Melissa Terras
Professor of Digital Cultural Heritage, University of Edinburgh
Melissa Terras is the Professor of Digital Cultural Heritage at the University of Edinburgh‘s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, leading digital aspects of CAHSS research as Director of the Edinburgh Centre for Data, Culture
and Society, and is Director of Research in the Edinburgh Futures Institute. She previously directed UCL Centre for Digital Humanities in UCL Department of Information Studies, where she was employed from 2003-2017. She is a Fellow of
the Alan Turing Institute, and Trustee of the National Library of Scotland. You can generally find her on twitter @melissaterras.
Dr Jane Secker
Senior Lecturer Educational Development, City, University of London
Dr Jane Secker is Senior Lecturer in Educational Development at City, University of London where she is Deputy Programme Manager of the Masters in Academic Practice. She was Copyright and Digital Literacy Advisor at LSE for over 15 years where
she advised staff about copyright issues and the online environment. She is a member of the Universities UK Copyright Negotiation and Advisory Committee and the Copyright Advisory Panel which is a governance group of the UK’s Intellectual
Property Office. She is co-author of Copyright and E-learning: a guide for practitioners published by Facet
in 2016.
Chris Morrison
Copyright and Licensing Manager, University of Kent
Chris Morrison is the Copyright, Licensing and Policy Manager at the University of Kent, responsible for copyright policy, licences, training and advice. He was previously the Copyright Assurance Manager at the British Library and before
that worked for music collecting society PRS for Music. He is a member of the Universities UK Copyright Negotiation and Advisory Committee and attends the Copyright Education Awareness Group (CEAG). He is co-author of the second edition
of Copyright and E-Learning: a guide for practitioners which was published in July 2016. Chris has a masters in copyright law from King’s College London.
Jane and Chris founded a new special interest group of the
Association for Learning Technology focusing on Copyright and Online Learning in September 2020. They have also been running webinars for the higher education sector on copyright and online learning since March 2020. They tweet as @UKCopyrightLit
and maintain the Copyright Literacy website: https://copyrightliteracy.org
David Prosser
Executive Director, RLUK
David Prosser is Executive Director of RLUK, the representative body for the UK’s leading research libraries. Before moving to RLUK, he was the founding Director of SPARC Europe, an alliance of university libraries from 14 European countries
advocating new models of scholarly communication. Previously, he spent ten years in STM journal publishing for both OUP and Elsevier Science. Before becoming a publisher, he received a PhD and BSc in Physics from Leeds University, UK.
Claire Sewell
Research Support Librarian for Physical Sciences, Cambridge University
Claire Sewell is the Research Support Librarian for the School of Physical Sciences at Cambridge University. In this role she is focused on providing research support and information literacy training for subjects including maths, physics, earth sciences and chemistry. Prior to this she worked for four years in the Cambridge Office of Scholarly Communication where she trained library staff in all aspects of research support, including copyright.
Kate Faulkner
Legal Research Librarian, Faculty of Law, Cambridge University
Kate Faulkner is the Legal Research Librarian at the Squire Law Library, Cambridge University and is also Secretary of CULCG - Cambridge University Libraries Copyright Group. She trained as a law librarian at Lincoln's Inn and has worked at
the London School of Economics and the law firm Baker and McKenzie, and spent ten years as a freelance indexer. An active member of BIALL (the British and Irish Association of Law Librarians) she believes law librarians are quite well
suited to the world of copyright.
James Bennett
Head of Rights and Licensing, Copyright Licensing Agency
James Bennett is Head of Rights and Licensing at the Copyright Licensing Agency, the UK collective management organisation for books, magazines and journals. CLA licenses educational institutions, businesses and public bodies to copy and re-use
extracts from print and digital publications on behalf of the copyright owners - authors, publishers and visual artists. James is responsible for maintaining the value and relevance of CLA licence products and services, and developing
new licensing solutions that balance the interests of rightsholders with the opportunities provided by new technologies. Before joining CLA James held a number of roles in trade book publishing. He holds an MBA from Henley Business School.
Ariadna Matas
Policy Advisor, Europeana Foundation
Ariadna contributes to the management and development of Europeana’s policies and frameworks with a strong focus on copyright, and supports the implementation of them throughout the Europeana Network. Ariadna studied law in Spain, in Germany
and in France and has a Master's in Intellectual Property Law. Before joining Europeana, Ariadna worked for the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) on copyright matters.
Dr Emily Hudson
Reader in Law, King's College London
Dr Emily Hudson is a Reader in Law at King’s College London. She joined King's in January 2015, having previously held academic posts at the University of Melbourne, University of Queensland and University of Oxford. She has a particular research
interest in copyright law, and is author of the book, Drafting Copyright Exceptions: From the Law in Books to the Law in Action (CUP, 2020). Prior to embarking on an academic career, Emily was a solicitor at Minter Ellison Lawyers. Emily
is module convenor of both undergraduate intellectual property modules at King's, and is Director of Undergraduate Studies and Chair of Assessments.
Priya Haria
Content, Licencing, and Intellectual Property Assistant at The Open University
Priya Haria is a Content, Licencing, and Intellectual Property Assistant at The Open University. In this role she is responsible for obtaining necessary rights for content and providing copyright advice across the University. She also assists
with managing the University’s Trademark portfolio. Priya has studied law in England, completed the Legal Practice Course and has a master’s in law which she specialised in Intellectual Property Law with a focus on the commercial, media
and entertainment industries.
Priya successfully applied to speak at the Conference having seen our notice for a call for speakers. Congratulations Priya.
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