[WSIS CS-Plenary] Third Access to Knowledge Conference

[Renate Bloem (Gmail)]

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Third Access to Knowledge Conference (A2K3)  


Monday, September 08, 2008 - Wednesday, September 10, 2008 



Geneva International Conference Centre (CICG) 


17 rue de Varembe, CP 13 


CH - 1211 


Geneva  20 


Switzerland 

 

 

 


Access to knowledge (A2K) is essential for promoting human rights, economic
and cultural development, innovation, individual freedom and creativity.
The Third Access to Knowledge conference (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.

The A2K3 conference is organized by the Information Society Project at Yale
Law School (Yale ISP), in collaboration with Electronic Information for
Libraries (elFL.Net), Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Centre for
Technology and Society at the Fundacao Getulio Vargas School of Law (FGV) -
Rio, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development(ICTSD),
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA),
IQsensato, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI), Library Copyright Alliance
(LCA), UNU-MERIT and 3D -Trade-Human Rights and Equitable Economy.

For more information, please visit the Yale Law School Information Society
Project A2K3 conference web site at:
<http://www.law.yale.edu/intellectuallife/7106.htm>
http://www.law.yale.edu/intellectuallife/7106.htm

This conference is made possible with the funding support from

FORD FOUNDATION        OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE       MACARTHUR FOUNDATION   

 <http://www.law.yale.edu/intellectuallife/7106.htm> 

 


 

Renate Bloem

Past CONGO President

Civicus UN Geneva

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