program of events

building an australasian commons

24 June 2008 | state library of queensland | south bank brisbane, australia

8.30 Welcome
Traditional Blessing by Maroochy Burambah and welcome by the Honourable Justice Ronald Sackville

8.50 Introduction
Prof Tom Cochrane and Prof Brian Fitzgerald, Project Leads, CC Australia

Section 1: Down Under: CC Australia

9.10 The Australian Creative Commons Experience

Jessica Coates, Project Manager, Creative Commons Clinic (ccClinic), Elliott Bledsoe, Project
Officer, ccClinic/Creative Commons research and Rachel Cobcroft, Research Officer, Creative
Commons research
image: Them colors... by jurek d, http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurek_durczak/144673364 Available under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 licence. Full terms at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0

9.30 Australian CC Case Studies

A series of short case studies from around Australia and the world.
Government Information Licensing Framework (GILF), Tim Barker, Office of Economics and
Statistics Research, Queensland Treasury
You Decide 2007, Dr Jason Wilson, Project Manager, You Decide 2007 and Queensland
Decides
ABC Pool, Sherre Delys, Radio National, Australian Broadcasting Corporation and
Katie Gauld, Social Media Producer, Pool, Australian Broadcasting Corporation

10.10 Morning Tea

Section 2: From the CC Community

10.30 Around the World: CC Jurisdiction Reports

A series of short reports from CC Jurisdictions in our region.

Jane Hornibrook and Louise O’Brien, CC Aotearoa New Zealand (CCANZ)

Prof Chunyan Wang, Project Lead, CC China Mainland
Rami Olwen, Legal Advisor, CC Jordan

11.00 CC Learn: Creative Commons + Education

A panel exploring CC and the Education Sector.

Teaching CC: Primary and Secondary Education, Delia Browne, National Copyright
Director, Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (MCEETYA)
CC for Higher Education, Dr Tama Leaver, Lecturer, University of Western Australia
Play at Powerhouse, Sebastian Chan, Manager, Web Services, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney

12.00 CC + Music: An orchestra of millions

A roundtable exploring the possibilities for music in Australia presented by CC.
Andrew Garton, Secession Records
Prof Julian Knowles, Portfolio Director, Communication Design and Visual Arts, Dance, Music
and Sound, Creative Industries Faculty, QUT
Prof Paul Draper, Griffith Chair in Digital Arts - Music, Technology and Multimedia,
Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University
Sylvain Zimmer, Founder and Chief Technical Officer, Jamendo
Scot Morris, Director, International Relations, Australasian Performing Right Association

12.50 The Magic Puddin’s Role in Australia’s Public Domain

A sidenote by Prof Graham Greenleaf, Co-Director, Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre,
University of New South Wales

12.30 Networking Lunch

 Section 4: CC in focus

2.00 Workshops
These workshops are designed to break the conference up into areas of interest.
Afternoon tea will be available during the entire session. Proposed workshops are listed
below with the final program dependent on numbers. Please indicate your preference on the
Registration Form.
Social Softwares: Blogs, Wikis + Web 2.0 led by Anthony Austin, Open Access to Knowledge
(OAK) Law Project; Peter Black, Faculty of Law, QUT; and Brianna Laugher, Committee
Member, Wikimedia Australia

Press Play: Film + Audio Online led by Elliott Bledsoe, CC Australia; Dr Jean Burgess,
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence in Creative Industries and Innovation;
Joshua Green, Postdoctoral Associate, Comparative Media Studies, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology; and Oliver Wilson, PhD Candidate, Music Department, University of
Otago and Band Member, Knives at Noon

Flickr me this: CC Photography + Visual Arts led by Paula Bray, Manager, Image Services,
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney; Justin Brow, Producer and Senior Research Associate, 60Sox,
Institute of Creative Industries and Innovation (iCi), QUT; Rachel Cobcroft, PhD Candidate, iCi,
QUT; Pamela Rosengren, Photographer and Postgraduate Researcher, Curtin University of
Technology

(Re)write: Writing, Poetry + Literature led by Amy Barker, Project Manager,

Remix My Lit; and Kate Eltham, Chief Executive Officer, Queensland Writers Centre

For the People: Open Access + Government Information led by Prof Anne Fitzgerald, OAK Law
Project; and Neale Hooper, Principal Project Manager, GILF, Office of Economic and Statistical
Research, Queensland Treasury, Queensland Government

Building Knowledge: Open Education Resources (OER) and Research Materials led by
Delia Browne, MCEETYA; Dr Tama Leaver, University of Western Australia; and
Scott Kiel-Chisholm, Project Manager, OAK Law Project

Off the Shelf: CC for Libraries + Cultural Institutions led by Rachael Browning, Senior Policy
Officer, Client Services and Collections, State Library of Queensland; Sebastian Chan,
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney and Stewart Wallace, Project Manager, Dictionary of Sydney;
and Jessica Coates, ccClinic

CC Software: Technology to Support the Commons led by Wayne Richards, Australian

Bureau of Statistics, Australian Government; and Nic Suzor, Research Officer, Creative
Commons research

CC Asia: The Commons Experience in Asia led by Prof Chunyan Wang; and Sampsung Shi,
PhD Candidate, Faculty of Law, QUT

Section 4: Closing

4.00 CC: Past, Present + Future

A facilitated report back session with the workshop leaders

5.00 Conference Close

5.30 ccSalon 2008

A live showcase of Creative Commons art, music, film + text in Australia. Please see the
ccSalon program at http://creativecommons.org.au/australasiancommonssalon

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5.30 - 8.00 pm | 24 june 2008
state library of queensland
south bank brisbane, australia

venue partner presenting partners

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program of events
5.30 Opening
showcases
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
6.00 Welcome Photo of the Day exhibition
Official welcome by Prof Phil Graham, Director, Institute for On display around the Queensland Terrace
Creative Industries and Innovation, QUT and introduction
to the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney Photo of the Day An exhibition of iconic Australian,
exhibition by Paula Bray, Manager, Image Services, Creative Commons licensed images from
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney the Powerhouse Museum’s Photo of the
Day collection
6.15 Launch of Mayer & Bettle 2 +
Animation Showcase Animation + Film Showcase
Join us to officially launch the anticipated sequel to the On display on the main screen and plasma
Mayer and Bettle animation and new works by Merri screens around the Queensland Terrace
Randell and Chris Denaro from Chunky Fish.
A continuous showcase of Creative
6.30 Yunyu Commons licensed animation, film and
Yunyu is a successful Sydney-based independent and video. Includes works by Creative Commons
unsigned musician who releases her distinctive tracks Australia, Peter Foley (Black brow),
under a Creative Commons licence Reaktor, Blender, Merri Randell and Chris
Denaro (Chunky Fish).
7.00 Film Showcase
Part II of the video showcase presents films and videos
under Creative Commons licences

7.15 Terminal Quartet

The Terminal Quartet–originally conceived by composer/producer Andrew Garton and video artist
John Power–performs structured improvisations. Performers research and arrange individual
movements in isolation from each other as governed by the context and structure of Garton’s
compositions.

8.00 Close

AUSTRALIA