Conference
“Digital Knowledge – The Library and Copyright in a Global Digital Economy”

11 September

18:00 - 19:30
Pre-Conference Evening Welcome Reception (for registered participants)
Hosted by Advokatfirman Vinge KB
Address: Smålandsgatan 20, Stockholm

Day 1. 12 September

 
Venue: National Library of Sweden, auditorium "Hörsalen"
Address: Humlegården Stockholm
08:00-08:45
Registration and Coffee
Conference guests are kindly asked to take their seats in the auditorium Hörsalen by 08:45
09:00-09:30
Welcome & Practical Info from the Conference Planning Committee:
  • Jerker Rydén, National Library of Sweden
  • Sofie Grettve von Rosen, Swedish Intellectual Property Office
  • Kate Parson, EODOPEN, National Library of Sweden
Opening of the Conference
  • Karin Grönvall, National Librarian, National Library of Sweden (SE)
  • Anna Jardfelt, Director General, Swedish Intellectual Property Office (SE)
  • Jan Rosén, Professor, SCCL Stockholm University (SE)
09:30-10:00
Keynote Speech
  • Shira Perlmutter, Register of Copyrights and Director, U.S. Copyright Office (US)
10:00-11:00
Session A - Helicopter Perspective
Moderator Prof. Daniel Gervais, Law School Vanderbilt University (US)
  • Dr. Love Börjeson, Head of KB Lab, National Library of Sweden (SE)
  • Jerker Rydén, Senior Legal Adviser, National Library of Sweden (SE)
  • Prof. Noam Shemtov, Queen Mary University of London (UK)
11:00-11:30
Coffee Break
11:30-13:00
Session B - Normative Approaches to Regulating AI and Copyright 
Moderator Jukka Liedes, Chair Finnish Copyright Society (FI)
  • Prof. Tatsuhiro Ueno, Waseda University (JP)
  • Prof. Jane Ginsburg, Faculty Director, Kernochan Center for Law, Media, and the Arts, Columbia University (US)
  • Anne le Morvan, Head, Copyright Unit, Ministry of Culture (FR)
  • Emmanuelle du Chalard, Acting Head, Copyright Unit, DG CONNECT (EU)
  • Ulrike Till, Director of Frontier Technologies, WIPO 
13:00-14:00
Lunch (on-site)
14:00-15:30
Session C - Training of AI 
Moderator Prof. Jan Rosén, Stockholm Centre of Commercial Law, Stockholm University (SE)
  • James Bennett, Head of Rightsholder Relations and Content Acquisition, Copyright Licensing Agency (UK)
  • Tobias Kempas, Attorney at Law, Advokatfirman Vinge KB (SE)
  • Catherine Zaller Rowland, Vice President and General Counsel, Copyright Clearance Center (US)
  • Anita Huss Ekerhult, CEO and Secretary General, International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations
  • Susan Allen, United States Patent and Trademark Office (US)
  • Mats Lindberg, Swedish Copyright Consultants (SE)
15:30-16:00
Coffee Break
16:00-17:30
Session D - Output of AI 
Moderator Prof. Eleonora Rosati, Law Faculty, Stockholm University (SE)
  • Prof. Tito Rendas, Executive Dean at Católica Global School of Law, University of Lisbon (PT)
  • Molly Stech, General Counsel, the International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (US)
  • Prof. Alessandro Cogo, Department of Law, University of Turin (IT)
  • Matt Hervey, Partner Head of Artificial Intelligence Law, Gowling WLG LLP (UK)
  • Dr. Paweł Kamocki, Legal Expert CLARIN ERIC / IDS Mannheim
17:30
Concluding Summary
18:15
 
Departure by bus from National Library
18:45-21:00
Evening Reception:
Dinner Buffet at Stockholm City Hall, hosted by the City of Stockholm

Address: Hantverkargatan 1, Stockholm

Day 2. 13 September

 
Venue: National Library of Sweden, auditorium "Hörsalen" (same as Day 1)
08:15-08:45
Coffee
Conference guests are kindly asked to take their seats by 08:45
09:00-10:30
Session E - Cross-Border Access to Source Material for Research
Introduction: Kate Parson, on behalf of the EODOPEN project, National Library of Sweden (SE)
Moderator Karol Koscinski, Attorney at Law, Karol Koscinski Legal Office/ZAiKS (PL)
  • Anita Huss Ekerhult, IFRRO 
  • Prof. Stef van Gompel, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)
  • Kirsi Salmela, General Counsel, Kopiosto (FI)
  • Dr. Anikó Grad-Gyenge, Vice Dean, Science and Innovation Affairs, Budapest University of Technology and Economics (HU)
  • Jerker Rydén, Senior Legal Adviser, National Library of Sweden (SE)
10:30-11:00
Coffee Break
11:00-12:30
Session F - Flexible Norms Facilitating AI in Research in Digital Economy 
Moderator Prof. Alison Firth, Newcastle Law School, Newcastle University (UK)
  • Carlo Scollo Lavizzari, Private Practice (CH)
  • Prof. Daniel Gervais, Law School Vanderbilt University (US)
  • Jukka Liedes, Chair, Finnish Copyright Society (FI)
  • Dr. Rudolf Leška, Štaidl Leška Advokáti, University of Finance and Administration Prague (CZ)
12:30-14:00
Lunch hosted by Advokatfirman Vinge KB
at Scandic Anglais hotel, directly across the road from the National Library of Sweden
Address: Humlegårdsgatan 23, Stockholm
14:00-15:30
Session G - Looking into the Future
Moderator Carlo Lavizzari, Private Practice (CH)
  • Simone Procas, VP and Assistant General Counsel, The New York Times Company (US)
  • Bill Thompson, Head of Future Value Research & Principal Research Engineer, BBC R&D (UK)
  • Prof. Alison Firth, Newcastle University (UK)
  • Jukka Liedes, Chair, Finnish Copyright Society (FI)
  • Cecile Christensen, Deputy Director Digital Transformation, Royal Danish Library (DK)
15:30-16:00
Closing Remarks & Farewell
16:00-17:00
Treasures from the collections of the National Library presented by 
  • Andreas Hedberg, Associate Professor of Literature, Administrator for Research and Outreach
  • Ulrika Strömquist, Librarian, Collections and Outreach Unit
    A short film in the Hörsal.
    Adjacent to the Hörsal on Level 3, library colleagues present rarities in the Viewing Room (limited capacity)
17:30
Boarding Time (sharp!) steamship s/s Motala Express
Location: Strandvägen, dock 18C, Stockholm
The walking distance is 1.1km from the National Library
18:00-21:00
Sunset Cruise in the Archipelago aboard the s/s Motala Express


 


 


 

With the kind support of Advokatfirman Vinge KB:

The Conference has also been made possible by the kind support of EUIPO: