Program Title: A Holistic Model of Information Policy - Samuel Trosow
Description: Trosow will close the conference by tying together the various threads and issues that make up information policy. He will outline his holistic model of information policy, which in brief, defines information policy as being broader than the sum of its components (ie, intellectual property, privacy, intellectual freedom, access to information, government information policies). In this presentation, he will explain how these components, many of which have been discussed at the conference, are integrated and mutually constitutive. Using the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and Bill C-61 as two particularly poor examples of information policy-making, Prof. Trosow will argue that this holistic model could help avoid some of the pitfalls facing policy makers. He will also point to the importance of identifying sources of informational policymaking at the local as well as provincial, national and international arenas and how these various arenas interact and often conflict with each other.

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Featured Speakers/Guests: Samuel Trosow

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