A coalition of academic and civil society organizations are co-organizing a week of debates on copyright and access to knowledge in South Africa, beginning on January 23rd. The organizers for these events are
The cohosts for these events are
- American University’s Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property
- University of Pretoria, Future Africa
- University of Cape Town, IP Unit
- Strathmore University, Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law
- South Centre
- Electronic Information for Libraries
- Masakhane
- Wikimedia Foundation
On January 23 and 24, the University of Pretoria will host events exploring the following topics:
- Natural language processing,
- Climate modeling
- A right to research in African Law
- African leadership on the right to research
On January 26 and 27, the University of Cape Town will host events on these topics:
- Digitizing African heritage
- Health research
- African AI and digital humanities
- A right to research in African law
- WIPO, AfCFTA and future work on IP
For more information see the Re-Create South Africa page.
These events are made possible with support from Arcadia, a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin
