Organizers: Dr. Francis Muguet, Dr. Shu-Kun Lin INTRODUCTION Dr. Francis MUGUET ( ENSTA / MDPI ) "Introduction to Open Access Concepts and Report of the Working Group activities at the WSIS" GENERAL CONTEXT Prof. Jean Claude GUEDON (Montr�al University) Prof. Lawrence LESSIG (Stanford University) The BERLIN DECLARATION Prof Jurgen RENN & Dr. Simone RIEGER (Max Planck Institute ) "Towards a Web of Culture and Science." Dr. Francis ANDRE ( INIST/CNRS ) "Open Access : The French Touch" H.E Dr. Diana SIMIC ( Deputy Science Minister, CROATIA ) "Open Access: a perspective from Croatia" Prof. Arunachalam SUBBIAH ( Swaminathan Research Foundation, INDIA) "Why open access? - A developing country perspective " OPEN ACCESS PROGRAMS & INITIATIVES Dr.Leslie CHAN ( University of Toronto at Scarborough ) "Making the 'lost sciences' from developing countries visible through collaborative open access publishing : Experience from Bioline International" Prof. Shu-kun LIN ( MDPI / Ocean University of China ) "An Open Access Initiative in Chemistry" OPEN DEBATE