Academic Conference
Where: Whitney Humanities Center
When: November 14, 2008
Title: Why Books Still Matter

Schedule:
Keynote address: (10-10:15)
Panel One: (10:15 – 11:45)
The Digital Future of Scholarly Publishing
Yochai Benkler (Professor of Law, Harvard)
David Gelernter (Professor of Computer Science, Yale)
Michael Heller (Professor of Law, Columbia)
Susan Scafidi (Associate Professor of Law, Fordham)
Robert Darnton (Director, Harvard U. Library) (moderator)

Panel Two: 1:30 - 3:00
The Idea of the Press in the Modern University
Akhil Amar (Professor of Law, Yale)
David Bromwich (Professor of English, Yale)
John Demos (Professor of American History, Yale)
Douglas Rae (Professor, School of Management, Yale)
Tony Kronman (Professor of Law, Yale)
Rick Levin (President, Yale University) (moderator)

Panel Three: 3:15 - 4:45
Whither the University Press
Peter Dougherty (Director, Princeton U Press)
Ellen Faran (Director, MIT Press)
William Sisler (Director, Harvard Press)
John Donatich (Director, Yale University Press)
Laura Brown (Former Director, Oxford U Press) (moderator)

Cocktails: 5:00