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Call for papers for 3rd International Interdisciplinary Workshop

Integrating Intellectual Property Rights into the Engineering, Science and Technology Curriculum

2009 is the European Year of Innovation and Creativity and, in 2012, London hosts the Olympic and Para Olympic Games - so we are particularly interested in how these issues affect innovators and designers in the Sports and Creative industries.

The first two workshops were exciting and fruitful encounters that produced the 'whorl' resource of materials at Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) - A Key Legal Topic for Engineers.  It is invaluable for anyone looking for ideas how to introduce IPR concepts to IPR creators.

The third workshop will be attended by academics, manufacturers, practitioners, policy makers, entrepreneurs, tech transfer officers and some graduate students.

It will consider the significance of IPRs generated by engineering, science and technology specifically in the Sports and Creative industries, and how it can be integrated into the curriculum. 

We are aware that it is still far from the norm for career entry scientists, technologists or engineers to graduate with an awareness of IPRs and their significance.  Papers will explore whether that situation should be changed? If so, why?  If so, how?

The workshop will take place on Wednesday, 25 March 2009, 09:00 – 16:30, and will be hosted by the UK Intellectual Property Office at their London offices.

This event is funded by the Higher Academy Engineering Subject Centre.

If you would like to present a paper, please contact Emily Cieciura on 01202 965197 or email ecieciura@bournemouth.ac.uk

If you wish to discuss your paper before submission, please email:

Prof. Ruth Soetendorp, rsoetend@bournemouth.ac.uk  (IP law related) or

Prof Jim Roach, jroach@bournemouth.ac.uk (Engineering IP related)

Download the workshop flyer for the IPR & Engineers in Sports and Creative Industries (PDF - 63kb)

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