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URISA-OC Winter Event, March 03, 2011

GIS and the LAW Workshop - Key Issues for GIS Professionals

An Introduction to Best Practices

The theme of the URISA-OC Winter event workshop is GIS and the Law - Key Issues for GIS Professionals - An Introduction to Best Practices.  

Come and join your colleagues in our first full day workshop to develop a better understanding of the numerous legal issues that have come to the forefront within the GIS community- responsibility, liability, ownership, licensing etc.  Lou Milrad, Associate Counsel with Miller Thomson will be the course leader.  As a member and past president of URISA-OC Lou Milrad will leverage his extensive legal experience and contributions to URISA-OC to introduce and clarify best practices and the legal issues impacting the GIS community.

Course Leader:  Lou Milrad

8:00 – 9:00:  Registration

9:00 – 9:15:  Introduction

 

9:15 – 10:20:  Introduction to Intellectual Property

  • Brief overview of the concept of intellectual property
  • Discussion on IP rights that apply to work done by GIS Professionals

10:20-10:35:  Coffee Break

10:35- 11:00:  Ownership Rights and Licensing

  • The existing state of copyright protection for plans of survey, maps, digital data and databases or compilations of survey information
  • Government initiatives that may affect existing licensing agreements with industry or government
  • Joint ventures – sharing technologies
  • Innovation - protecting copyright of value added features

11:00 – 12:00: Interactive Discussions
  • Avoiding Liability
  • Duty and standard of care to parties in the context of a license agreement
  • Liability risks from works placed in the public domain
  • Liability risks in the case of shared technologies: navigation systems manufacturers using maps prepared by third parties
  • Suggestions for Developing a Best Practices Model
  • Definition of the concept of Best Practices
  • Discussion on retainers and disclaimers
  • Limitations of Liability
  • Developing industry standards for preparation of files

12:00 - 1:00:  Lunch

1:00 - 4:00:  Roundtable & Problem Solving Workshops (Break Out Sessions)

2:30 - 2:45:  Coffee Break

3:15 – 4:00:  Workshop Presentation

4:00:  Conference Concludes

 

Event Details:

Date: Thursday, March 03, 2011
Time: 8:00 am to 4:00
Location: BraeBen Golf Course, 5700 Terry Fox Way, Mississauga, Ontario, 905-615- 4653
Members: $95.00 + HST
Non-members - $120.00 + HST

Morning refreshments and lunch included

 Walk-ins on the day of the event will NOT be accepted.

  

Members:   Click Here to Register  

Non Members: Click Here to Register