[A2k] WIPO Meeting the Needs of the Visually Impaired Persons (July 13 in Geneva)

[Claude Almansi]

Should the fact that reading disabled people are not mentioned be
considered as worrying or am I just being paranoid?

Best

Claude

On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 5:03 PM, Manon Ress<manon.ress@keionline.org> wrote=
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> http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/2009/vip_ge/
> Meeting the Needs of the Visually Impaired Persons: What Challenges
> for IP?
> International Conference Centre Geneva (CICG) Geneva, July 13, 2009
> (from 9 to 10.30 a.m.)
> Background
>
> The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is organizing a
> meeting on the needs of visually impaired persons and the associated
> IP challenges on Monday, July 13, 2009, from 9 to 10.30 a.m., at the
> International Conference Centre Geneva (CICG).
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> The proliferation of digital technologies has added a new dimension to
> the question of how to maintain a balance between the protection
> available to right owners, on the one hand, and the needs of specific
> user groups on the other hand. User groups which seek to benefit from
> reasonable exceptions and limitations to copyright protection include
> more than 160 million blind or visually impaired persons around the
> world.
>
> The meeting will provide a forum for stakeholders to discuss, in
> practical terms, how the intellectual property system can best meet
> the needs of visually impaired people by improving timely access to
> copyright-protected content.
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> The event is open to the public.
> General Information
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> The Conference will be held at Room I, International Conference Center
> Geneva (CICG), 17, rue de Varemb=C3=A9, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland. Further
> information.
> Program/Presentations
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> The provisional program is available and will be updated regularly.
> Speakers=E2=80=99 presentations will be added at a later stage.
> Registration [on-line registration]
>
> No registration fee is required for this meeting.
>
> Deadline for registration: June 30, 2009
> Press Accreditation
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> =C2=A0 * Media Accreditation Form [PDF] [DOC]
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