ALAI (Association Litteraire et Artistique Internationale, founded by Victor Hugo in 1878) will hold its bi-annual Study Days in Dublin on June 30 and July 1, hosted locally by the Copyright Association of Ireland.
This event will bring world copyright academics and industry representatives to Dublin to debate cutting edge issues with each other. The President of French enforcement agency HADOPI will be there, as will industry representatives from corporations such as Google and Walt Disney. Irish speakers will include Judge Peter Charleton, Professor Robert Clark and Solicitor Helen Sheehy, who represented the music industry Plaintiffs in the Eircon/UPC file-sharing litigation.
The programme and application form can be accessed at www.alaidublin2011.