Preliminary detailed program IASC 2012 Thematic Conference on the Knowledge Commons
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The document summarizes an upcoming conference on knowledge commons. It will bring together researchers from various fields to discuss institutional arrangements for collaborative scientific research. The conference includes keynote speakers and sessions on topics like open access publishing, constructing commons in intellectual resources, enabling access to research data internationally, and the historical experience of knowledge commons. The event will take place September 12-14, 2012 in Belgium, organized by universities and research organizations. It aims to address governing pooled knowledge resources and building sustainable commons for scientific, cultural and genetic resources.
Preliminary detailed program IASC 2012 Thematic Conference on the Knowledge Commons
- 1. International Association for the Study of the Commons GOVERNING POOLED KNOWLEDGE RESOURCES: The rapid advances in technologies and digital networks over the past two decades have significantly altered and improved The event includes introductory sessions by high level key-note the ways that data and information can be produced, speakers, parallel sessions with selected papers from the call for disseminated, managed, and used, in science, innovation, papers and three policy panels organized at the end of each culture, and in many other spheres of human endeavor, and afternoon. have created unprecedented opportunities for developing new polices. The list of keynote speakers include Samir K Brahmachari, Carlos Correa, Paul A. David, Emile Frison, Bronwyn H. Hall, Robin These developments are part of the emerging broader Mansell, Anil Markandya, Joel Mokyr, Jerome Reichman, Jakob movement in support of formal and informal “peer production” Rhyner, Paul F. Uhlir. and global dissemination of information by mobilizing the cooperation of distributed knowledge communities in open networked environments. WHERE AND WHEN Indeed, as recognized increasingly in the literature, the emerging economics of 12-14th September 2012, Université knowledge in the digital environment can be catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, seen as a complex mix of social sharing and Belgium exchange in self-governed communities of peers as a modality of production, along with The conference is organized by BIOGOV unit public support and private appropriation as an at Université catholique de Louvain incentive for translating knowledge outputs into (biogov.uclouvain.be) and Institutions for new commercial applications. Collective Action at Universiteit Utrecht (www.collective-action.info). THE EVENT Conference site: http://biogov.uclouvain.be/iasc/ The 1st Global Thematic IASC Conference on the Knowledge Commons brings together leading people from a number of international scientific OPTIONS FOR PARTICIPATION research communities, social science researchers, practitioners and policy analysts, to discuss the rationale and practical 1. Conference package (including conference reception with feasibility of institutional arrangements designed to emulate key special event on Wednesday evening, diner on Thursday public domain conditions for collaborative research. evening, lunches and coffee breaks, local transport and conference documents): The 6 thematic sub-areas that will be addressed in the conference are: Cultural Commons, Genetic Resource - Full conference: 205 EUR for IASC members, 265 EUR for Commons, Scientific Research Commons, Historical non-members; Knowledge Commons, Digital information commons, Innovative - 1 day: 110 EUR Wed, 110 EUR Thu, 45 EUR Fri. Intellectual Property Governance. 2. Attending conference sessions only: no fee (however, registration by email is required to heike.ramer@uclouvain.be). More information & registration: http://biogov.uclouvain.be/iasc/
- 2. Institutions for CPDR Collective Action IASC International Association for the Study of the Commons 1st Thematic Conference on the Knowledge Commons Governing Pooled Knowledge Resources: Building Institutions for Sustainable Scientific, Cultural and Genetic Resource Commons 12-14th September 2012 Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium Preliminary detailed program of key-note sessions and full paper parallel sessions Organized by: Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), Belgium Utrecht University, Netherlands Conference Co-chairs Tom Dedeurwaerdere (Tom.dedeurwaerdere@uclouvain.be) Tine De Moor (t.demoor@uu.nl) In Collaboration with CODATA (International Council for Science : Committee on Data for Science and Technology) : GICSI taks group on Global Information Commons for Science Faculté Universitaire Notre-Dame de la Paix (FUNDP), Belgium Ghent University, Belgium International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC) UNU-Merit (Maastricht) and the Support of The National Science Foundation, Belgium Codata International Fonds voor wetenschappelijk onderzoek NL
