[Ip-health] Access to Knowledge and Human Rights Conference, 12-13 February 2010 (A2K4)

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Dear colleagues and friends,



3D --> Trade =96 Human Rights =96 Equitable Economy is pleased to invite yo=
u to
join the Access to Knowledge (A2K) and Human Rights Conference that will
take place from 12-13 February 2010 at the Yale Law School, New Haven
(Connecticut). The event seeks to lay the groundwork =96 conceptual and
strategic =96 to build bridges between the A2K and human rights communities
and to pursue common goals of promoting greater access to knowledge,
culture, technology and tools for innovation worldwide.



The two-day conference will feature an international line-up of academics
and practitioners addressing topics including technologies of dissent,
freedom to innovate, digital education and the right to health. It is open
to the public. For more information, including a detailed agenda and the
list of confirmed speakers, and to register please visit
http://www.law.yale.edu/intellectuallife/a2k4.htm



3D will host the concluding panel on 13 February that looks at both the
challenges and the opportunities of promoting A2K goals through a human
rights framework.



Your contributions are welcome and we are looking forward to seeing you at
Yale!



Sincerely,



Violette Ruppanner

Director







3D --> Trade - Human Rights - Equitable Economy

15, rue des Savoises

1205 Gen=E8ve

Suisse

T +4122 320 21 21

F +4122 320 69 48

info@3dthree.org

www.3dthree.org



The A2K4 conference is organized by the Information Society Project at Yale
Law School, in collaboration with the following organizing partners: 3D -->
Trade =96 Human Rights =96 Equitable Economy; AAAS Science and Human Rights
Program; Access to Knowledge for Development (A2K4D) Research Center,
Department of Economics, School of Business, American University in Cairo;
A2K Research Program at the Funda=E7=E3o Get=FAlio Vargas School of Law in =
Sao
Paulo; Association for Progressive Communications; The Berkman Center for
Internet and Society at Harvard University; Centre for Technology and
Society at the Funda=E7=E3o Get=FAlio Vargas School of Law in Rio de Janeir=
o;
Centro de Est=FAdios Interdisciplin=E1rios de Derecho Industrial and Econ=
=F3mico;
Consumers International; Electronic Frontier Foundation; Human Rights USA;
Institute for Information Law and Policy at New York Law School;
Intellectual Property Watch; IQSensato; Knowledge Ecology International;
Orville H. Schell, Jr. Center for International Human Rights at Yale Law
School; UCT Intellectual Property Law and Policy Research; and the
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Information Studies.







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