There’s so much to think about when preparing this course, so much interesting material that we could add in, that we’re really having to focus our minds on what’s essential. To help us do that, and give you an idea of what you’ll be getting on the day long course, we’ve put together a tentative timetable.

9.00 - 9.30: Registration, pastries and tea/coffee
9.30 - 10.30: Introduction: What is Open IP? Open licences; business models; and distribution mechanisms.
10.30 - 11.15: Exercise: Discussion of Radiohead’s In Rainbows experiment.
11.15 - 11.30: Coffee
11:30 - 12.30: Building communities: The importance of community; social media.
12.30 - 1.30: Lunch
1.30 - 2.15: Overview of Case Studies 1 & 2: Magnatune; Where are the Joneses?; discussion.
2:15 - 2.30: Overview of Case Study 3: Tom Reynolds‘ Blood, Sweat and Tea.
2.30 - 3.15: Q&A with Special Guest (TBC)
3.15 - 3.30: Break
3.30 - 4.15: Complements and substitutes: How microeconomics applies to the way we think about creative works.
4.15 - 5.00: Exercise: Examining how different products and business models might work (or not!) together
5.00 - 5.30: Next steps: What will attendees do next?
5:30: End

We’d love your comments, especially if you were expecting to see something different, or think that we’re missing something important out!

Don’t forget to download our Application Pack if you’re interested in coming!