International Calendar

International Journal of Legal Information the Official Journal of the International Association of Law Libraries

Volume 38 Issue 2Summer 2010

7-1-2010

Aslihan Bulut Harvard Law School Library

Article 16

THE INTERNATIONAL CALENDAR_________________

American Branch of the International Law Association ABA Section of International Law ABA Section of International Law 2010 Fall Meeting The meeting features over 60 concurrent sessions across 8 program tracks and 3 mini-tracks as well as keynote addresses by world class speakers such as Madame Christine Lagarde, Minister of Economic Affairs, Industry and Employment of France, and Christopher Dickey, Paris Bureau Chief and Middle East Regional Editor for Newsweek.

November 2-4, 2010 Paris, France Website: http://www.abanet.org/intlaw/fall10/

Charleston Information Group LLC 2010 XXX Charleston Conference: Issues in Book and Serial Acquisition The annual Charleston Conference is an informal annual gathering of librarians, publishers, and vendors on library materials in Charleston, South Carolina to discuss issues of importance to them all.

November 3-6, 2010 Charleston, SC Contact: Katina Strauch Charleston Information Group, LLC MSC 98, The Citadel Charleston, SC 29409 [email protected] [email protected] Phone: 843.723.3536 or 843.509.2848 (US calls only) Fax: 843.805.7918, 843.723.3536 or 843.953.8020 Website: http://www.katina.info/conference/

New York Library Association (NYLA) 2010 NYLA Annual Conference

November 3-6, 2010 Saratoga Springs, NY Website: http://www.nyla.org/index.php?page_id=70

University of St. Gallen 8th International Conference on the Book This is a conference for any participant in the world of books - authors, publishers, printers, librarians, IT specialists, book retailers, editors, literacy educators and academic researchers. All are encouraged to register and attend this significant and timely conference. November 6-8, 2010 St. Gallen, Switzerland Website: http://booksandpublishing.com/conference-2010/

Institute for Cultural Diplomacy International Conference: A World Without Walls 2010 The Institute for Cultural Diplomacy is currently accepting applications to its international conference "A World without Walls 2010". The conference will explore the potential for cultural diplomacy and soft power in building peace and supporting reconciliation in different regions of the world and will consist of lectures and seminars held by leading figures from international politics, academia, international development, and civil society, as well as debates and panel discussions. The event is scheduled parallel to the historic international celebrations taking place in Berlin during the month of November, and on the evening of Tuesday, 9th November, participants will have the unique opportunity to celebrate the 21st Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on the streets of Berlin.

November 6- 10, 2010 Institute for Cultural Diplomacy, Berlin Contact: Mark Donfried, [email protected] [email protected] Website: http://www.world-without-walls.org

University of Zadar Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) Applied 2010: Digital Texts and Language Resources The 2010 Conference and Members’ Meeting of the Text Encoding Initiative Consortium.

November 8-14, 2010 Zadar, Croatia Website: http://ling.unizd.hr/~tei2010/

2010 Access Services Conference: Unlocking the 21st Century Library The Access Services Conference is an opportunity for individuals working in all areas of Access Services in academic Libraries to gather information and communicate with other professionals about Circulation, Reserves, Interlibrary Loan, Student Worker Management, Security, and other topics of interest.

November 10-12, 2010 Atlanta, Georgia Contact: Karen Glover, [email protected] Website: http://www.accessservicesconference.org/home

iSchool at Drexel University Practical Aspects of Knowledge Management: PAKM 2010 The conference focus is on developing and deploying advanced solutions for the management of knowledge in organizations and other communities that can benefit from its methods. This year's conference will pay particular attention to the innovations on the interaction between Business, Computer Science, Information Systems, and Library and Information Science.

