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Conference Announcement "Access to Knowledge and Human Rights" International Conference Law School, Yale University New Haven, CT (USA) 12-13 February 2010 __________________________________________________ Access to knowledge (A2K) is about designing intellectual property laws, telecommunication policies, and technical architectures that encourage broader participation in cultural, civic, and educational affairs; expand the benefits of scientific and technological advancement; and promote innovation, development, and social progress across the globe. The Information Society Project at Yale Law School has already hosted three major conferences on access to knowledge. These helped to lay intellectual groundwork for theorizing A2K as a framework for public policy and to consolidate a broad international A2K movement. This year, we will again host a major A2K conference, but with a more specialized theme: the intersection between access to knowledge and human rights. The right to take part in cultural life, to share in scientific progress, the rights to education, health care, and food: all are impacted by policies and movements around intellectual property and Internet freedom. This conference seeks to lay the groundwork – conceptual and strategic – to build bridges between the A2K and human rights communities pursuing common goals of promoting greater access to knowledge, culture, technology and tools for innovation worldwide. The two-day conference will feature a diverse range of academics and practitioners in plenary panels on topics including Access to Knowledge and International Human Rights, Technologies of Dissent, The Right to Culture and Science, and Digital Education and The Right to Learn. The conference will also include breakout sessions of working groups organized around specific issue areas such as: climate change, gender equality, Internet freedom, food security, access to medicines or other topics, depending on the interests of attendees and partner organizations. The conference is being hosted by the Yale Information Society Project, an intellectual center examining the implications of the Internet and new information technologies for law and society. The topics for discussion include: 1. Perspectives on Access to Knowledge and Human Rights 2. Technologies of Dissent: Information and Expression in a Digital World 3. The Right to Health: Promoting Innovation and Equity 4. The Right to Education: Realizing the Potential of Digital Tools 5. Freedom to Innovate: Knowledge, Technology, Culture 6. The Right to Science and Culture: Participation and Access For more information, including a detailed agenda and list of confirmed speakers, please visit: http://www.law.yale.edu/intellectuallife/a2k4.htm Attendance is open to the public with registration via: http://www.regonline.com/Checkin.asp?EventId=803707 __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
