[A2k] Yale A2K@ Conference Enables Dialogue Between Civil Society, Business, and Govt

[Robin Gross]

I posted a short blog entry and a couple photos from Yale's A2K2
Conference last weekend.  The A2K@IGF Dynamic Coalition dinner was fun
and I enjoyed seeing everyone.

Blog post:
    http://ipjustice.org/wp/2007/04/30/a2k2-big-success/

Robin
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*Yale Access to Knowledge (A2K2) Conference Enables Dialogue Between
Civil Society, Business, and Govt*

I'm just back from a beautiful weekend at Yale University where the Law
School held its 2nd Access to Knowledge (A2K2) Conference. The meeting
facilitated an important discussion among global civil society,
representatives from business, and governmental officials from several
countries. I spoke on the panel about the role of Search Engines in
providing access to knowledge and focused on the legal and policy issues
for search engines - here are my slides.

Yale Law School's Information Society Project has done an amazing job in
recent years of organizing conferences related to Internet and
intellectual property law and policy, including the 2006 A2K Conference.

This year's A2K2 Conference at Yale included dynamic speakers like Nenna
Nwakanma who spoke about the African experience with ICT and
development. Founder and leader of the Internet Archive Brewster Kahle,
Argentine Economist / Law Professor Carlos Correa, and Richard Owens
from the World Intellectual Property Organization also participated in
the discussion. Other terrific speakers included Director of the Center
for Technology & Society in Rio de Janeiro Ronaldo Lemos, Sisule Musungu
from the World Trade Institute, BBC's Creative Archive Director Paul
Gerhardt, and Yale Law School's own Yochai Benkler. See also Yale Law
School Professor Jack Balkin's opening remarks.

Yale ISP's A2K2 Conference also provided an opportunity for the UN
Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Dynamic Coalition on Access to Knowledge
and Free Expression (A2K@IGF) to hold a dinner on Saturday night. Thanks
to Intel's Brad Biddle for picking up the tab on the coalition's dinner
and to Yale ISP's Laura deNardis for organizing the fun dinner!

Here are some photos from the A2K@IGF dinner at Yale:
    http://ipjustice.org/wp/2007/04/30/a2k2-big-success/