Panel of experts on the "Big Mystery", COPYRIGHT AND FAIR USE

1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, June 23, 1999

 Brent Auditorium, Jefferson Alumni Hall.

 Registrants $75; non-registrants $100. Preregistration Required.

Who Should Attend: EVERYONE. With copyright there are always more questions than answers, and everyone needs to know the answers!

Panelists will each have 10 min. to raise issues or review the status of their area, followed by 10 minutes of Q&A from the audience and other panelists. After a refreshment break at 3:00 PM there will be an open discussion among panelists and attendees. Questions, answers and open discussion from everyone is encouraged. We anticipate a lively and informative exchange from all viewpoints.

PANEL: Moderator: Alexander Grimwade, Ph.D., Publisher, The Scientist, Philadelphia PA agrimwade@the-scientist.com

Sandy Grimwade has been in science and medical publishing, in print and electronic form for over 20 years. He has worked for Elsevier Science in The Netherlands, the UK and the US, was an Associate Editor of Nature, and was founder and President of Keyboard Publishing. He is currently the Publisher of The Scientist, the News Journal for the Life Scientist, based in Philadelphia.

Dana Shilling is a writer and lecturer, and author and editor of a white paper for the American Business Press Electronic Media Committee. shilling@worldnet.att.net

Dana Shilling (Harvard Law School '75) is a writer and lecturer, mostly about elder law. Her aim for Silicon Galley is to put business and professional publishing on-line, in small "slices." CLICK HERE for presentation outline.

Robert Braude Weill Medical College of Cornell University, (NY) Associate Dean for Biomedical Communications and Library Director. bbraude@mail.med.cornell.edu

Robert Braude has been an academic health sciences library director for twenty-five years and the director of biomedical communications for twelve years. He also is a member of the Faculty of the Graduate School of Medical Sciences and teaches in the Clinical Epidemiology/Health Services Research Masters Program and is a Visiting Associate Professor at the School of Information and Library Science, Pratt University.

Lyndon Holmes, President of Aries Systems Corporation, North Andover, MA publishes electronic databases and journals. lholmes@ariessys.com

Lyndon Holmes founded Aries Systems in 1986, to develop better solutions for enduser access to the medical literature. Aries has since pioneered in the implementation of innovative retrieval technologies and electronic content publication.

Jon Seymour, MD, is Chairman and President of Gold Standard Multimedia,Tampa, FL. seymour.j@mail.gsm.com

Jon Seymour co-founded Gold Standard Multimedia in 1993 after completing his MD degree at the University of Florida College of Medicine. The company is enjoying much success as an electronic medical publisher. Its initiatives in drug information, integrated medical curricula, and 3D anatomy have been received with excitement in the academic and clinical markets. GSM now employs over 40 people, including technical, editorial, and sales and marketing professionals, in Tampa, Gainesville, FL, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Albuquerque, Washington, DC, and New York.

Carol Richman, is Director of Licensing, and oversees Permissions and Copyrights for Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, MD crichman@lww.com

Carol Richman is responsible for the evaluation of electronic dissemination proposals with respect to licensing intellectual properties from all publications; this encompasses both the technical review of these proposals as well as the legal and financial negotiations. Ms. Richman also oversees the Permissions and Copyrights area which handles all permission requests and the registration of copyrights and trademarks.

Clifford K. Weber, Esq., is Assistant Counsel, Intellectual Property, Office of University Counsel, Thomas Jefferson University. clifford.weber@mail.tju.edu

Cliff was a student and researcher at Washington University School of Medicine before he embarked on a legal career. A graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, he has worked in the intellectual property field at NIH and in the Washington, D.C. office of a multinational law firm before joining the Office of University Counsel at Thomas Jefferson University. He focuses on a wide range of intellectual property matters and litigation, including, copyright, trademark, and patent law.