Thursday, 22 February, 2001
8:15am
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WELCOME: W. Lee Hansen (Economics) — Conference ChairAcademic Freedom in a New Era of Intellectual Property Rights
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8:20am
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Robert O’Neil (Law) University of Virginia Law School
Academic Freedom and Intellectual Property — Contentious but CompatibleGreg Moses (Engineering) Software Intellectual Property Rights: Who Owns, Who Benefits, Who Cares? Lisa Livingston (Education) |
9:50-10:05am
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BREAK
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10:05am
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Intellectual Property Rights Issues
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Carl Gulbrandsen, and Howard Bremer, WARF Director, and WARF Legal Consultant
The Autonomous University: Assuring Academic Freedom Through University Ownership of Intellectual PropertyHector DeLuca (Biochemistry) Patents and Intellectual Property: Do They Belong to the Inventor? Lloyd Smith (Chemistry) Fred Blattner (Genetics) Virginia Hinshaw (Graduate School) |
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12:00-1:15pm
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LUNCH
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1:15pm
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New Ethical Issues in Academe
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Pilar Ossorio (Law)
Academic Freedom, Intellectual Property, and Conflicts of InterestRobert Streiffer (Philosophy) Academic Freedom, Biotechnology, and Ethics Gordon Baldwin (Law) |
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3:00-3:15pm
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BREAK
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3:15pm
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Protecting the Speech Rights of Invited Campus Speakers
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John Jenkins (History)
Laying Out the Welcome Mat at UW-MadisonSteve Robinson (Industrial Engineering) Campus Responses to Disruption at the Ward Connerly Speech |
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5:00pm
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ADJOURN
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Thursday Evening, 22 February, 2001
7:30-9:30pm
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Public Lecture Invited Speaker
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Alan Charles Kors (History) — University of Pennsylvania
Selective Campus Enforcement and the Betrayal of Liberty |
Friday, 23 February, 2001
8:15am
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Campus Speech Issues
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Donald Downs (Political Science)
Celebrating Free Speech and Academic FreedomCharles Cohen (History) The Academic Freedom of Students |
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9:45-10:00am
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BREAK
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10:00am
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Viewpoint Neutrality and Free Speech
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Robert Drechsel (Journalism)
Southworth vs. Board of Regents: More or Less Than Meets the Eye?Scott Southworth (Plantiff in the Segregated Fee Case) Observations on Viewpoint Neutrality Two Student Views: Hasdai Westbrook, Daniel Goldman An Outsider’s View: Thomas Still (Wisconsin State Journal) |
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12:00-1:00pm
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LUNCH
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1:00pm
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Conflicting Views on Speech Issues: The Reebok Case
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David McDonald (History)
Tripping Over Their Own Shoes: The Reebok Contract and Free Speech at the University of Wisconsin, 1996Robert McChesney (Journalism) — University of Illinois-Champaign Commercial Speech, Conservatism, and the University Tradition |
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2:00pm
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Assuring Due Process in Administrative Investigations of Faculty
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Steve Underwood (Private Attorney)
Puppet Strings of Academic Freedom: Disciplinary Processes and the Boundaries of Freedom of Will and Expression in AcademeStanley Payne (History) Reflections on Disciplining Faculty Members |
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3:00-3:15pm
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BREAK
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3:15pm
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Faculty Speech and University Governance
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J. David Cronon (History)
Form Versus Substance: The Decline of Faculty Influence at UW-MadisonCommentators: James Baughman (Journalism), John Harriman (Chemistry), and Brent McCown (Horticulture) |
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5:00pm
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ADJOURN
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