February 12-13, 2010, 8:30am-5:00pm
Location: Yale University Law School, 127 Wall Street, New Haven, CT
Cost: General public - $75; Non Yale Student/Faculty - $25.
The Access to Knowledge and Human Rights Conference seeks to lay the groundwork - conceptual and strategic - to build bridges between the A2K and human rights communities pursuing common goals of promoting greater access to knowledge, culture, technology and tools for innovation worldwide.
The two-day conference will feature an international lineup of academics and practitioners addressing topics including Technologies of Dissent, Freedom to Innovate, Digital Education, and the Right to Health. For more information, including a detailed agenda and list of confirmed speakers, please visit http://www.law.yale.edu/intellectuallife/a2k4.htm.
Attendance is open to the public with registration via http://www.regonline.com/Checkin.asp?EventId=803707.
The topics for discussion include:
Panel I. Perspectives on Access to Knowledge and Human Rights
Panel II. Technologies of Dissent: Information and Expression in a Digital World
Panel III. The Right to Health: Promoting Innovation and Equity
Panel IV. The Right to Education: Realizing the Potential of Digital Tools
Panel V. Freedom to Innovate: Knowledge, Technology, Culture
Panel VI. The Right to Science and Culture: Participation and Access
Jessica Wyndham, Project Director, AAAS Science and Human Rights Program, will be giving a presentation on Saturday, February 13 at 11.30am on the topic of Article 15: the right to the benefits of scientific progress and its applications. Jessica Wyndham will form part of Panel VI. The Right to Science and Culture: Participation and Access.