Speaker: Andrew Buck
Title: Intellectual Property and Privacy: Legal Issues for Computer Scientists

Abstract: 
Computer scientists have a lot of tools in their toolboxes, but are any as 
valuable as their knowledge?  The expanding legal issues related to 
intellectual property and privacy are becoming more relevant to computer 
scientists every day.  This presentation will provide an introduction to 
intellectual privacy topics such as copyright and trade-marks and discuss how 
these topics are relevant to computer scientists.  It will also provide an 
overview of Canadian private sector privacy law and explain how privacy laws 
can affect computer scientists.