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CCI has recently launched a node at City University in London where Lucy Montgomery and Jason Potts are currently based. The City node is the hub of an emerging European network of researchers including Carsten Herrmann-Pillath (Frankfurt School of Finance & Management), Paul Ormerod (Volterra Consulting), Kate Morrison (Think Play Do), Alex Bentley and Stephen Shennan (AHRC Centre for Evolution of Cultural Diversity), Emma Bentley (Archaeology), and collaborations with colleagues at Birkbeck, Imperial, Oxford OII, Manchester, Leeds and Cardiff. The staff at the node focus on cultural science, evolutionary theory, convergence of economic and cultural values, China's media industries and reforming copyright.

A new book, edited by Professor Brian Fitzgerald, Professor Fuping Gao, Mr Damien O’Brien and Mr Sampsung Xiaoxiang Shi, focuses geographically on the Asia-Pacific, and particularly on China and Australia, but addresses universal themes about the law of copyright and its adaptation to the Internet in the 21st century said the Hon Justice Douglas at the launch in Brisbane yesterday.

Researchers at CCI were recently awarded an ARC Linkage grant to begin a major new research project into youth wellbeing and participatory media. Led by Professor Stuart Cunningham, the researchers working on the project will include Dr RJ King, Associate professor JC Drennan, Dr K McWilliam, Dr JM Burns and Mr C Kuddell. The title of the project is "Promoting youth wellbeing through participatory digital media: A multidisciplinary assessment of the mental health outcomes of cyber‑participation".

World renowned brain scientist Baroness Greenfield will present a public lecture on Creating Creative Brains as part of the Creating Value conference presented by CCI, to be held at 9 am, Wednesday 24 June. The creative process encompasses factors that must be common to diverse activities, ranging from painting, music and literature, through to scientific insights. At the same time this all encompassing phenomenon must be distinguished from ‘ordinary’ thinking! Download the brochure for more information.

The program for CCI's upcoming international conference is now available including full details of all the panel sessions. The conference features six panel sessions running contiguously over most of the three days, along with keynote presentations from an impressive line up of international guests. Full details on the Creating Value conference page. Register today - Creating value is great value!

Creative Commons au is pleased to announce that details for its 2008 national conference, Building an Australasian Creative Commons, have now been finalised. Building an Australasian Commons will be held on 24 June 2008 at the State Library of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. The event provides an opportunity for those interested in the free internet to come together to exchange ideas, information and inspiration. The event is free but registration is required.

A new book has been launched by current and former researchers from QUT’s Intellectual Property: Knowledge Culture Economy program led by Professor Brian Fitzgerald. Copyright law, digital content and the Internet in the Asia-Pacific, edited by Brian Fitzgerald, Fuping Gao, Damien O'Brien and Sampsung Xiaoxiang Shi, provides a unique insight into the key issues facing copyright law and digital content policy in a networked information world.

A number of keynote speakers at the Creating Value conference being hosted by CCI in June this year have been confirmed. The list of eminent intellectuals and journalists includes:
Henry Jenkins, an international authority on the cultural implications of technological convergence, the digital economy and user-generated creativity;
Mark Deuze, advocate for citizen journalism and public communication, and theorist of creative and cultural labour;

2020's focus on traditional arts funding came at the expense of our creative growth sectors, writes Creative Australia delegate Stuart Cunningham. The Australia 2020 Summit brought people from the heights and the streets together to meet and exchange ideas. It was an exciting concept that produced many valuable ideas.

Stuart Cunningham, director of the ARC Centre for Excellence in Creative Industries and Innovation will be attending the Australia 2020 summit. Stuart will be participating in the 'Towards a creative Australia' session.

In this, the third CCI annual report, the centre's director, Stuart Cunningham introduces the report with an outline of the achievements of the centre over the last year while John Hartley discusses the implications of current policy for creative industries research in Australia.

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