- 3. Program key-note topics Wednesday 12 September, 9:00-10:30 Contractually reconstructing data and information commons for global climate change research Prof. Paul David, Stanford, US and Telecom-ParisTech, France Promoting open access to digital knowledge resources Prof. Robin Mansell, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK Thursday 13 September, 9:00-10:30 Open source drugs discovery as a model for commons based innovation in global public health Prof. Samir K Brahmachari, Director, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India The role of the global Crop Commons in supporting livelihoods and food security in developing countries. Emile Frison, Director General of Bioversity International, Italy Friday 14th of September, 9:00-10:30 Sharing of knowledge, technological evolution and economic growth: a historical overview Prof. Joel Mokyr, Northwestern University, US Innovative intellectual property strategies for pooling knowledge and technologies in addressing global challenges. Prof. Bronwyn Hall, University of Berkeley, US Friday 14th of September, 14:00-15:30 Concluding conference session and policy forum on Climate Change : “Towards a Global Science and Technology Policy Agenda for mitigating climate change” Prof. Anil Markandya, Director of Basque Center for Climate Change lead (author of the IPCC report) Jakob Rhyner, Director of United Nation University, Bonn
- 4. Draft Program Sessions TRACK 1: “Scientific Research and Innovation Commons” Beginning with the open source software movement in the 1980s, digital technologies have been applied for the global sharing of data and literature in various research fields, leading in the past decade to an explosion of research and innovation commons in almost all scholarly disciplines and knowledge contexts. In recent years, these disparate commons, developed largely from the bottom- up by the researchers who saw the need and the capabilities and seized the initiative, have begun to be institutionalized from the top-down by research funding agencies, science policy organizations, and even some legislatures. The researchers themselves have moved beyond the development of initial commons designed for specific information types and narrow discipline use, to more integrated and holistic “open knowledge environments” that take full advantage of the advancing digitally networked technologies. It is therefore both timely and appropriate to take stock of where we have been, what the current landscape of scientific research and innovation commons is, and where we can and should be going. This track of the Conference, therefore, will examine issues such as: • The historical, current, and future trends in the development of institutional and governance models for scientific research and innovation commons, and the variability in disciplines. • The relative strengths and weaknesses of fully open, semi-commons, and proprietary approaches to research and the progress of science, in both the public and private sector contexts. • The institutional sustainability of different digitally networked commons in different sectors. • The social, cultural, and political norms and practices that are both enabling and inhibiting the development of research and innovation commons. • Evaluation techniques for better understanding the positive and negative effects of digital commons, specifically on the progress of science and innovation, and on economic growth and social welfare more generally. • Strategies for promoting successful approaches to institutionalizing such commons. Session 1: Open access publishing and journal policies Title Author Institution/Affiliation Country Evaluating the Role of Editorial BANDEH- University of Maryland USA Decisions on Innovation AHMADI Ayeh Landscapes Facilitating open data and code: STODDEN Columbia University USA The role of journal policy Victoria
- 5. Quality Attributes of Online NIV Tal UC Berkeley & Creative USA Creative Enterprise and Its Commons Regulation Session 2: Constructing commons in Intellectual Resources: A Research Framework and Case Studies Title Author Institution/Affiliation Country Constructing Commons in MADISON University of Pittsburgh USA Intellectual Resources Michael School of Law Commons Formation and Patent CONTRERAS American University, USA Deterrence: Assessing the Jorge Washington College of Law Genomics Experience The Rare Diseases Clinical STRANDBURG New York University USA Research Network as a Nested Katherine Cultural Commons Session 3: Enabling access to research data: comparing international and regional initiatives in developed and developing countries Title Author Institution/Affiliation Country Enabling access to research data FITZGERALD Queensland University of Australia in developing countries: Anne Technology, Brisbane designing a policy and practice framework for Malaysia’s public (co-author research universities HASHIM Haswira Nor Mohamad, Australia) Building shared language VILLE Oksanen Aalto University Finland research environments inside European Union – how to (co-author optimize the system based on LINDEN Krister, experiences from real life Finland) Status of Research Data and MKONDIWA Bunda College of Agriculture Malawi Information Sharing in Malawi Maxwell Centre for Agricultural Malawi Research and Development Common knowledge and Human LARA Arturo Universidad Autonoma Mexico Genome Project: Institutional Metropolitana Trajectories (co-author OSORIO Helder, Mexico)
- 6. Session 4: Public-private partnerships and research collaborations in life science research Title Author Institution/Affiliation Country Plant biotechnologies: what is TROMMETTER GAEL UMR INRA UPMF France common and what remains Michel Grenoble private? Ecole Polytechnique, Paris France Genetic Resource Commons: A PATNAIK Wageningen University Netherlands Case study of Central Rice Archana Research Institute (India) (co-author RUIVENKAMP Guido, Netherlands) Value, norms and practices in LOUAFI Selim CIRAD France plant biodiversity-based research and innovation (co-authors commons ARNAUD Elizabeth, Italy, BARTHELEMY Daniel, France, NOYER Jean- Louis, France, PHAM Jean- Louis, France) Networking collections to SMITH David CABI UK provide facilitated and legislation compliant access to microbial resources Session 5: Legal and institutional design of global scientific research collaborations (Titles of this session might still slightly change) Title Author Institution/Affiliation Country When Copyright Law and Jerome Duke Law School USA Science Collide: Empowering Reichman Digitally Integrated Research Methods on a Global Scale Designing global scientific Paul Uhlir National Academy of USA collaborations for scientific Sciences research data. The example of GEOSS Trends in technology transfer: Carlos Correa University of Buenos Argentina implications for developing Aires/South Centre countries
- 7. Track 2: “Digital Information Commons” Digital and network technologies make it easier to share information, whether in the commons or not. Building upon these technical possibilities, various communities define rules of use and re-use of these resources (such as through common use licensing) that support the good functioning of the common digital knowledge resources. User communities may include artists, researchers, educators, media, governments and the digital information potentially includes text, images, databases and audiovisual material. The emerging research field needs to develop theoretical exchanges with more grounded scientific domains and areas of the commons. Besides, both researchers and advocates would benefit from collecting documented use-cases and scalable argumentation on the impact of the digital commons on economy, democracy, education, health and social welfare as a whole. Issues related to incentive to share, incompatibilities, network effects, reputation and evaluation require further research to be overcome and provide evidence and guidance for various user communities and policy-makers. Session 6: Learning from Internet collaboration models Title Author Institution/Affiliation Country Collaborative Success and SCHWEIK University of Massachusetts, USA Abandonment in Open Source Charles Amherst Software Commons (co-author ENGLISH Robert) Social Responsibility Reporting on GARCÍA- University of Oviedo Spain Open Source Developments GARCÍA Jesus From the Tragedy of the DULONG DE Centre national de la France Commons to the Tragedy of the ROSNAY recherche scientifique Anticommons Melanie (co-author LE CROSNIER Hervé, France) The exploitation of digital labor DE FILIPPI CERSA France Primavera
- 8. Session 7: Innovative IP management strategies for digital and scientific research commons Title Author Institution/Affiliation Country The role of the Commons theory LORRAIN Anne- Université Paris-Sud 11 France in revealing the collective nature Catherine of copyright licensing: Max Planck Institute on Germany Intellectual Property and (re)introducing a public Competition Law perspective in the exchange of protected information and knowledge goods Avoiding the Anticommons: BELDIMAN UC Hastings, San Francisco USA Conditioning Release of Culture Dana Collection Materials on an Agreement to "Re-Bundle" IP Rights Ex-post Liability Rules in Modern CASTRO Rosa European University Italy Copyright Law Institute Openness and the Banking of GEORGE Carol University of Edinburgh UK Human Stem Cells Session 8: The governance of online creation communities: learning from case studies and innovative models Title Author Institution/Affiliation Country Towards a new model of RALLET Alain Université Paris Sud France knowledge production: What Wikipedia can teach us? (co-author ROCHELANDET Fabrice, France) The Tragedy of Scientific LUETHI Roger University of Zurich Switzerland Commons (co-authors OSTERLOH Margit, Switzerland, FREY Bruno, Switzerland) Mapping online creation FUSTER MORELL Berkman center for Internet Spain communities for the building of Mayo and Society, Harvard digital commons: Models of University infrastructure governance of collective action and its effects on participation size and complexity of collaboration achieved The role of web platform's IACOMELLA Institue of Sociology Argentina governance in the Franco Research, Faculty of Social
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- 10. TRACK 3: “Historical experience of the knowledge commons” Although knowledge commons seem to be a fairly “new” concept, Europe has a long history of similar institutionalized initiatives, which can in fact also serve as a source of inspiration for the present day exchange of knowledge. One type of such an institution for collective action -and no doubt the most important until the 19th century- was the craft guild which tried to limit professional and personal risks for artisans, from the late middle ages onwards. Guild members their main objective was to provide a minimal but secure income for their members. The capital good they pooled in order to prevent running great risks, was their skill in combination with specific knowledge about their craft: by joining and exchanging their knowledge and training, and taking advantage of the scale of organization they could offer a uniform, high quality good, that would be sold at a minimum price. The guild system enforced the rules of apprenticeship against free-riding and exploitation and