2nd Annual Access to Knowledge Conference (A2K2)

Posted by on April 23, 2007

Remote participation in the A2K2 conference on the accompanyong Wiki: http://research.yale.edu/isp/a2k/wiki/index.php/Yale_A2K2. 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://research.yale.edu/isp/eventsa2k2.html
REGISTRATION is still OPEN at https://wems.worldtek.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.