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The information revolution holds great promise for development, freedom, and justice, but this potential is fragile. Without a coherent framework for why access to knowledge matters and an agenda on how to achieve it, this potential could be undermined by the growing propertization and regulation of knowledge. The Information Society Project (ISP) at Yale Law School invites you to help determine the future of A2K.
From April 21st to April 23rd, 2006, join policy makers, activists, industry leaders, and academics at Yale Law School for a conference addressing this topic in areas such as intellectual property policy, telecommunications, education, culture, science, and health care. Leading thinkers and advocates from North, South, East and West will focus on generating cutting edge research agendas, concrete policy solutions, and strategic partnerships for the next decade.
Plenary Panels defining Access to Knowledge include:
Framing A2K in human rights and development
Political economy of trade treaties and intellectual property
The economics of information
Privacy, national security, and free expression
Innovative public and private solutions to knowledge access and knowledge production in developing countries
Policy Panel topics include:
Measuring Access to Knowledge
Wireless Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and A2K
Traditional Knowledge
Access to Scientific Knowledge
Network Neutrality in the Developing World
Exceptions and Limitations to Copyright
Access to Medicines: India and TRIPS
Peer Production and Education
Digital Rights Management (DRM) and Globalization
Agriculture, and Genetically Modified Crops
Licensing Frameworks for Access to Knowledge
Open Archives, OA Publishing and Libraries
For a full conference description and list of speakers, please visit the conference website at:
http://islandia.law.yale.edu/isp/a2kconfmain.html.
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