Creative Commons from Parliament House

Greetings from Parliament House in Canberra, where the seminar "Using Creative Commons in the Public Sector: Open Access to Knowledge, Culture and Public Sector Information (PSI)" just started. Senator Kate Lundy, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister, was to open the seminar, but is in an extended Senate session on the National Broadband Network (NBN). This makes the seminar topic of access to information very timely, as to get maximum value out of the NBN, the community needs access to information carried on it.

Professor Brian Fitzgerald, Queensland University of Technology, introduced, Professor Anne Fitzgerald (his sister and also from Queensland University of Technology), as the first speaker. She mentioned that ANU has released an open access policy, also the Declaration of Open Government, by Lindsay Tanner, Minister for Finance and Deregulation (16 July 2010).

Later speakers planned are:

10:40am - 11:00am	Neale Hooper, Queensland University of Technology	Creative Commons and Government
Case Studies: public sector
11:00am - 11:20am	Donna Nicholson, A/g Assistant Statistician, Integrated Collections & Dissemination Division, Australian Bureau of Statistics	Case Study: Australian Bureau of Statistics
11:20am - 11:40am	Roxanne Missingham, Australian Parliamentary Librarian	Case Study: Australian Parliament
11:40am -12:00noon	Bernard de Broglio, Internet Coordinator, Mosman Municipal Council	Case Study: Mossman Municipal Council, Sydney
12noon-1pm	Lunch
Case Studies: educational, cultural and creative
1:00pm -1:20pm	Seb Chan, Head of Digital, Social and Emerging Technologies, Powerhouse Museum	Case Study: Powerhouse Museum
1:20pm - 1:40pm	Sherre DeLys, Founder/Executive Producer, ABC Pool	Case Study: ABC Pool
Implementing Open Access
1:40pm - 2:00pm	Colin Steele, Emeritus Fellow, Australian National University	Creative Commons in research and education
2:00pm - 2:20pm	Richard Best, Legal Advisor, NZ State Services Commission	New Zealand Government Open Access and Licensing Framework (NZGOAL)
2:20pm - 2:40pm	Helen Daniels, Assistant Secretary, Copyright Law Branch, Attorney-General’s Department	New Intellectual Property Guidelines and the Role of Agencies
2:40pm - 2:50pm	Cheryl Foong, Queensland University of Technology	Guide to Creative Commons and Government
Wrap up
2:50pm - 3:00pm		Closing comments

DRAFT

ps: I noticed a locust crawling around the senate hearing room. I am not sure what omen this is. ;-)