**Remote participation in the A2K2 conference on the
accompanyong
Wiki: http://research.yale.edu/isp/a2k/wiki/index.php/Yale_A
2K2.
We invite you to contribute background materials on access
to
knowledge issues and to suggest questions to be addressed on
the
individual panels.
2nd Annual Access to Knowledge Conference (A2K2)
Yale Information Society Project
April 27-29, 2007
Yale Law School
http://r
esearch.yale.edu/isp/eventsa2k2.html
REGISTRATION is still OPEN at https://wems.world
tek.com/yaleA2K2
A2K2 Open Wiki: http
://research.yale.edu/isp/a2k/wiki/index.php/
Yale_A2K2
The last several years have witnessed the coalescing of the
Access to Knowledge (A2K) social movement that champions
human
rights, human development, and the public interest as the
focal
points of innovation and information policy.
The Yale Information Society Project's (ISP) first A2K
conference
advanced our commitment to building a broad conceptual
framework
of Access to Knowledge that can foster powerful coalitions
between diverse groups. The A2k conference brought together
leading scholars and activists from all over the world to
participate in the construction of an intellectual framework
for
access to knowledge. Full conference proceedings and
foundational
resources for Access to Knowledge are available at the Yale
A2K
conference wiki.
This year, on April 27th-29th 2007, the weekend of World
Intellectual Property Day, the A2K2 conference promises be a
pivotal event mobilizing the A2K coalition. Taking place
between
sessions of the World Intellectual Property Organization
(WIPO)
in which the Development Agenda is being formalized, this
gathering is an oportunity to help define the emerging
vision of
innovation and information policy.
A2K2 will further build the coalition amongst institutions
and
stakeholders that crystallized at the first landmark
conference,
help set the agenda for A2K policy and advocacy, and deepen
the
understanding of the theoretical underpinnings of access to
knowledge issues. The A2K2 conference program is focused
around
mobilizing different spheres of society: Industry, Civil
Society,
Governments, and Technologists. The policy panels focus on a
diverse set of A2K issues and are oriented towards tangible
legal
and technological solutions and collaborative strategies for
policy makers and individual institutions.
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