[A2k] A2K2 -- IJCLP CFP & Writing Competition - Deadline extension: February 15, 2007

Wed Jan 17 04:49:29 2007

Apologies for cross-posting: please note deadline extension

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CALL FOR PAPERS & WRITING COMPETITION - 2007

YALE ISP SECOND CONFERENCE ON ACCESS 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 for=
 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/ <http://research.yale.edu/isp/a2k/wiki/=
> .

A2K policy issues to be addressed include:
* Compulsory Licensing for Access to Medicines
* Community Media
* Multilingual Domain Names
* Open Source Licensing
* Distance Education
* Traditional Knowledge & Genetic Resources
* Collaborative Scientific Databases
* Access to Government Information
* Agriculture & Genetically Modified Crops
* Peer Production
* Digital Archiving
* Online Journalism
* Municipal WiFi & Mesh Networking
* Generics Pharmaceutical Industry
* Open Standards
* Digital 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, Febru=
ary 15th, 2007. The author of the best paper, as well as two runners-up wil=
l be invited to present their work at a panel during the conference. The au=
thor of the winning paper will receive coverage of his/her travel to and ac=
commodations at Yale University for the conference. Selected papers will be=
 announced by April 1st, 2007. The authors of the award-winning papers will=
 automatically be invited to publish their work in a special Autumn 2007 vo=
lume of the International Journal of Communications Law & Policy (http://ww=
w.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 w=
ithin the central focus of the IJCLP - communications law & policy. All sub=
missions should be written in English in .rtf or .pdf format. They should c=
onform 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 simu=
ltaneously to the lead editors of the IJCLP, Simone Francesco Bonetti (simo=
.bonetti[at]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