November 10-12, 2010 Philadelphia, PA Contact: [email protected] Website: http://www.ischool.drexel.edu/pakm2010/

KPO Consultants Global Legal Process Outsourcing Conference 2010 Outsourcing benefits are easy to conceptualize, but implementation and accrual of profits require intelligent diligence. For long industry insiders have felt the need for a common platform of repute addressing the concerns of buyers and vendors alike – a global platform for smart brain storming and networking for effective value creation for all stakeholders. The cross continental nature of industry, with buyers and vendors separated by oceans, time zones and cultures makes it imperative for all to come together under a common umbrella and make a collective effort to catapult the industry into the next orbit.

November 13-14, 2010 Delhi, India Contact: Sushant Aggarwal Website: http://www.kpoconsultants.com/press-a-media/ conferences.html

Information Today, Inc. Enterprise Search Summit - Fall "Delivering Bottom Line Results" This year’s Summit will examine the ways to leverage search tools, information architecture, classification, and other strategies and technologies to deliver meaningful results—not just in terms of information, but to the bottom line.

November 16-18, 2010 Washington, DC Website: http://www.enterprisesearchsummit.com/fall2010/CallFor Speakers.shtml

Coalition for Networked Information Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) 2010 Fall Membership Meeting Twice each year representatives of CNI's member organizations gather for membership meetings. Each meeting covers a broad array of topics. The meetings are designed to explore new technologies, content, and applications; to further collaboration; to analyze technology policy issues; and to catalyze the development and deployment of new projects.

December 13-14, 2010 Washington, DC, USA Website: http://www.cni.org/tfms/tf.meetings.html

Australian and New Zealand Law and History Society Law and History Conference The theme for this interdisciplinary conference is ownership in history and law.

December 13-15, 2010 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Contact: Nicola Henry [email protected] Website: http://www.lawandhistoryconference.org/

44th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences The potential of Web 2.0 technologies and virtual worlds for advancing theory, method and methodology in the design and implementation of qualitative and quantitative research. January 4-7, 2011 Koloa, Kauai, Hawaii Contact: Lisa Given (Primary Contact) School of Library and Information Studies International Institute for Qualitative Methodology (IIQM) 3-20 Rutherford South, University of Alberta Edmonton AB, Canada T6G 2J4 Phone: 780-492-2033 Fax: 780-492-2430 Email: [firstname].[lastname] [AT] ualberta.ca Contact: Dinesh Rathi School of Library and Information Studies 3-20 Rutherford South, University of Alberta Edmonton AB, Canada T6G 2J4 Phone: 780-492-8797 Fax: 780-492-2430 Email: d [lastname] [AT] ualberta.ca Website: http://www.ualberta.ca/~drathi/hicss/research2.0.html

Association of American Law Schools (AALS) 2011 Annual Meeting

January 4-8, 2011 San Francisco, CA, USA Website: http://www.aals.org/events_annualmeeting.php

IP Academy (Singapore) Turbulent Times: Onwards and Upwards for Intellectual Property? 3rd Global Forum on Intellectual Property GFIP 2011 will once again bring together some of the world’s most influential IP and industry leaders to explore and discuss new IP trends and to harness business opportunities in a setting conducive to creative thinking. A distinguished line up of international speakers and panelists will consider and discuss "hot button" issues relating to the theme of “Turbulent Times: Onwards and Upwards for Intellectual Property?” This is timely given the promising but challenging times ahead for businesses, having emerged from the global economic downturn of 2008/2009, and with the Asia Pacific region leading the charge for economic recovery. GFIP 2011 is expected to attract about 500 delegates from various IP and related fields around the globe.

January 6-7, 2011 Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore For General Enquiries: Email: [email protected] Tel: +65 6338 2321 For Registration Enquiries: Email: [email protected] Tel: + 65 6338 2321 For Sponsorship Opportunities: Email: [email protected] Tel: +65 6232 9816 For Media Enquiries / PR Help: Email: [email protected] / [email protected] Tel: +65 6539 9278 / +65 6539 9295 Website: http://www.globalforumip.com/

University of Basel in Switzerland University of Buea in Cameroon UNCITRAL (United Nation Commission on International Trade Law) OHADA (Organisation for the Harmonised Business Law in Africa) The 1st African Conference on International Commercial Law The Conference will focus on topics related to international sales law, international arbitration and unification of general contract law.

