Creative Commons 
Presented by Dr Tobias Schonwetter
Brought to you by UCT Research Contracts and IP Services.
When: 26th October, 1-2pm , Research and Innovation Seminar Room, 2 Rhodes Avenue, Mowbray
Limited spaces available
Email: charlene.jacobs@uct.ac.za by 25 October.
This Creative Commons Seminar  provides you with an  opportunity to gain a greater understanding of the Creative Commons approach to copyright licensing.
Highlights: 
1. What is Creative Commons; 
2. Why is there a need for Open Licensing;
3. How do I license my work under Creative Commons; and 
4. Creative Commons and Open Educational Resources (OERs)
Email: charlene.jacobs@uct.ac.za by 25 October. 

Demystifying Open Access
Presented by Laura Czerniewicz and Eve Gray
Brought to you by the UCT Libraries in partnership with OpenUCT and Scholarly Communications
in Africa Programme .
When:  27 October 2011 at 2-3pm
Place:  Ulwazi,  Knowledge Commons, Chancellor Oppenheimer Library, UCT Libraries.
Email: ingrid.thomson@uct.ac.za by 26 October.
This is an opportunity to hear everything you always wanted to know about Open Access - what it is, why we should care, and its implications for libraries and researchers.  

UCT’s New IP Policy
Presented by Dr Andrew Bailey
Brought to you by UCT Research Contracts and IP Services.
When: 28th October, 1-2pm , Research and Innovation Seminar Room, 2 Rhodes Avenue, Mowbray
Limited spaces available
Email: charlene.jacobs@uct.ac.za by 27 October.
 
Council approved the new UCT IP Policy in July 2011.  This seminar will highlight the important changes that were made to the 2004 version, which brought it in line with the IP Rights from Publicly Financed R&D Act as well as current IP trends such as OpenSource and Creative Commons. 
 
Finding Open Stuff 
Facilitated by Shihaam Donnelly 
Session 1: 25 October, 10 - 10:30am, Upper Campus Student Learning Centre 
OR 
Session 2: 25 October,  2 - 2:30pm,  Upper Campus Student Learning Centre
Email: shihaam.donnelly@uct.ac.za
These workshops will be a showcase of different sites where you can find open images, audio, 
video, courseware and open source software.