Access to Knowledge Conference (A2K3)
8th – 10th September 2008 • Co-organised with Yale Law School Information Society Project; Knowledge Ecology International (KEI); Fundacio Getulio Vargas School of Law; Electronic Information for Libraries (eIFL.net); The International Federation of Library Associations; Library Copyright Alliance and 3D; IQsensato
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Access to knowledge (A2K) is essential for promoting human rights, economic and cultural development, innovation, individual freedom and creativity.
A2K3 will bring together scholars, policymakers, industry, and civil society to discuss key issues in global knowledge policy. Topics will include: the history, impact, and future of the global A2K movement; the relationship between A2K and human rights; A2K and the WIPO Development Agenda; the impact of international trade rules on A2K; copyright exceptions and limitations in the information society; open business models; research and capacity building for A2K; prizes as alternatives to intellectual property monopolies; promoting open access to science and research; technologies of access such as community wireless, open source, and open standards; and public mobilization in the networked and digital global public sphere.
Miguel Rodriguez, Senior Fellow at ICTSD, will be the moderator of the panel on A2K and tnternational trade and Ahmed Abdel Latif, Programme Manager for IP and Sustainable Sevelopment, will moderate the panel on A2K and the WIPO Development Agenda.
The International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) is one of the organizers of A2K3.
This year’s A2K conference coincides with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) annual assemblies, being held in Geneva later that month.
The A2K3 conference is free and open to the public. Advance registration is required and will be available at http://isp.law.yale.edu/
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