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Dear All,<br>
<br>
The Modern Poland Foundation is pleased to launch an <b>Open Call
for Speakers</b> at the <b>IV International CopyCamp Conference
taking place on November 4, 2015 in Warsaw.</b><br>
<br>
<b>Open Call Deadline: July 20, 2015</b><br>
<br>
The International CopyCamp Conference is the first
Central-and-Eastern European annual event to undertake a
multi-sided, balanced and unrestrained discussion on <b>the social
impacts of copyright.</b> Every year representatives of cultural
institutions and private sector, administration and the media,
artists, activists, politicians and academics meet in Warsaw to
discuss the influence of copyright law on the circulation of
cultural goods, new business models for authors' remuneration, use
of technologies in social activism, importance of copyright in the
context of human rights, modern education, innovation. The fourth
edition of the conference will present an opportunity to continue
the dynamic debate characterized by high standards of communication
and openness to the input from all interested parties in a neutral
and friendly conference space encouraging participants from all over
the world to network and share ideas. The last three editions
attracted over 110 participants and 150 speakers from Iceland,
France, Finland, Norway, US, Romania, Belgium, Ukraine, Belarus,
Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Netherlands, Canada, United
Kingdom and Poland.<br>
<br>
We are happy to announce that our special guest this year will be <b>Lev
Manovich</b>, theoretician and critic of new media, visual artist,
professor at City University of New York and founder of the Software
Studies Initiative, author of the worldwide known book <i>The
Language of New Media</i>.<br>
<br>
Presentation proposals must be submitted in the form of an abstract
of <b>no more than 1800 characters</b> under one of the enlisted
thematic tracks that characterize this year’s conference:<br>
<br>
CopyArt<br>
Models of Remuneration<br>
Copyright and Education<br>
Technology and Innovation<br>
Copyright and Human Rights<br>
Technologies in social activism<br>
Copyright Enforcement<br>
Future of Copyright<br>
Copyright Debate<br>
<br>
Submit your proposal at:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://copycamp.pl/en/contact/register-speaker/">https://copycamp.pl/en/contact/register-speaker/</a>.<br>
*Please note: <b>your presentation should not exceed 10 minutes.</b><br>
<br>
Please find more information at: <b><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://copycamp.pl/en/">http://copycamp.pl/en/</a></b><br>
<br>
Strategic Partners: <b>Association of Authors ZAiKS, Samsung and
Google.</b><br>
Partner: <b>Coalition for Open Education.</b><br>
CopyCamp is part of the Future of Copyright project conducted by the
Modern Poland Foundation.<br>
<br>
CopyCamp Coordinator: Marta Skotnicka
(<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:marta.skotnicka@nowoczesnapolska.org.pl">marta.skotnicka@nowoczesnapolska.org.pl</a>)<br>
<br>
We would be grateful for spreading this information among your
colleagues and associates!<br>
<br>
Best regards,<br>
Marta Skotnicka<br>
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Marta Skotnicka
Koordynatorka projektów / Project coordinator
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.nowoczesnapolska.org.pl">www.nowoczesnapolska.org.pl</a>
Fundacja Nowoczesna Polska jest Organizacją Pożytku Publicznego.
Możesz przekazać 1% podatku na rozwój projektów Fundacji
podając w formularzu PIT nr KRS: 0000070056</pre>
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