Thursday May 7
| Time (MDT) | Session/Event |
| 07:30-08:45 | Registration and Breakfast |
| 08:45-09:15 | Welcome and Land Acknowledgment |
| 09:15- 10:15 | Opening Keynote David Fewer, Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic at the University of Ottawa |
| 10:15- 10:45 | Refreshment Break |
| 10:45- 11:25 | Concurrent Session #1 Ignorance Isn’t Bliss: Why Copyright Education Matters More Than Ever In The Age Of AI Sophia Mosbe, Librarian, Santa Clara University |
| Concurrent Session #2 Openness, Copyright and GenAI in Education Rory McGreal, Professor (Education), Athabasca University | |
| 11:30-12:10 | Concurrent Session #1 Public Infrastructure for Canadian Music Communities Brianne Selman, Librarian, University of Winnipeg |
| Concurrent Session #2 Copyright Law and Public Policy Considerations in the Generative AI Era Michael B. McNally, Professor (Education), U of A Abigail Deck Research Assistant (SLIS), U of A Samara Sayeed Research Assistant (Law), U of A Faith O. Majekolagbe Assistant Professor (Law), U of A | |
| 12:15- 13:15 | Lunch |
| 13:15- 13:45 | Lightning Talk #1 Don’t Forget to Check the Fine Print! Highlighting Awareness of AI’s Impact on Scholarly Contracts. Katherine Wilson, Research Project Manager, University of Toronto. |
| Lightning Talk #2 Restriction in Spirit If Not in Practice: Untangling WorldCat Entities’ Terms & Conditions Section 3 Mackenzie Johnson, Librarian, University of Saskatchewan. | |
| 13:45- 14:30 | Workshop In which we explore where the students are, rather than where we wish they were Dan Phillips, Librarian, Saint Mary’s University |
| 14:30-15:00 | Break |
| 15:00-15:25 | Concurrent Session #1 Padlocks around Soap Bubbles: Computer Gaming and Copyright Eleanor Young, Writer/Designer and Digital Humanities LIS Student, University of Alberta |
| Concurrent Session #2 Intangible Cultural Heritage and Canadian Copyright Law: Challenges and Opportunities Marissa Stelmack, MA (English), Digital Humanities MLIS Student, University of Alberta | |
| 15:30-16:00 | Concurrent Session #1 The AI Research Problem That Only Libraries See Katherine Klosek, Librarian, Association of Research Libraries |
| Concurrent Session #2 Preview of an updated snapshot of the copyright specialist at Canadian post-secondary schools Taylor McPeak, Librarian, Mount Royal University Rumi Graham, Librarian, University of Lethbridge Christina Winter, Librarian, University of Regina. | |
| 18:00 | Dinner reception at the U of A University Club |
Friday may 8
| Time (MDT) | Session/Event |
| 08:00-09:00 | Breakfast |
| 09:00-09:45 | Concurrent Session #1 Public Infrastructure for Canadian Music Communities Brianne Selman, Librarian, University of Winnipeg |
| Concurrent Session #2 Understanding Creative Commons Signals: A New Framework for Creator Expectations in the Age of AI Agnes Gambill, Associate Professor, University Libraries, West Appalachian State University | |
| 09:45- 10:25 | Concurrent Session #1 Generative AI & Copyright Through a Canadian Lens Alexandra Peterson, Lawyer, Torys LLP |
| Concurrent Session #2 What’s in the Repertoire? An Inquiry into Access Copyright’s Claimed Works and Rights Maya Bielinski, Information MA Student and Former Lawyer, University of Toronto Graeme Slaght, Librarian, University of Toronto | |
| 10:30-11:00 | Refreshment Break |
| 11:00-11:30 | Lightning Talk #1 From User to Creator: Supporting Graduate Student Intellectual Property Questions Amelia Clarkson, Librarian, Ontario Tech University |
| Lightning Talk #2 Can A Program Own It? AI, Copyright, and Legal Personhood Suha Tariq, MLIS / Writer and Editor / Publisher’s Representative for Broadview Press | |
| 11:30-12:15 | Live Demonstration Licensing in Action: Building Generative Visuals Live Jason Fung, Senior Legal Counsel, MacEwan University |
| 12:15-13:15 | Lunch |
| 13:15-14:15 | Interactive Session #1 What is “ours”, what is “mine”, and who gets to draw the lines? Nancy Sims, Director of Copyright and Scholarly Communication, University of Minnesota |
| Interactive Session #2 Uh Oh! Video Game Preservation Impacts You Too: Restricted User Rights under Canadian Copyright Law Amelia Clarkson, Librarian, Ontario Tech University Magnus Berg, Librarian, University of Toronto | |
| 14:15-14:45 | Refreshment Break |
| 14:45-15:45 | Closing Keynote Ana Enriquez |
| 15:45-16:15 | Closing remarks and unAGM. |
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