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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">2012
Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">December 15-17, 2012<br>
FGV Law School<br>
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555"><a href="http://infojustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Call-for-Participation-and-Save-the-Date.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="color:#008dcf;text-decoration:none">Printable Call for Participation</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">We are pleased to announce the Second Global Congress on
Intellectual Property and the Public Interest. The theme for this year’s
Congress will be “Setting the positive agenda in motion.” This note invites
applications to attend the Congress, including proposals to chair workshops or
deliver a paper or presentation related to the Congress’s theme.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">APPLICATION AND COST INFORMATION</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">The application form is available now at <a href="http://infojustice.org/public-events/globalcongress2012/registration" target="_blank"><span style="color:#008dcf;text-decoration:none">http://infojustice.org/globalcongress2012/registration</span></a>.
Due to generous support from our sponsors, the Congress will cover the
registration fees and all on-site costs for all attendees, including lunches
and dinner receptions. Limited travel grants to cover accommodation and/or
travel to the Congress will be available, with priorities for those from
developing countries.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">DEADLINES</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#555555"><span>§<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">Priority
applications for travel assistance and to present or chair a workshop at the
Congress will be due by August 1, 2012.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#555555"><span>§<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">Final
applications for travel grants, subject to funding availability, as well as
applications to present at the Congress, will be due by September 1, 2012.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#555555"><span>§<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">Applicants
not seeking travel assistance or presentation opportunities may apply to attend
the Congress by November 1, 2012.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">BACKGROUND AND EXPLANATION OF THE THEME</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">The <a href="http://infojustice.org/global-congress" target="_blank"><span style="color:#008dcf;text-decoration:none">First Global Congress on
Intellectual Property and the Public Interest</span></a> was convened in
2011 to define a positive agenda for policy reform, build a global network of
scholars and advocates to promote the agenda and provide opportunities for the
sharing of research and strategies. The nearly 200 inaugural participants
from over 30 countries and 6 continents deliberated over three days through
in-person meetings and web-based collaboration to produce the Washington
Declaration on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest (<a href="http://infojustice.org/washington-declaration" target="_blank"><span style="color:#008dcf;text-decoration:none">http://infojustice.org/washington-declaration</span></a>)
— an action agenda for promoting the public interest in intellectual property
and information law reform around the world.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">Sixteen months later, we come together to measure our progress
and expand the positive agenda. To this end, we invite applications to attend the
Congress and contribute to its deliberations identifying forums where policy is
being developed, proposing policies or actions that promote public interest
goals and principles, and identifying and planning to respond to research and
analysis needs.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">PRESENTATION OPPORTUNITIES</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">Because the primary purpose of the Congress is to promote
deliberation and action planning, the opportunities for formal presentation
will be somewhat limited. We will, however, have spaces for keynote
presentations or panel discussions for each session (see below). In addition,
as in the inaugural year, the Congress will host small works-in-progress
workshops to allow participants to share their own work and solicit feedback
from peers.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">DRAFT WORKSHOP SESSIONS</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">Six main tracks will include a half day workshop introduced by a
lecture or panel discussion on one or more of the themes noted below. The
keynote introduction will be followed by deliberation in which participants
will, first, review progress and opportunity in existing or potential policy
forums and, second, review the current state of research and identify policy
and empirical research needs and resources. Tracks will also have opportunities
to draft statements or action plans for adoption at the closing plenary of the
Congress or for discussion and online after the Congress ends.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">We encourage applicants to identify specific sessions in which
they would like to contribute.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">Regulating Intellectual Property</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">: </span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">T</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">his
session will survey recent developments and proposals to regulate uses of
intellectual property through other legal doctrines that express and safeguard
human values, including human rights, consumer protection, competition and
privacy laws.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">Valuing Openness and the Public Domain:</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555"> This
session will survey recent developments and proposals to ensure that creative
and innovative works ultimately become free for all to use as part of the
public domain, including through open licensing, open access, open educational
resources, open data, open standards, open government, and related open
information policies.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">Strengthening Limitations and Exceptions as Enabling Tools for
Innovation and Expression</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">: This session will survey recent
developments and proposals to use limitations and exceptions as positive
enabling doctrines to ensure that intellectual property law fulfills its
ultimate purpose of promoting essential aspects of the public interest.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">Setting Public Interest Priorities for Patent and Research and
Development Reform</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">: This session will survey recent developments and proposals to
ensure that patent and other research and development policies serve all
segments of society, and particularly the most disadvantaged, and accommodate
the diverse needs of a complex world with a more diverse structure of
incentives for innovation.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">Supporting Cultural Creativity:</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555"> This
session will survey recent developments and proposals to maximize opportunities
for creativity while increasing access to creative works and helping to end
disputes over practices like non-commercial file-sharing.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">Checking Enforcement Excesses:</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555"> This session will
survey recent developments and proposals to ensure that intellectual property
enforcement policies and practices respect the human rights principle of
proportionality and are not used as a diversion from the difficult task of
tailoring intellectual property norms to their social contexts.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">Implementing Development Agendas:</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555"> This
session will survey recent developments and proposals to fully integrate the
development dimension into intellectual property policy and norm-setting at all
levels of international and national intellectual policy making.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">Targeted Research:</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555"> Given the spectrum of
issues described above, what are the key research needs? Given academic
incentive structures, what kinds of research fall through the cracks?
Given the funding crisis in this field, how can we meet research needs on
the cheap? Given the international scope of many policy issues, how can we work
collaboratively and comparatively? Given the Internet, how can we develop
and leverage new software tools for data collection?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">In addition to the above sessions, we invite presentations on
other topics relevant to the positive agenda the Washington Declaration
promotes, including:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#555555"><span>§<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">the role
of mobilisation and activism.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#555555"><span>§<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">collaboration
between ISPs and governments in enforcement</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#555555"><span>§<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">the
ecology of access to educational materials</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#555555"><span>§<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">designing
copyright from scratch</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#555555"><span>§<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">updates
and lessons from specific forms, e.g. WIPO, national legislatures, trade
negotiations, etc.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">The application form is available now at <a href="http://infojustice.org/public-events/globalcongress2012/registration" target="_blank"><span style="color:#008dcf;text-decoration:none">http://infojustice.org/globalcongress2012/registration</span></a><a href="http://jotformpro.com/form/21173970862962." target="_blank"><span style="color:#008dcf;text-decoration:none">.</span></a> Please forward this invitation to
interested lists and individuals. For more information or questions, you may
contact<a href="mailto:globalcongress2012@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:#008dcf;text-decoration:none">globalcongress2012@gmail.com</span></a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">GLOBAL CONGRESS PLANNING COMMITTEE:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#555555"><span>§<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">Centro
de Tecnologia e Sociedade – CTS | FGV DIREITO RIO, 2012 Chair</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#555555"><span>§<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">American
Assembly, Columbia University, New York</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#555555"><span>§<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">International
Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, Geneva</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#555555"><span>§<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">Centre
for Internet and Society, India</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#555555"><span>§<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">Open
African Innovation Research and Training (Open AIR) initiative</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#555555"><span>§<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555">Program
on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, American University, Wash.
D.C.</span></p>
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</div><br></div><div><div class="h5"><div><div>-- <br><br>Joana Varon Ferraz<br>Centro de Tecnologia e Sociedade (CTS-FGV)<br>
<a href="http://direitorio.fgv.br/cts/" target="_blank">http://direitorio.fgv.br/cts/</a><br>
<a href="http://a2kbrasil.org.br" target="_blank">http://a2kbrasil.org.br</a><br>@joana_varon<br>
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