The Consumers International Global Meeting on A2K 2010 is to be held at the Holiday Villa hotel in Subang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 21 and 22 April 2010.
The meeting will bring together CI imembers and other NGOs from around the world to discuss and collaborate on issues of access to knowledge (A2K) and communications rights. Highlights will include the launch of the Consumers International IP Watch List for 2010, the launch of CI’s new film on A2K, and the release of the results of our access barrier survey.
There will also be a special book launch, exhibition and commemorative session celebrating 50 years of Consumers International. Don’t miss the most important day on the A2K calendar for the global consumer movement!
Provisional Agenda
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21 April – Working and reporting back |
22 April – Conference |
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| 08:30 | Registration | 08:30 | Registration |
| 09:00 | Welcomes and introductions | 09:00 | Welcome |
| 09:30 | Head, Regional Office on CI-50 | 09:15 | Libraries and Access to Knowledge |
| 10:00 | Book launch by Anwar Fazal | 10:15 | Human rights in the information society |
| 10:30 | Break and CI-50 exhibition | 10:45 | Break |
| 11:00 | Overview of A2K activities in 2009 | 11:00 | Cyber security and consumers |
| 11:30 | Report on A2K access barrier survey | 12:00 | Reforming the copyright law in Brazil |
| 12:00 | Interim evaluation of the project | 12:30 | Stakeholders in education and A2K |
| 12:30 | Australian and Israeli research report | 13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00 | Lunch | 14:00 | Mapping A2K advocacy |
| 14:00 | Launch of 2010 IP Watch List | 15:00 | 300th anniversary of Statute of Anne |
| 14:30 | Reports on advocacy and campaigning | 15:30 | African Copyright and A2K Project |
| 16:15 | Break | 16:00 | Break |
| 16:30 | CI’s 2010-2012 Strategic Plan on A2K | 16:15 | Transnational Rights Advocacy |
| 17:00 | Development of a statement on A2K | 17:15 | Free slot |
| 17:45 | Closing remarks and break | 17:45 | Closing remarks |
| 20:00 | Dinner and movie night | 18:00 | Close |
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