A reminder that the text and data mining event, which Eleonora
recently mentioned,
is taking place tomorrow in Brussels.
Nearly a year ago a number of MEPs co-signed a letter
to President Barroso on the need to reform the Information Society Directive. The
Commission's response was Licences for Europe,
an initiative which sought "to deliver rapid progress in bringing content
online through practical industry-led solutions". Tomorrow's event has
been set up to continue the discussion on copyright reform in Europe, focussing
on text and data mining.
The event will bring together MEPs, NGOs, industry
representatives, policy experts and will be moderated by Eleonora.
The first panel session, entitled Research &
Innovation: The Potential of Text & Data Mining for Europe, will see Mr
Niluka Satharasinghe, co-founder Sparrho, a UK start-up that created a platform
for discovery of scientific information, Mr John McNaught, Deputy Director UK
National Centre for Text Mining (NaCTeM) and Mr Wilfried Rütten, Director
European Journalism Centre present on the uses of text and data mining in
research and innovation.
The second, "The Legal Question Marks & The Way
Ahead" will consider the legal challenges faced when using text and data
mining techniques and the way ahead. The panel will consist of Ms Anne
Bergman-Tahon, Director Federation of European Publishers, the umbrella
association of book publishers’ associations, Mr Brian Hole, Founder Ubiquity
Press, a publisher specialised in open access academic journals and open data,
and Mr Mathias Schindler, Project Manager Wikimedia, a global movement aiming
to bring free educational content to the world.
The event promises an
interesting discussion on important and topical issues. For those who can't attend,
the event will be streamed
live.