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Timetable

This is the timetable for the IFRRO AGM week, 19 - 22 October 2009.

Monday, 19 October

09:00 -13:00

Board Meeting

Kopinor

10:45 -11:00

Morning coffee / tea break

 

13:00 -14:00

Lunch

 

14:00 -17:00

Board Meeting

Kopinor

15:45 -16:00

Afternoon coffee / tea break

 

15:00 -17:00

Registration desk for AGM

Registration Desk

Tuesday, 20 October

10:00 -11:15

Registration desk for AGM

Registration Desk

08:00 -10:00

Regional Committees joint meeting
Main challenges for developing RROs:
(i) Repertoire- awareness raising, foreign rights;
(ii) Licensing, breaking through, dealing with governments, getting through to right people

Finnmark, Lofoten

10:00 - 10:15

Morning coffee / tea break

 

10:15 - 10.55

Asia / Pacific Committee

Bærum

10:15 - 10.55

Development Committee for Africa & Middle East

Christiania

10:15 - 10.55

Committee for Latin America & the Caribbean

Frogn

11:00 - 13:00

Google Settlement coordination meeting

Finnmark, Lofoten

11:00 - 13:00

Publishers’ Associations gathering

Christiania

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch

 

13:00 -14:30

Registration desk for AGM

 

14:00 - 16:00

Technical Working Groups joint meeting
(i) Business models and development in the newspaper, musical works and visual works sectors;
(ii) Distribution of revenues and technical standards in the sectors

Finnmark, Lofoten

16:05 - 17:00

Legal Issues Forum

Christiania

16:05 - 17:00

Visual Working Group

Bærum

16:05 - 17:00

Newspaper and Periodicals Working Group

Finnmark, Lofoten

16:05 - 17:00

Musical Working Group

Frogn

17:00

Coffee / Tea/ Fruit

 

18:30

Bus from Hotel to Oslo Opera House

 

19:00

Reception and guided tour hosted by Kopinor

Oslo Opera House

Outside the official AGM program, an International Authors Forum is held:
Tuesday 20 October 2009 09:00 - 13:15 at Uranienborgveien 2 (5 minutes from AGM venue)

 

Wednesday, 21 October

08:00 -09:00

Registration desk for AGM

Registration Desk

08:00 -09:30

European Group & Equipment Levy Forum joint meeting

Scandinavia Ballroom

10:00 - 13:00

Regional seminar and Digital Issues Forum
Providing Access to Copyright in a Changing Environment , part 1

Scandinavia Ballroom

11:00 -11:20

Morning coffee / tea break

 

13:00 -14:15

Lunch

 

13:45 -15:30

Registration desk for AGM

 

14:15 -16:45

Regional seminar and Digital Issues Forum
Providing Access to Copyright in a Changing Environment, part 2

Scandinavia Ballroom

16:45

Coffee / Tea / Fruit

 

19:30

Welcome cocktail hosted by the Mayor of Oslo

Oslo City Hall

Thursday, 22 October

08:30 -09:00

Registration desk for AGM

 

09:00 -13:00

IFRRO AGM

Scandinavia Ballroom

10:15 -10.45

Morning coffee / tea break

 

13:00 -14:30

Lunch

 

14:30 -15:30

IFRRO - 25 Years of enabling access

Scandinavia Ballroom

15:30

25 Years Anniversary cocktail

 

19:00

Bus from Hotel to Gamle Logen

 

19:30

AGM Gala Dinner

Gamle Logen

 

Download the timetable as a pdf file


News

Monday Kopinor hosted an international seminar titled Human Rights, Authors’ Rights and Publishers’ Rights. The seminar was chaired by Prof. Helge Rønning, who is also chair of the Kopinor Board.

The detailed program for the Regional seminar and Digital Issues Forum on Wednesday is now published. The title of the conference is: Providing Access to Content in a Changing Environment.

For delegates who are staying Friday in Oslo, we have a special offer. Kopinor has reserved tickets to the dance performance When Clarity Visits in the Opera house. This World premiere is a part of the Oslo International Dance Festival.

On Monday, 19 October, Kopinor will host an international seminar in Oslo. The seminar will be held at The House of Literature, Oslo's vibrant and exciting meeting place for culture and debate.

- IFRRO celebrates its 25 years anniversary this year. The event will also mark the AGM 2009 among other things with a special session dedicated to IFRRO, its history and future perspectives of enabling access.

With these words, the President of IFRRO, Magdalena Vinent, and Olav Stokkmo, Chief Executive, invites the IFRRO community to the AGM in Oslo.

- It is with great pleasure I wish you welcome to IFRRO’s Annual General Meeting in October. These are the words of Yngve Slettholm, the Executive Director of Kopinor, as the official AGM website is launched.

President of IFRRO, Magdalena Vinent, and Olav Stokkmo, Chief Executive, have issued a preliminary announcement inviting the IFRRO community to the 38th General Meeting of IFRRO.