Summer Academy 2011

13-17 June, 2011

McGill University Montreal

Fifth Bocconi Transatlantic IP Summer Academy

Organized by

Bocconi University School of Law, Trento University School of law, McGill University and the University of Western Ontario

Considering the growing role and importance of Intellectual Property in European and North-American knowledge-based economies, this one-week intensive course will focus on two IP subjects: IP Rights and Scientific Research and IP in the Digital Environment, with an inter-disciplinary approach, including IP law, IP economics, IP business and IP operational practicalities at an international level.

Thanks to lectures held by leading IP scholars and researchers from 10 countries in Europe and North America, participants will have a broad perspective on both, IP Rights and Scientific Research and IP in the Digital Environment, especially at an international and comparative level.

The horizontal and dynamic teaching system will give participants the opportunity to embrace all aspects of IP Rights management in real life by involving case and example studies, practical exercises as well as direct contact with IP operators.

The Transatlantic IP Summer Academy coordinators can be contacted directly at tipsa@uwo.ca and ipsummer@unibocconi.it 

Overview of the 2011

Transatlantic Intellectual Property Summer Academy

 

1. Date and venue:

June 13-17, 2011

Faculty of Law McGill University Montreal (Quebec, Canada)

2. Direct Organizers:

McGill University Montreal (Quebec, Canada) and University of Western Ontario London (Ontario - Canada) in cooperation with:  Bocconi University and  University of  Trento

And with the contributions of:

Penn State University (USA)
Magister Lucentinus Alicante
Charles University - Prague
Laval University - Quebec
World Intellectual Property Organization  

3. Teaching language:

English only (administrative assistance offered in French, Spanish and Italian)

4.    Access requisites:   

 Graduate Degree in Law, Economics or Engineering OR
 Undergraduate Degree in Law (subject to a selection procedure) OR
 Technology Transfer Officers (subject to a selection procedure)

5.    Course contents:

 35 hours teaching program;
 Printed and online teaching material to each course participant

6.    Number of participants: 

 limited to 50

7.    Deadline for registration: 

 May 18, 2011

8.    The Summer Academy is a residential program and includes:

 Courses and seminars;
 Discounts for accommodation bookings;
 Printed and online teaching material to each course participant
 Access to McGill facilities (library, electronic database, premises)

9.    E-Helpdesk:

Course participants' E-Helpdesk is set up since April 15, 2011 until one week after the end of the course and provides advice and guidance for inquiries relating to travel opportunities, early arrival and extended stay.

10.    Accommodation details:

A limited number of prebooked rooms at reduced rate are available. We suggest you to book in advance. Details: Royal Victoria College (McGill Residence), 3425 University Street, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2A8. Phone: 514-398-6378, 514-398-5200 or by email: reserve.residences@mcgill.ca. Single room, $40 plus taxes (single occupancy - no bathroom in room. Arrival date of June 12, 2011; departure date of June 18, 2011. Room & Rate - NOT GUARANTEED after cut-off date of May 12, 2011). When placing the reservation please remember to name the TIPSA academy in order to benefit from our pre-booking arrangement. For any enquiry please contact tipsa@uwo.ca

11.    Attendance certificates:

Attendance certificates are granted to participants. Universities giving credits to students for attendance establish their appropriate policies, in accordance with their own internal rules. E.g.: participants registered with McGill University may exercise the option to receive 1.5 credits for attendance of the full conference (and successful completion of academic assignments relating to one or more of the covered topics).

For any additional information, please contact the activity organizer tipsa@uwo.ca  or ipsummer@unibocconi.it

12.    Program Details

Program contents include inter-disciplinary high-level teaching on the interrelations between IP and Technology, the Arts, Culture and Politics (IP & Society), with added value in each of the following fields: 

 The Economics and Socio-Politics of Innovation & Creativity and IP
 Management and Technology in IP Law
 IP and Music, Visual Arts, Literature, and Education
 IP in its Global Dimension: Enforcement, Arbitration and Culture

As a result of their attendance to the Transatlantic Summer IP Academy 2011, participant lawyers, economists, as well as business specialists (at student or young professional level) are to: 

 -enhance, thanks to lectures by the best international IP specialists, their international knowledge in their own field of expertise

 -achieve a better understanding of IP Rights in their legal, economic, and socio-political dimensions, with particular regard to the interrelations between IP and Technology, the Arts, Culture and Politics.

For all lessons, a participatory and interactive teaching approach is chosen, involving business case examples and studies, practical exercises and direct contact opportunities with IP operators in a dynamic, horizontal and open work environment. In addition, free tutor assistance will be available to the participants, in order to ensure cohesion between the participants.

Socials oriented to informal talks and confrontations with our international guest speakers are promoted and will be announced soon.

13.     International Faculty:

The inter-disciplinary International Faculty is constituted by Professors /Department Directors/ Deans from each partner and cooperating institution, including Professors Stefano Breschi and Laurent Manderieux (Bocconi University Italy ); Roberto Caso  (Trento University - Italy); David Lametti, Pierre-Emmanuel Moyse (McGill University Montreal); Giorgio Resta (University of Bari - Italy and McGill University Montreal); Mark Perry, Margaret Ann Wilkinson, and Samuel E. Trosow (The University of Western Ontario - Canada); Aurelio Lopez (Magister Lucentinus & Alicante University Spain); Francesca Toso (WIPO); Petra Zikovska (Charles University, Prague); Georges Azzaria (Laval University - Quebec); Catherine Rogers (Penn State University USA, and Bocconi University).

14.     Full Program of the Course:

15.     Fees  

Non Student Registration - TIPSA      CAD 2,825.00 (taxes included)
Student Registration - TIPSA             CAD 1,695.00 (taxes included)

16.     Registration Form

 

The Registration Form can be filled online at:

https://rabbit.vm.its.uwo.ca/Conferences/Default.aspx?conferenceID=38

 

Photos: several participants from five continents at the 2011 Transatlantic IP Summer Academy, with Faculty Members

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