canberra 2001 conference
4th International PLR Conference
25-26 September 2001
Old Parliament House
Queen Victoria Terrace
Parkes
Canberra
Australia
Programme
Tuesday 25 September
Venue: Members Dining Room
| 09:00 - 09:05 | Welcome and opening remarks John Shipp, Chair of the Public Lending Right Committee Opening address The Hon Peter McGauran MP Minster for the Arts and the Centenary Federation |
| 09:30 - 10:20 | Country updates Speakers: CANADA - Andre Roy (Chairman, PLR Commission) FINLAND - Niklas Bengtsson (Board for Library Grants, Arts Council of Finland) ICELAND - Magnus Guomundsson (Icelandic Association of Non-Fiction Writers) NEW ZEALAND - Rosemary Wildblood (Authors' Fund, Creative New Zealand) |
| 10:20 - 10:40 | Morning Tea |
| 10:40 - 11:30 | 10.40-11.30 Country updates (continued) Speakers: NORWAY- Helge Sonneland (Ministry of Cultural Affairs) SWEDEN - Jesper Soderstrom (Swedish Authors' Fund) UNITED KINGDOM - Jim Parker (Registrar of PLR UK) AUSTRALIA - Paul Bootes (Lending Rights Adminstrator) |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | European Community and PLR Jim Parker (Registrar of PLR UK) |
| 12:00 - 13:15 | Lunch Includes 2 book readings 1. Marion Halligan 2. Adrian Ceasar |
| 13:15 - 13:45 | Report on Review of New Zealand's PLR scheme Kerry Harvey (Ministry for Culture and Heritage) |
| 13:45 - 14:45 | Intellectual Property Panel Chair: James Moloney ( Author, PLR Committee Member) Speakers: Simon Cordina(New Technologies Section, Attorney-General's Department) Liz O'Shea (Intellectual Property Branch, Department of Communications. Information Technology and the Arts) Nick Smith (Executive Officer. Australian Digital Alliance; Copyright Advisor, Australian Libraries Copyright Committee) Note: Delegates are encouraged to participate in this session. |
| 14:45 - 15:00 | Afternoon Tea, followed by a short walk from OHP to the National Library of Australia |
| 15:10 - 16:30 | Tour of National Library of Australia Pam Gatenby (NLA; PLR Commitee Member) |
| 16:45 | Delegates will be driven by bus from NLA to hotels |
| 19:00 | Pickup at Hotel for set down at Dinner venue |
| 19:15 - 22:00 | Dinner 'Red Hill Lookout Restaurant' |
| 22:15 | Arrive back at Hotel |
Tuesday 25 September
Venue: Tjakamarra Room
Dept of Communications, IT and the Arts
38 Sydney Avenue
Forrest
| 08:30 | Short walk from hotels to 38 Sydney Avenue |
| 09:00 - 10:00 | New Media Panel Chair: Jane Covernton (Working Title Press; PLR Commitee Member) Speakers: Libby Gleeson (Chair, Australian Society of Authors) André Roy (Chair, Canadian PLR Commission) Note: Delegates are encouraged to participate in this session. |
| 10:00 - 10:20 | Morning Tea |
| 10:20 - 10:50 | ELR in Australia Margaret Brookes (Arts Branch, Dept of Communications, IT and the Arts) |
| 10:50 - 11:10 | Lending Rights Network - the future Jim Parker (Registrar of PLR, UK) |
| 12:00 - 13:15 | Lunch Includes 2 book readings 1. Marion Halligan 2. Adrian Ceasar |
| 13:15 - 13:45 | Report on Review of New Zealand's PLR scheme Kerry Harvey (Ministry for Culture and Heritage) |
| 13:45 - 14:45 | Intellectual Property Panel Chair: James Moloney ( Author, PLR Committee Member) Speakers: Simon Cordina(New Technologies Section, Attorney-General's Department) Liz O'Shea (Intellectual Property Branch, Department of Communications. Information Technology and the Arts) Nick Smith (Executive Officer. Australian Digital Alliance; Copyright Advisor, Australian Libraries Copyright Committee) Note: Delegates are encouraged to participate in this session. |
| 14:45 - 15:00 | Afternoon Tea, followed by a short walk from OHP to the National Library of Australia |
| 15:10 - 16:30 | Tour of National Library of Australia Pam Gatenby (NLA; PLR Commitee Member) |
| 16:45 | Delegates will be driven by bus from NLA to hotels |
| 19:00 | Pickup at Hotel for set down at Dinner venue |
| 19:15 - 22:00 | Dinner 'Red Hill Lookout Restaurant' |
| 22:15 | Arrive back at Hotel |
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