[Asis-l] National Academies Symposium

[Richard Hill]

[Forwarded. Dick Hill]

SYMPOSIUM ON THE ROLE OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL DATA AND INFORMATION
IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN

5-6 September 2002

National Academy of Sciences Auditorium
2100 C Street NW
Washington, DC.

The Symposium will bring together leading experts and managers from the
public and private
sectors who are involved in the creation, dissemination, and use of
scientific and technical
data and information (STI) to discuss: the role, value, and limits of
public-domain STI in the
research and education context; the various legal, economic, and
technological pressures on
producers of public domain STI, and their potential effects on research
and education; the
existing and proposed approaches for preserving the public domain or
providing "open access"
to STI in the United States; and other important issues in this area
that may benefit from
further analysis.

The meeting will be free and open to the public, but advance
registration is required.

In addition, the National Academies will host a pre-Symposium Web
discussion of the issues.
Please log onto http://ip.nationalacademies.org/ from August 26-30 to
provide comments on the
various issues that impact the role of scientific and technical data and
information in the
public domain.

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For additional information and registration, please visit the Symposium
Web site at:
  http://www7.nationalacademies.org/biso/Public%20Domain%20Symposium%20Announcement.html

or contact the project director, Paul Uhlir, at (202) 334 2807 or via
e-mail: puhlir at nas.edu.
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