A National Conversation on the Economic Sustainability of Digital Information

In celebration of the February 2010 publication of the Final Report of The Blue Ribbon Task Force on Sustainable Digital Preservation and Access, we cordially invite you to attend a one-day Symposium.

Thursday, April 1, 2010
8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
To be followed by a reception starting at 5 p.m.

The Symposium will focus on one of the most pressing issues in today's Information Age: identifying practical solutions to the economic challenges of preserving today's deluge of valuable digital information. The event will feature four “Conversations” with distinguished experts from the academic, private, and public sectors.

Location

The Fairmont
2401 M Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20037
www.fairmont.com/washington
Directions/Map: www.fairmont.com/washington/MapAndDirections.htm
Full Day Parking is $30 - $40

Webcast

View Webcast [registration required]

Those interested in seeing live presentations and discussions from Blue Ribbon Task Force symposium can register online to view a non-interactive webcast that begins at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time. An agenda of the day's presentations will be posted to facilitate selective viewing. The webcast is being hosted by Microsoft using VIDIZMO.com, an online video Mashup technology to create, manage, and deliver live or on-demand interactive rich media presentations. Following the symposium, the webcast will be available on demand via VIDIZMO, a Microsoft Gold verified partner, and from this webpage.

Agenda

8:30 – 9:00		Continental Breakfast (Ballroom Foyer)
9:00 – 9:45		Symposium Introduction (Executive Forum) Fran Berman [Task Force Co-Chair] Vice President for Research, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Brian Lavoie [Task Force Co-Chair] Research Scientist, OCLC
9:45 – 10:10		Keynote Address Thomas Kalil Deputy Director for Policy in the Office of Science & Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President of the United States
10:10– 10:30		Break
10:30 – 11:20		Conversation About Research Data Daniel E. Atkins Former Director of the National Science Foundation's Office of Cyberinfrastructure Wayne Clough Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution Moderator: Chris Rusbridge [Task Force member] Director of the Digital Curation Centre, University of Edinburgh
11:25– 12:15		Conversation About Scholarly Discourse Derek Law Board Chair, JISC Advance Brian E. C. Schottlaender The Audrey Geisel University Librarian at the University of California, San Diego Moderator: Lee Dirks [Task Force member] Director of Scholarly Communication, Microsoft Corporation
12:30 – 1:30		Lunch (The Colonnade)
1:30 – 2:20		Conversation about the Economics of Collectively-Created Content George Oates Lead, Open Library at Internet Archive Timo Hannay Director of Web Publishing, Nature Publishing Group Moderator: Anne Van Camp [Task Force member] Director, Institution Archives, Smithsonian Institution
2:25– 3:15		Conversation about Commercially-owned Cultural Content Chris Lacinak Founder and President, Audiovisual Preservation Solutions Jon Landau – Producer/Partner Lightstorm Entertainment Moderator: Abby Smith Rumsey [Task Force member] Historian and Consulting Analyst, Library of Congress
3:15– 3:40		Break
3:40 – 4:30		Panel Discussion: The Economics of Digital Information William G. Bowen President Emeritus, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Hal R. Varian Chief Economist, Google Dan Rubinfeld -- Robert L. Bridges Professor of Law and Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley. [Task Force member] Moderator: Paul N. Courant [Task Force member] University Librarian and Dean of Libraries, Harold T. Shapiro Collegiate Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Economics, University of Michigan
4:30 – 4:50		Summary Remarks
5:00		Reception (Ballroom Foyer) Hosted by Microsoft

For additional information on panelists, see
Blue Ribbon Task Force to Host Symposium on Economics of Sustaining Digital Information

Registration

NOTE: REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED.
If you wish to cancel your registration, please contact susan@sdsc.edu.