offered institutional and practical support to the migrant apprentices, journeymen, and masters who transferred their knowledge from town and region of Europe to another. Session 9: Historical Knowledge Commons and the history of the knowledge commons Title Author Institution/Affiliation Country Mutable bodies / immobile DE MUNCK Bert University of Antwerp Belgium knowledge? Early modern guilds as knowledge communities Early Modern „knowledge POPPLOW Universität Salzburg Austria commons“ to foster Marcus technological innovation – characteristics and paradoxes Organizations of maritime SCHELTJENS University of Groningen Netherlands transporters in the Low Werner Countries, 1400-1800 Born to develop new knowledge TEDESCHI Paolo University of Milan Bicocca Italy commons in agronomics: the agrarian reviews in Lombardy during the 19th century
- 11. TRACK 4: “Genetic Resource Commons” Research on the exchange of genetic resources in various fields (microbial, animal and plant) shows that networking collections or of genetic resources in global and local common pool resources is a workable alternative to market-based solutions, which have been shown to be unable to generate sufficient investment in the vast quantities of genetic resources that are neglected because of their low commercial value or potential but as yet unknown future values. For the improving our understanding of the design of these genetic resource commons however, a more systematic approach, based on a systematic analysis of the structure of the exchanges practices, the terms and conditions of exchanges, and the role of non-market values in the actors’ motivations is needed. The main issue that has to be addressed in this context is the creation of a better fit between the design of institutional arrangements for building the genetic resource commons and the norms and practices of the various user communities. Examples which illustrate, amongst others, attempts in that direction are the use of standard material transfer agreements for exchanges within the global crop and microbial commons ; breeding associations for animal genetic resources, organizations for informal seed exchange in developing countries or participatory breeding in the organic farming sector. Session 10: Harmonization of governance arrangements for genetic-resource commons under the CBD Title Author Institution/Affiliation Country The Pan-European project FRITZE Dagmar Leibniz-Institut DSMZ - Germany Microbial Resource Research Deutsche Sammlung von Infrastructure (MIRRI) Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen Human Pathogens as Capstone VOGEL Joseph University of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Application of the Economics of Henry Information to Convention on Biological Diversity (co-author HOCKING Barbara Ann, Puerto Rico) Economy of knowledge BARBIER CIESM Monaco Michele Filling the Gap: from early BROGGIATO Université catholique de Belgium international legal agreements Arianna Louvain pertaining to global science to new implementation perspectives in the context of the Nagoya protocol
- 12. Session 11: Open access licensing models from the life sciences and information: potential applications for building a global agricultural research commons Title Author Institution/Affiliation Country Access to plant genetic DEIBEL Eric Institut Francilien Recherche France resources: from access as an Innovation Société accessory to international trade rules to open licensing Regulation of Human Gene LUCCHI Nicola Université catholique de Belgium Patents and Scientific Commons: Louvain The Myriad Controversy and its Ramifications Reconciling private and public FRISON Université catholique de Belgium interests through collective Christine Louvain action for food and agriculture: The plant commons (co-authors RAJOTTE Tasmin, Canada, TANSEY Geoff, UK) What kind of goods are plant HALEWOOD Biodiversity International Italy genetic resources? Exploring the Michael contours of a new global commons Session 12: Governing traditional knowledge and informal seed exchange networks for sustainable rural development Title Author Institution/Affiliation Country Sustaining Informal Seed OLANYA David Gulu University Uganda Exchange in Africa Ross Paradigm shifts in plant BATUR Fulya Université catholique de Belgium improvement innovation and Louvain adequacy of intellectual property rights for genetic resource commons: institutional fit analysis
- 13. TRACK 5: “Cultural Commons” “Cultural Commons” refer to cultures located in time and space – either physical or virtual - and shared and expressed by a socially cohesive community. The concept of Cultural Commons proposes a new perspective for studying and analyzing cultures and cultural production. The approach is based on understanding cultures and cultural production as intangible resources shared by communities, whose generation and maintenance involve social dilemmas and collective action. Examples are: cultural district or cultural cluster in a city, a local language, the creativity expressed by designers’ communities or traditional knowledge of indigenous communities. Cultural Commons may be analyzed and defined along three main dimensions: Cultural expression, Space and Community. These dimensions are useful to understand cultures as a new category of shared resources, which encompasses different forms of expression produced by various communities and in several contexts. Cultural expression represents the