Call for Papers: KnowRight 2006 Feb16/17

Call for Papers and Contributions
KnowRight 2006
  (Knowledge Society, Knowledge Technology -    Legal and Related Technological Aspects) http://KnowRight06.ocg.at Jointly organized with

   IRIS (Internationales Rechtsinformatik Symposium)    http://www.univie.ac.at/RI/IRIS2006/
University of Vienna (Juridicum - Law Faculty Building)

16 - 17 February 2006
Organized by: Austrian Computer Society (OCG)

CONFERENCE OUTLINE
This conference will resume the general interest of the KnowRight Conferences, held since 1995, on the interaction of Intellectual Property Rights, related Information Rights, Ethical Problems, and Information Dependent Technology. It will be supported by the Austrian Computer Society and will be held in tandem with the IRIS conference (Internationales Rechtsinformatik Symposion). It will provide strong emphasis on the social environment in which the intellectual and information property system, information services, mobile applications, e-commerce and the electronic civil society evolve.

The concept of an "Information Society" or "Knowledge Society" is neither well defined nor are its foundations and implications well understood. Governments and authorities in many countries and regions (e.g. the European Union) are still discussing options to establish and regulate at least special aspects of an Information Society. Increasingly it becomes harder to master future technologies with traditional laws based on national or regional methods and concepts. We have to develop new forms of international legal regimes and practices. They should empower coordinated means to avoid abuse of such new technologies. New regulations must also duly take into account that the human heritage - e.g. those maintained and made available today in libraries - remains accessible to the public. Therefore equitable and fair use of networks and new resources shall be guaranteed. Fairness should be preserved in the emerging non-local availability of up to now local resources. Open Source and Open Content are investigated as examples of dynamic innovations of legal concepts. The conference will discuss which requirements - such as safety and security of related methods and media - must be fulfilled and how these requirements may be enforced. Which regulations and preventive measures should be promoted in the light of conflicting interests. Regulating the flow of information must guarantee that clashes between individual rights (e.g. of intellectual/ industrial property, privacy and data protection) and collective demands (e.g. for security, universal access as well as preserving and expanding the heritage of mankind) are treated and resolved in human ways. Information in the public domain on the wired or unwired communication channels should deserve special attention. Commercial interests should be balanced with moral and civic obligations.

MAJOR CONFERENCE TOPICS
Intellectual Property

• Status of IP law for e-products and e-services
• Bundle of WIPO Treaties: To be enlarged?
• TRIPS: Efficient against large scale IP infringements?
• Competition and regulation in the music and video industry
• Media and entertainment law - responsibility and liability of IP-providers
• Rules for mobile applications
• Private use and fair use of intellectual property
• Rights management systems
• Open source and open content
• Open access: Copyright restrictions for science and research
• Copyright and copyleft
• Global trademarks
• Software patents

Access to and Reuse of Public Sector and Private Information

• Freedom of information and data protection
• Access to public documents
• Legal framework of public sector information reuse
• Socioeconomic conditions of PSI reuse
• Extent of and limitations on database protection in Europe
• Long term archiving of public and private information

  Network Security

• Technological proposals and implementations
• Embedding regulation into hard- and software
• Regulations and their development
• Privacy and identification - electronic identities
• Authentification, authorisation and remuneration
• Electronic signatures
• Fraud on the internet: Tech-tools and legal framework
• Online policing

Data protection

• Pervasive computing
• Automatic "forgetting" of database
• Retention of data
• Legal means against violation of data protection

Information Ethics

• Information in the public domain - balancing commercial interests with moral and civic obligations
• Fair use concept at the global level: equitable use of global and local knowledge
• Access to personal data: protecting citizens' and users' security and privacy versus public interest
• Equity in the access to information (tariffs, fees, taxes)
• Special regulation for developing countries?
• Free speech and censorship
• Minors access to violence and adult content
• Age verification and privacy
• Responsibility of internet professionals

Don't feel restricted if your innovative topic fits the general purpose of the conference but none of the special items on the list.

PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Co-Chairs:

  Peter Paul Sint, Austrian Academy of Science, A   (Coordinator) E-Mail: sint[_at_]oeaw.ac.at

  Walter Blocher, Vienna University of Business Administration, A   E-Mail: walter.blocher[_at_]wu-wien.ac.at

  Alfred Büllesbach, University of Bremen and DaimlerChrysler, D   E-Mail: Alfred.Buellesbach[_at_]daimlerchrysler.com

  Jens Gaster, Europäische Kommission, EU   E-Mail: Jens.Gaster[_at_]cec.eu.int

  Dietmar Jahnel, University of Salzburg, A   E-Mail: Dietmar.Jahnel[_at_]sbg.ac.at

  Erich Schweighofer, Vienna University and WZRI, A   E-Mail: Erich.Schweighofer[_at_]univie.ac.at

  Andreas Wiebe, Vienna University of Business Administration, A   E-Mail: andreas.wiebe[_at_]wu-wien.ac.at

  Members

      (confirmed)
John Bing, University of Oslo, NO
Danièle Bourcier, University of Paris II, FR Gunter Ertl, Court of Justice, AT
Fernando Galindo, University of Zaragoza , ES Thomas Hoeren, University of Muenster, DE Veith Risak, University of Salzburg, AT
Athi Sarenpää, University of Lapland, FIN David Vaver, University of Oxford, UK
Peter Wahlgren, University of Stockholm, SE

   (completed list to be anounced)

SUBMISSION OF CONTRIBUTIONS
Papers should be of high quality, original, unpublished, and not submitted elsewhere. Authors of papers are asked to submit an abstract or a full text version (strongly recommended) of the respective contribution (abstract: 2-4 pages including main references, full text: 8 to 10 pages).

  The guidelines for the final version are available at   http://www.ocg.at/publikationen/books/paper.html.

Submissions of contributions to the conference be handed in as printout and in electronic form to

Austrian Computer Society
  A-1010 Vienna,
  Wollzeile 1-3
  Austria, Europe

DEADLINES

• Submission of full papers or abstracts: 15 November 2005
• Notification of acceptance: 30 November 2005
• Final paper: 20 December 2006 (some extensions may be negotiated)

Due to the tight timetable and the target to have the published proceedings available during the conference try to send the papers by the beginning of November.

CONFERENCE VENUE
The conference will take place in the University of Vienna (Juridicum - Law Faculty building) in the city centre.

CONFERENCE LANGUAGE
The conference language willl be English.

PARTICIPATION
If you are interested in participation or to keep informed on the further development contact the

Austrian Computer Society (OCG)
  KnowRight 2006
  Wollzeile 1-3
  A-1010 Vienna
  E-Mail: KR06[_at_]ocg.at

  Phone: +43 1 512 02 35
  Fax: +43 1 512 02 35 9

or visit the conference webpages:
http://KnowRight06.ocg.at (or http://www.univie.ac.at/RI/IRIS2006/ )

REGISTRATION AND PROCEEDINGS
Authors should have registered by 10 Jan. 2006.

Participation including conference proceedings and social event: EUR 70,--

The proceedings will be published by the Austrian Computer Society and will appear in the books[_at_]ocg series.

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Peter Paul Sint (sint@oeaw.ac.at, http://www.iwe.oeaw.ac.at/sint )
Institute for European Integration Research
Austrian Academy of Sciences EIF, Prinz Eugen-Strasse 8-10,
A-1040 Wien/Vienna, Austria, EU
vox +431-51581-7553  (fax +431-51581-7566)