As we mentioned during our milestone weekend, today we’re announcing four events that will continue our focus on fanworks while celebrating the OTW’s project milestones. Starting on March 8, each Saturday next month we will be featuring a discussion on “The Future of Fanworks” with a variety of special guests.
March 8: Live chat with fan studies scholars on “The future of fanworks” from 1600-1800 UTC (What time is that in my timezone?)
- Moderator: Nistasha Perez, OTW Communications staffer
- Guest: Dr. Paul Booth
- Guest: Dr. Anne Jamison
- Guest: Dr. Frenchy Lunning
- Guest: Dr. Lori Morimoto
March 16: Live chat with fans on “The future of fanworks” from 0100 – 0300 UTC (What time is that in my timezone?)
March 21-24: Q&A posts with copyright practitioners and scholars on “The future of fanworks.”
- Guest: Susan Hall– Read her replies
- Guest: Dr. Sonia Katyal – Read her replies
- Guest: Dr. Peter Jaszi – Read his replies
- Guest: Dr. Chip Stewart – Read his replies
March 29: Live chat with entertainment industry representatives on “The future of fanworks” from 1500 to 1700 UTC (What time is that in my timezone?)
- Moderator: Angela Nichols, OTW Communications staffer
- Guest: Diane Duane
- Guest: Orlando Jones
- Guest: Ellen Kushner
Each chat will be held in our Public Discussion chatroom. Links to the chats will be posted shortly before the events. Although we have done our best to vary the chat times to accommodate fans in all timezones, the scheduling is ultimately dependent on guest availability. For anyone who can’t join a chat live we expect to post transcripts of the events within 48 hours.
We would also like your input! We will be giving all panelists a set of 6 common questions as we believe it will be interesting to bring out different (or common) perspectives on the topics among the various groups. You can submit as many questions as you’d like but as we have limited time we can’t guarantee any particular question will be included. We’ll be looking for questions that are broadly applicable to all groups and are a good representation of “The future of fanworks” topic.
We will be collecting questions until 23:59 UTC on March 1. You can either post your questions here or submit them through our Communications form (just mention they’re for the chats).