - trade agreements (TPP, TTIP, CETA, etc.)
10.45 Break
11.00 Deeper discussion of identified opportunities
In small groups, participants will have the opportunity to discuss the opportunities which have been identified. (5 x 30 min = 2.5 hours)
12.30 Lunch Break
13:30 Deeper discussion of identified opportunities, cont.
Small group discussion continues.
15:00 Report back
Each group will have an opportunity to report back.
15:30 Best of the best
In the full group, the participants can discuss the best opportunities, biggest risks, and the best models to follow.
16.30 Closing
This session will invite participants to weigh in on what has been most useful during the course of the day.
17.00 Adjourn
