Open and Democratic Access to Knowledge for Grassroots Communities | OCSDNET

"Why do we need to increase access of knowledge resources for grassroots communities? How do we increase access of knowledge resources for grassroots communities? Is it ethical on the part of researchers to collect information from individual/community knowledge holders and never communicate back their research results to the original knowledge providers? What kinds of knowledge resources should be shared back to the grassroots communities and how can we share them optimally? Are the current intellectual property laws and policies promoting such an open and democratic knowledge sharing process? Or are they treating grassroots knowledge communities only as consumers of information and not as producers of information? What kind of innovative legal and/ or policy measures can enable more equitable knowledge sharing and development outcomes based on shared knowledge resources? How do we evolve more open and collaborative science approaches? What are the different open and democratic approaches that can enable an inclusive knowledge movement for sustainable development outcomes across the globe? These are some of the questions we would like to explore together as part of a panel discussion at the Third International Conference on Creativity at Grassroots (ICCIG3) at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA), India, January 19-22, 2015 ... You can find more information about the conference and different panels here. If you are interested in submitting an abstract for this panel discussion, please email your abstract on or before November 30, 2014 to arul.scaria[at]nludelhi[dot]ac[dot]in with a copy to iccig[at]iimahd[dot]ernet[dot]in . Please do not forget to mention the panel name in subject line. Short-listed abstracts will be notified by December 7, 2014. If you have any questions regarding the panel or the conference, please do not hesitate to contact in the above-mentioned email addresses."