Yale ISP's 2nd Annual Access to Knowledge conference (A2K2)

[Eddan Katz <eddank@aya.yale.edu>]

**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.

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