OECD Workshop on Broadband Digital Content: Developments and Challenges

OECD Headquarters, Paris
1 December 2004

Session 1: Introduction

Fostering the Digital Content Industries: Australia
Anne-Marie Lansdown, Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Australia

Session 2: Restructuring Value Chains, Market Dynamics and Business Models

Scientific publishing 

• OECD Secretariat presentation of scientific publishing study, Graham Vickery
• David Prosser, Head, Sparc Europe
• Catherine Candea, Head of Editorial and Rights, OECD

Music    

• OECD Secretariat presentation of music study, Sacha Wunsch-Vincent
• Cristiana Falcone, Senior Community Manager, Media and Entertainment, World Economic Forum

On-line computer / video games

• OECD Secretariat presentation of games study, Graham Vickery
• Patrice Chazerand, Secretary General, Interactive Software Federation of Europe (Brussels)
• Aphra Kerr, Research Associate in Media Policy, Centre for Media Research, School of Media and Performing Arts, University of Ulster (Northern Ireland)

Mobile content

• OECD Secretariat presentation of mobile content study,
  Christy Kunin, Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich, United States

Session 3: Government Issues

• EU E-content Programme
  Javier Hernandez-Ros and Anne Troye, Directive on PSI and High-Level Group on Digital Rights Management, European Commission
• Broadband Content Policy: The UK Approach
  Mervyn Levin (Digital Content and Publishing Unit, Department of Trade and Industry)
• Korean Public Knowledge Contents
  Ji-youn Son, Ministry of Information and Communication, Korea
• Digital Content Policy
  Eivind Lorentzen, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Norway