International Symposium on Open Access and the Public Domain in Digital Data and Information for Science
UNESCO Headquarters, Fontenoy Room II
Paris, France — 10-11 March 2003

Preliminary Program
(as of 25 February 2003)

Monday, 10 March

8:00    Registration
8:40 Welcome by CODATA President
Shuichi IWATA, University of Tokyo, Japan
8:45   Introduction by Symposium Chair
M.G.K. MENON, LEAD India
8:55   Keynote Address
Science Communication and Public Policy
David Dickson, SciDev.Net
 

Session One—Legal, Economic, and Technological Framework for
Open Access and Public Domain in Digital Data and Information for Science
9:20 Introductory Remarks by Session Chair
Elizabeth LONGWORTH, Industry New Zealand, New Zealand
9:30 Overview of Legal Aspects in the European Union
Thomas DREIER, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
9:55 The Legal Context in Developing Countries
Alan STORY, University of Kent Law School, UK
10:20 Economic Overview of Open Access and the Public Domain in Digital S&T Information
Robin COWAN, MERIT/University of Maastricht, Netherlands
10:45  COFFEE
11:10 UNESCO's Approach to Open Access and Public-Domain Information
Koïchiro MATSUURA, Director-General, UNESCO
11:25   Economic Considerations for Open Access and Public Domain Availability of Scientific Information in Developing Countries
Clemente FORERO-PINEDA, University of Bogota, Colombia
11:50  Information Technology and Data in the Context of Developing Countries
Chrisanthi AVGEROU, London School of Economics, UK
12:15 Discussion
12:45 LUNCH
 
The Opportunities and Challenges of Open Access and
Public-Domain Scientific Information in Developing Countries
 

Session Two—Data and Information in the Public Health Sector
14:00 Introductory Remarks by Session Chair
Dialo DIOP, Université Cheihk Anta Diop, Senegal
14:10 The Ptolemy Project: Delivering Electronic Health Information in East Africa
Massey BEVERIDGE, University of Toronto, Canada
14:35  Health Information for Disaster Preparedness in Latin America
Jean Luc PONCELET, Pan American Health Organization, USA
15:00 Bioline International and the Journal of Postgraduate Medicine: A Collaborative Model of Open Access Publishing
D.K. SAHU, JPM Managing Editor, India, and Leslie CHAN, Bioline, Canada
15:25  COFFEE
 

Session Three—Data and Information in the Environmental Sector
15:50  Introductory Remarks by Session Chair
Farouk EL-BAZ, Boston University
16:00 

Geospatial Information for Development
Mukund RAO, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
16:25  A Comparative Analysis of Data Access Policies in Meteorology
Peter WEISS, U.S. National Weather Service, USA
16:50 Recent Developments in Environmental Data Access Policies in The Peoples' Republic of China
LIU Chuang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
17:15  Discussion
17:50 ADJOURN
18:00 RECEPTION
   
Tuesday, 11 March
8:15  Registration
Session Four—Basic Sciences and Higher Education
8:50 Introductory Remarks by Session Chair
Lulama MAKHUBELA, South African Data Archive, South Africa
9:00   Information Needs for Basic Research: An African Perspective
Andrew KANIKI, National Research Foundation, South Africa
9:25 International Transfers of Information in the Physical Sciences
R. Stephen BERRY, University of Chicago, USA     
9:50 

Access to Scientific Information: Distance Education - The Ukraine and other CIS Countries Perspectives
Michail ZGUROVSKY, National Technical University of Ukraine, Ukraine
10:15 COFFEE
 


Session Five—Innovative Models for Public-Domain Production
of and Open Access to S&T Data and Information
10:40 Introductory Remarks by Session Chair
Dominique FORAY, Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, France
10:50  A Contractually Reconstructed Research Commons for Scientific Data: International Considerations
Jerome REICHMAN, Duke University Law School, USA, and Paul Uhlir, The National Academies, USA
11:10  The Open Source Paradigm and the Production of Scientific Information:
A Future Vision and Implications for Developing Countries
Charles SCHWEIK, University of Massachusetts, USA
11:35  New and Changing Scientific Publication Practices Due to Open Access Publication Initiatives
Erik SANDEWALL, Linköping University, Sweden
12:00  Overview of Open Access and Public Commons Initiatives in the United States
Harlan ONSRUD, University of Maine, USA
12:25  Discussion
12:55  LUNCH
 

Session Six—Examples of New Initiatives in Developing Countries
14:00 Introductory Comments by Session Chair
Alexei GVISHIANI, United Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
14:15  Overview of Initiatives in the Developing World
Sarah DURRANT, International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications, UK
14:40  Open Source GIS Software in Brazil
Gilberto CAMARA, National Institute for Space Research (INPE), Brazil
15:00  

Public Knowledge Project Open Journal System
Sal MUTHAYAN, Doctoral Candidate, South Africa, and Florence MUINDE, UNESCO Fellow, Kenya
15:20    Metadata Clearinghouse and Open Access to Geographic Data in Namibia
Emma NOONGO and Nico WELLEMSE, Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Namibia
15:40   Open Access Initiatives in India
T.B. RAJASHEKAR, National Centre for Science, India
16:00  General discussiom
16:20 Closing Remarks by Symposium Chair
M.G.K. MENON, LEAD India
16:30 ADJOURN