Jan. 13-14, 2011 Douala, Cameroon Contacts: Jean Alain Penda at Jeanalain.Penda [at] unibas.ch or Stephanie Wassem at Stephanie.Wassem [at] unibas.ch

Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) 2011 ALIA Information Online Conference & Exhibtion ALIA Information Online 2011 will bring together delegates, speakers and vendors from around the world in the aim of providing a forum for discussion on a range issues including: future technologies and their use, digital asset management, search tools, publishing and library spaces.

February 1-3, 2011 Darling Harbour, Sydney, Australia Contact: ICE Australia Pty Ltd 183 Albion Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010 Telephone: +61 2 9368 1200 Facsimile: +61 2 9368 1500 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.information-online.com.au/

University of Rome, Italy Fifth International Conference on Design Principles and Practices This Conference will address a range of critically important themes relating the design today. It is a place to explore the meaning and purpose of ‘design’, as well as speaking in grounded ways about the task of design and the use of designed artifacts and processes. The Conference is a cross-disciplinary forum which brings together researchers, teachers and practitioners to discuss the nature and future of design. The resulting conversations weave between the theoretical and the empirical, research and application, market pragmatics and social idealism.

February 2-4, 2011 Rome, Italy Website: http://designprinciplesandpractices.com/conference-2011/

17th Commonwealth Law Conference The Commonwealth Law Conference (CLC) is a prestigious event that brings together legal practitioners from all over the Commonwealth to debate current issues affecting practice and the profession, exchange views and experiences with colleagues and get up to date with the latest commercial products and services. It is anticipated that over 1,000 lawyers, judges, and legal academics from 54 Commonwealth countries will attend. The theme of the conference is 'Emerging Economies and the Rule of Law: Challenges and Opportunities' and the diverse business programme will cover human rights and the rule of law, corporate and commercial law and the legal and judicial professions.

February 5-9, 2011 Hyderabad, India Contact: Vikki Hyman Website: http://www.commonwealthlaw2011.org/

Gujarat National Law University (GNLU), India 2011 GNLU International Moot Court Competition (GIMC)

February 9-13, 2011 Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India Contact: Mr. Girish R. Phone no. +91- 9824497684 email: [email protected] Website: http://gnlu.ac.in/gimc/gimc2011.html

American Bar Association (ABA) American Bar Association (ABA) Midyear Meeting

February 9-15, 2011 Atlanta, Georgia Website: http://www.abanet.org/mtd/futmeet.html

Indian Association of Medico-Legal Experts International Conference on Medical Negligence and Litigation in Medical Practice

February 20-21, 2011 Arpora, North Goa, India Organizing Secretary: Prof. (Dr.) R. K. Sharma Aster-06/603 Supertech Emerald Court Sector-93 A, Expressway NOIDA- 201304 UTTAR PRADESH Mobile No.: 09891098542 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.iamleconf.in/home

International Law Weekend West February 25-26, 2011 Los Angeles, California, USA Contact: Professor Robert Lutz ([email protected])

International Studies Association (ISA) 2011 ISA Annual Convention

March 16-19, 2011 Montreal, Canada Website: http://www.isanet.org/conventions/

University of the Basque Country 7th International Conference on Technology, Knowledge and Society This Conference will address a range of critically important themes in the various fields that address the complex and subtle relationships between technology, knowledge and society. Plenary speakers include some of the leading thinkers in these areas, as well as numerous paper, colloquium and workshop presentations.

March 25-27, 2011 Vizcaya, Spain For all inquiries, please contact the Conference Secretariat: [email protected] Website: http://techandsoc.com/conference-2011/

Manchester Metropolitan University School of Law BILETA (British & Irish Law, Education and Technology Association) conference.

