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

[Chris Friend]

Hi Luis,

One of the keynote speakers alongside me,  as the representative of the
Visually Impaired Sector, is Dipendra who has spear-headed Daisy production
in India and is leading Daisy's progress in the Developing  Countries.  Thi=
s
is why he has been chosen to represent the interests of the South.

Secondly, do not fear I will certainly headline the Treaty is for the
visually impaired and all other reading disabled readers.
Regards,

Chris.

Christopher Friend
WBU Strategic Objective Leader - Accessibility
Chair WBU  Global Right to Read Campaign

Programme Development Advisor
Sightsavers International

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(July 13 in Geneva)

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[ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] Certainly there is a
deliverated aim to exclude a larger constituency of beneficiaries, so it
will be important to ask WIPO to correct the name to include reading
disable.  Also according to the progrma, asian countries are left out of th=
e
panel of goverments. Certainly would be very important to have WIPO also
include them, as well as representative of a developing country blind
association. I think Pablo Lecuona of Tiflo libros or Norma Toucedo from th=
e
braille foundation in Uruguay would be great to provide inputs of the
problems in the south.

Best regards

LUIS

2009/6/25 Claude Almansi <claude.almansi@gmail.com>

> 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:
> > 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).
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > The event is open to the public.
> > General Information
> >
> > The Conference will be held at Room I, International Conference
> > Center Geneva (CICG), 17, rue de Varemb=E9, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland.
> > Further information.
> > Program/Presentations
> >
> > The provisional program is available and will be updated regularly.
> > Speakers=92 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
> >
> >   * Media Accreditation Form [PDF] [DOC]
> >
> >
> >
> **********************************************************************
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> > Manon Ress
> > manon.ress@keionline.org
> > Knowledge Ecology International
> > 1621 Connecticut Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20009 USA
> > Tel.:  +1.202.332.2670, Fax: +1.202.332.2673
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