[BOAI] A2K4: February 11-13th

[Peter Suber]

[Forwarding from the Yale Law School Information Society Project.  --Peter
Suber.]


January 29, 2010
Yale ISP To Host A2K4 Conference on Access to Knowledge and Human Rights
February 11-13 The Information Society
Project<http://www.law.yale.edu/intellectuallife/informationsocietyproject.htm>(ISP)
at Yale Law School will host its fourth Access
to Knowledge Conference
<http://www.law.yale.edu/intellectuallife/a2k4.htm>(A2K4) Thursday,
February 11, through Saturday, February 13, 2010, at Yale
Law School, 127 Wall Street, New Haven, CT.

The three-day event will bring together an international group of scholars
and public interest advocates to discuss the intersections between global
knowledge policy and human rights.

Members of the public not attending in person will be able to follow the
discussions via live streaming video, which will be available on the ISP
blog <http://yaleisp.org/>. Remote participants may contribute comments and
questions to the panelists via Twitter <http://twitter.com/search?q=%23a2k4>.


“Opening up access to knowledge is a demand of global justice; it is both a
human rights issue and a crucial factor in spurring economic development and
technological innovation,” said Yale Law School Professor Jack Balkin,
founder and director of the ISP.

This year’s conference will be the first to focus on the human rights
dimension of access to knowledge. Participants will explore the implications
of intellectual property, telecommunications and technology policy for
freedom of expression, access to education and health care, and other rights
recognized in international law.

“Issues of access to knowledge have a great impact upon the enjoyment of
many human rights,” said Lea Shaver ’06, ISP’s Access to Knowledge Program
Director. “Thinking more deliberately about these connections can open up
new avenues for public interest advocacy and policy reform.”

The ISP is collaborating on the conference with a diverse team of organizing
partners <http://www.law.yale.edu/intellectuallife/a2k4thoughtpieces.htm>representing
academia and civil society. Partners include both organizations
long involved with access to knowledge issues, as well as those active in
the sphere of human rights advocacy.

The A2K4 conference is open to the public. Advance registration is required
for those attending in person and should be completed
online<http://www.regonline.com/Checkin.asp?EventId=803707>.
Registration fees are waived for Yale faculty and students.

For further information about the conference, including the
schedule<http://www.law.yale.edu/intellectuallife/a2k4agenda.htm>and
list
of speakers <http://www.law.yale.edu/intellectuallife/A2K4speakers.htm>,
visit the A2K4 conference
website<http://www.law.yale.edu/intellectuallife/a2k4.htm>.


The ISP's first Access to Knowledge conference was convened in 2006 to
explore knowledge policy reform to promote innovation, economic growth, and
international development. The Yale ISP was founded in 1997 by Professor
Jack Balkin to study the impact of the Internet and new information
technologies on law and society.
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