[A2k] IJCLP CFP & writing competition - Yale A2K2 conference, April 27-29, 2007

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Call for Papers & Writing Competition - Yale ISP Second Conference on Acces=
s to Knowledge (A2K2) [April 27-29, 2007]

The Yale Law School Information Society Project (ISP) and the International=
 Journal of Communications Law & Policy (IJCLP) are pleased to announce the=
ir fourth interdisciplinary writing competition and call for papers in conj=
unction with the Second Access to Knowledge (A2K2) Conference taking place =
on April 27-29, 2007 at Yale Law School . We invite scholars, policy makers=
, technologists, activists and industry representatives to submit papers fo=
r the writing competition and/or for publication by the IJCLP.

Conference Description

History shows that revolutions come with a price tag and the 'information r=
evolution' through which we are living is no exception. We are only now beg=
inning to understand the economic and humanitarian tolls along the informat=
ion superhighway and how much the evolution into a worldwide information ec=
onomy is really costing humanity on a global scale. Environmentalism was a =
belated response to the industrial revolution. The Yale Access to Knowledge=
 (A2K) Initiative aims to build an intellectual framework that will protect=
 access to knowledge both as the basis for sustainable human development an=
d to safeguard human rights.

The A2K2 conference will be an event focused on mobilizing the A2K coalitio=
n. A2K2 will keep building the connections between access to knowledge issu=
es and amongst the institutions that crystallized at the first landmark con=
ference. Developing both a theoretical framework and delving into the detai=
ls of practical implementation, the program will focus on mobilizing the pr=
ivate sector, governments, and civil society around A2K issues. A2K2's poli=
cy panels will be structured towards tangible legal and technological solut=
ions and collaborative strategies for policy makers and individual institut=
ions.

Conference proceedings and foundational resources from last year's Access t=
o Knowledge conference are available at the Yale A2K conference wiki at htt=
p://research.yale.edu/isp/a2k/wiki/.

A2K policy issues to be addressed include:

*=09Compulsory Licensing for Access to Medicines
*=09Community Media
*=09Multilingual Domain Names
*=09Open Source Licensing
*=09Distance Education
*=09Traditional Knowledge & Genetic Resources
*=09Collaborative Scientific Databases
*=09Access to Government Information
*=09Agriculture & Genetically Modified Crops
*=09Peer Production
*=09Digital Archiving
*=09Online Journalism
*=09Municipal WiFi & Mesh Networking
*=09Generics Pharmaceutical Industry
*=09Open Standards
*=09Digital Rights Management

A full conference description will be available on the Yale ISP's A2K2 Init=
iative page at http://research.yale.edu/isp/.

 Writing Competition

Submissions for the writing competition must be received by noon EST, Janua=
ry 8th, 2007. The author of the best paper, as well as two runners-up will =
be invited to present their work at a panel during the conference. The auth=
or of the winning paper will receive coverage of his/her travel to and acco=
mmodations at Yale University for the conference. Selected papers will be a=
nnounced by March 1st, 2007. The authors of the award-winning papers will a=
utomatically be invited to publish their work in a special Autumn 2007 volu=
me of the International Journal of Communications Law & Policy (http://www.=
ijclp.org <http://www.ijclp.org> ) devoted to Access to Knowledge.

Journal Publication

Submissions for publication must be received by noon EST, May 1st, 2007. Th=
e selection committee, composed of the editorial board of the IJCLP, and so=
me of the Yale ISP Fellows, will review and consider all submissions for pu=
blication in the special Autumn 2007 volume of the journal, including submi=
ssions for the writing competition. Authors will be notified of acceptance =
by July 15th, 2007.

Submission Guidelines

Papers may be submitted on any A2K2-related  issue, provided that they lie =
within the central focus of the IJCLP - communications law & policy. All su=
bmissions should be written in English in .rtf or .pdf format. They should =
conform to academic citation standards, be no longer than 25,000 words, and=
 include an abstract of up to 250 words. Submissions should be e-mailed sim=
ultaneously to the lead editors of the IJCLP, Simone Francesco Bonetti (sim=
o.bonetti[at]tiscalinet.it <mailto:simo.bonetti@tiscalinet.it> ) and Boris =
Rotenberg (boris_rotenberg[at]yahoo.it). Inquiries may be addressed to any =
of the above.

Special Call for Papers for Authors from countries listed as developing and=
 transition countries

In addition, the IJCLP is pleased to announce a special (additional) call f=
or papers supported through a grant from the Open Society Institute (OSI) <=
http://www.soros.org/ <http://www.soros.org> >. Authors from countries list=
ed as developing and transition countries* are invited to submit papers rel=
ated to A2K2 by May 1st, 2007. Any paper selected for publication will rece=
ive financial support from our OSI grant. Such support shall include a smal=
l stipend to each author in addition to free editorial processing by the Jo=
urnal. Please note that authors who submit papers for this specific call ar=
e also eligible for the general call for papers and the writing competition=
 awards announced on our web site. Submissions should be e-mailed simultane=
ously to the lead editors of the IJCLP, Simone Francesco Bonetti (simo.bone=
tti [at] tiscalinet [dot] it) and Boris Rotenberg (boris_rotenberg [at] yah=
oo [dot] it). Inquiries may be addressed to any of the above.

* i.e. Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Benin, B=
osnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burma, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, C=
ameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia,=
 Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Hungary, =
Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Lithua=
nia, Laos, Macedonia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Moldova, Mongolia, Mozambiq=
ue, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Peru, Poland, Romania, Russia, Senegal, Serbia=
 and Montenegro, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tajikista=
n, Thailand, Togo, Turkey,Ukraine, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Zambia, Zim=
babwe