Dear Friends
Please find attached and below, the
announcement of the International Symposium on Open Access and the
Public Domain in Digital Data and Information for Science. This
takes place in UNESCO, Paris on 10/11 March 2003. I would appreciate if this information could be
disseminated within your respective
organization, institution and university. Detailed
information can also be found on http://www.codata.org
Please note that registration is free but
numbers are limited.
Kathleen Cass
Executive Director, CODATA
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International
Symposium on Open Access and the Public Domain in
Digital
Data and Information for Science
Announcement
This international symposium
will be held 10-11 March 2003 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. It is being
jointly organized by the Committee on Data for Science and
Technology (CODATA), the National Academies, US, the International Council for
Science (ICSU), UNESCO and the International Council for Scientific and
Technical Information (ICSTI), to address the following
Statement of Task:
1.
Describe the role,
value, and limits that the public domain and open access to digital data and
information have in the context of international
research.
2.
Identify and
analyze the various legal, economic, and technological pressures on the public
domain in digital data and information, and their potential effects on
international research.
3.
Review the
existing and proposed approaches for preserving and promoting the public domain
and open access to S&T data and information on a global basis, with
particular attention to the needs of developing countries.
4.
Identify and
analyze important issues for follow up by the ICSU family of organizations and
for the development of an Action Plan in this area by ICSU and UNESCO in
preparation for the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).
The symposium will bring
together leading experts and managers from the government and academic sectors
in the developed and developing world, who are involved in the creation,
dissemination, and use of data and information in public research. The symposium
program and additional background information are available on the CODATA Web site.
Symposium
Registration
The
registration is free and open to the public, but seating is limited.
Participants are encouraged to register online as soon
as possible.