April 11-12, 2011 Manchester Contact: Catherine Easton, Conference Organiser email: [email protected] Website: http://www.law.mmu.ac.uk/bileta/ This year you can also follow the conference on Twitter! Follow us @Bileta2011

American Branch of the International Law Association (ABILA) “Teaching International Law Beyond the Classroom: Engaging Students in Experiential Learning, Blogs and Webpages, and Historical and Empirical Research”

May 6, 2011 Pace University School of Law, White Plains, New York, USA Contact: [email protected]

Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL)/Association Canadienne Des Bibliotheques De Droit Annual Conference

May 15-18, 2011 Calgary, Alberta Website: http://www.callacbd.ca/index.php/publisher/articleview/ frmArticleID/152/

International Law Association 2011 International Law Association Asia-Pacific Regional Conference Contemporary International Law Issues in the Asia Pacific: Opportunities and Challenges. Hosted by the Chinese (Taiwan) Society of International Law/Chinese (Taiwan) Branch of the International Law Association, and the Center for International Legal Studies, College of International Relations National Chengchi University. May 29 - June 1, 2011 Taipei, Taiwan Submit paper and panel proposals by December 10, 2010, to [email protected]. For more information, contact Conference Coorganizer Professor Pasha Hsieh, at [email protected]

Law and Society Association (LSA) 2011: LSA Annual Meeting

June 2 - 5, 2011 San Francisco, CA, USA Website: http://www.lawandsociety.org/

Special Libraries Association (SLA) 102d Annual Conference & INFO EXPO [includes programs of the SLA Legal Division]

June 12-15, 2011 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Websites: http://www.sla.org/content/Events/index.cfm http://www.sla.org/content/Events/futuresites.cfm http://www.slalegal.org/

British & Irish Association of Law Librarians (BIALL) 42nd Annual Study Conference & Exhibition June 16–18, 2011 Gateshead, New Castle Websites: http://www.biall.org.uk/pages/gateshead-2011.html http://www.biall.org.uk/data/files/Conference/Gateshead/BIALL_201 1_advance_notice.pdf

American Library Assocation (ALA) Annual Conference

June 23-29, 2011 New Orleans, Louisiana Website: http://www.ala.org/events/

American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) 104th Annual Meeting and Conference

July 23-26, 2011 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Website: http://www.aallnet.org/events/am_locations.asp

American Bar Association (ABA) Annual Meeting

August 5-10, 2011 Toronto, Canada Website: http://www.abanet.org/mtd/futmeet.html

International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) World Library and Information Congress: 77th IFLA General Conference and Assembly "Libraries beyond libraries: Integration, Innovation and Information for all"

August 13-18, 2011 San Juan, Puerto Rico Website: http://www.ifla.org/en/ifla77

American Political Science Association (APSA) 107th APSA Annual Meeting

August 31-September 4, 2011 San Francisco, California Website: http://www.apsanet.org/section_522.cfm

The Eighth Greek Legal and Medical Conference Explore & examine contemporary & ethical considerations in law, medicine & science & debate the interaction of medical & scientific research with community standards & and relevant legal, moral & ethical aspects of rights & obligations.

September 17-24, 2011 Rhodes, Greece Cotnact: Eugenia Mitrakas Website: http://www.greekconference.com.au/

Australian Law Librarians Association 2011 ALLA Conference

September 28-30, 2011 Canberra, Australia Contact: [email protected] Website: http://www.alla.asn.au/index.php/conferences

Bahamas Association of Law Libraries (BALL) Biennial Conference

November 2011 Windermere Club, Windermere Island, Eleuthera, The Bahamas Contact: Raynold Cartwright, President [email protected] [email protected]

Charleston Information Group LLC 2011 XXXI Charleston Conference: Issues in Book and Serial Acquisition

November 2-5, 2011 Charleston, South Carolina

Faculty of Law, University of Malaya 30th Annual Course - IALL 2011 Dynamics of Malaysian Law in the Global Context

December 4-8, 2011 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Website: http://www.iall.org/conference.html

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