resource that is produced and managed in a commons-like framework. The spatial dimension reflects the environmental characteristics wherein interactions take place between community members. Finally, the community, built upon an identity and symbolic dimension, takes into account the cohesiveness of its members and their involvement in the cultural process. The community can be described along the density dimension, starting from a close-knit designers’ group to a loosely spread community of players on massive multiplayer online games. Session 13: The impact of cultural heritage legislation and policy on cultural commons Title Author Institution/Affiliation Country The Constitution and the DANIELS Brigham Young University USA Commons Brigham (co-author HUDSON Blake, USA) Safeguarding intangible cultural SANTILLI Federal Prosecutors´ Office Brazil heritage and “cultural commons” Juliana in Brasilia and Center for in Brazil: advances and challenges Sustainable Development, of University of Brasilia Promoting the Genetic Resources SCARIA Arul Université catholique de Belgium and Associated Traditional Louvain Knowledge Based Innovations through a Commons Based Framework: Scope and Challenges
- 14. Session 14: Impact of digital communication and intellectual property models on cultural expression and knowledge of local and indigenous communities Title Author Institution/Affiliation Country Cultural Industries, Digital Divide CHAVEZ Manuel CIIDIR-Universidad de la Mexico and Rural Development: The Sierra Sur case of digital piracy in Oaxaca (co-author SACNHEZ- MEDINA Patricia, Mexico) Re-Making Place: The Social RANGNEKAR School of Law, University of UK Construction of Geographical Dwijen Warwick Indications From Mayan Hackers to Cuban AVILA Renata Universidad Francisco Guatemala Linux communities: the role of Marroquin - Creative digital commons in Cuba and (co-author Commons Guatemala Guatemala HERNANDEZ Eduardo, Cuba) Information and Communication ORTIZ Gabriela IASC Mexico Technology as a tool to maintain Common Property Rights Session 15: Building innovative conceptual frameworks for studying cultural commons: from theory to empirical analysis Title Author Institution/Affiliation Country Cooperation Preferences in the LANKAU Mathias Georg-August-Universität Germany Production of Cultural Göttingen Resources - Experimental (co-author BIZER Evidence on the Effects of Kilian, Germany) Social Identity From local to global cultural PARENTI Orientale University Naples Italy commons? A theoretical and Benedetta empirical assessment (co-author DE SIMONE Elina, Italy)
- 15. Session 16: Redesigning copyright law for cultural expressions and traditional knowledge Title Author Institution/Affiliation Country Modernizing Copyright Law BITTON Miriam Bar-Ilan University Israel Toward a Theory of Polycentric PRIEST Eric University of Oregon School USA Governance in Copyright Law of Law Towards A Pluralist Approach for TESHAGER Dalhousie University Canada the Protection of Traditional Dagne Knowledge in International Intellectual Property Law and Policy: Imperatives for Protection and the Choice of Modalities Legal Effect on Classification KHADEMI World Trade Innstitute Switzerland Knowledge Hojjat Session 17: Governing urban commons in the digital area Title Author Institution/Affiliation Country Urban-net: A case study of an MUGAR Gabriel Syracuse University USA evolving new commons (Co-authors VENKATESH Murali, USA, HESS Charlotte, USA) Challenge of new commons – POKLEMBOVA Institute for Forecasting, Slovak urban public spaces Veronika Slovak Academy of Sciences Republic (co-authors KLUVANKOVA- ORAVSKA Tatiana, FINKA Maros, Slovak Republic)
- 16. TRACK 6+ : ”Global Climate change research” This focal area of the conference will address climate change governance and its relationship to knowledge commons. In particular, it will focus on the contribution of commons based solutions to the sharing and diffusion of reliable scientific knowledge and innovations, and of sustainable use of genetic resources and traditional knowledge, which can contribute to address problems of adaptation to and mitigation of climate change. Session 18: Diffusion and access to reliable scientific knowledge and innovations in global Climate Change Title Author Institution/Affiliation Country Towards a Knowledge Commons DEN BESTEN Groupe Sup de Co France for Integrated Assessment Matthijs Montpellier Business School Models of Climate Change The Green Economy and the STAM Erik Utrecht University Netherlands Return of the Commons Climate change discourses and MERINO Universidad Nacional Mexico policies. Whose priorities, which Leticia Autónoma de México knowledge? Collective Action for the GUTERREZ Universidad Nacional Mexico Production of Knowledge on the Norma Autónoma de México Commons Session 19: Intellectual property and technology transfer for climate change research Title Author Institution/Affiliation Country A new opportunity for delivering BROWN Abbe University of Edinburgh UK the commons: exploring the interface between different legal fields Patent Pools for Clean Energy ZHUANG Wei Max Planck Institute for IP Germany Technologies and Competition Law(list participants) Université de Genève Switzerland The Renewable Energy Commons MEYER University of Georgia School USA Timothy of Law The Talent Pool: Human Capital, LOBEL Orly University of San Diego USA Knowledge Creation, and the
- 17. Reach of Intellectual Property (co-author AMIR On, USA)