Jeff Young ~ Flickr photo courtesy of John Biehler

Third Tuesday Vancouver organised by Monica Hamburg and Tanya Davis (aka NetChick) will be taking place tonight at Republic (one of my favourite clubs in Vancouver).

Launch Party Vancouver 2Republic

THIRD TUESDAY VANCOUVER is a free monthly meetup for Vancouver area communications and marketing folks interested in learning/sharing more about the practical applications of social media in society, organizations, business and government.

Third Tuesday meetups typically include a guest speaker who talks with the group about different social media technologies and trends and how these things apply to communication and community building. We encourage group discussion and learning, and we do this by keeping our meetups very casual and open, but focused as well, so that our members walk away with new insights and actionable ideas for their businesses.

Today the speaker will be Jeff Young. He will discuss Intellectual Property Law in Social Media. It is the second half of his presentation from last Winter in which he will focus on trademarks, rights of privacy, and intellectual property law.

Jeff received his Bachelor of Law degree from UBC, where he also studied Commerce, before beginning his 18 year legal career which started in corporate and real estate law and ultimately focused on intellectual property and entertainment, particularly in film/TV and music. Jeff currently teaches Film Law and New Media Law in the School of Business / New Media Dept. at BCIT. Jeff is also a music composer, producer and supervisor with credits on numerous recordings including projects delivered to Warner, Universal, CBC, CTV, NBC, Global and the Knowledge Network.

Relevance: It will be a fun and informative event. You should be there, if you are interested in social media!