2nd Symposium for Heads of Intellectual Property Academies

Thursday, May 8, 2000

Welcome address by:

• Mr. Zhang Qin, Deputy Commissioner, State Intellectual Property Office of China (SIPO), Beijing
• Mr. Mpazi Sinjela, Dean, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Worldwide Academy, Geneva

Moderator:

• Mr. Marco Antonio Albuquerque de Araujo Lima, Director, Institutional Partnerships and Technological Information, National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Panelists:

• Representatives of all countries/institutions that participated in the Rio Symposium

Theme Two : Recent Growth and Development of IP Academies in the World: Mandates, Activities and Experiences

Moderator:

• Mr. Lu Guoliang, Director General, International Cooperation Department, SIPO,
  Beijing

Panelists:

• Mr. Helge Rasmussen, Executive Director, European Patent Academy (EPA), Munich, Germany
• Mr. Jean-Michel Zilliox, Director, Operations and Customer Care, European Patent Academy (EPA), Munich, Germany
• Mr. Robert Stoll, Dean of Training and Education, Office of IP Policy and Enforcement, United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO),
  Washington D.C.
• Mr. Mpazi Sinjela

Theme Three : IP Training in China: 15 Years’ Growth of the China Intellectual Property Training Center (CIPTC)

Speaker:

• Mr. Ma Fang, Dean, China Intellectual Property Training Center (CIPTC), Beijing

Theme Four : Intellectual Property Offices and IP Academies: Cooperation, Coordination and Support

Moderator:

• Mrs. Gao Hang, Deputy Dean and Head of Policy Development Program, WIPO
  Worldwide Academy

Panelists:

• Mr. Yoo Kwan-Hee, Dean, International Intellectual Property Training Institute (IIPTI),  Daejeon, Republic of Korea
• Mr. Andrew Christie, Director, Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia
  (IPRIA), Melbourne, Australia
• Mr. Takao Ogiya, Executive Manager for Human Resources Development, National Center for Industrial Property Information and Training (INPIT), Tokyo

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Theme Five : Newly Established IP Academies: Institutional Strengthening, Challenges and Responses

Moderator:

• Mr. Jean-Michel Zilliox, Director, Operations and Customer Care, European Patent Academy (EPA), Munich

Panelists:

• Mr. Gift Sibanda, Director General, African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO), Harare
• Ms. Celia Aurora T. Torres-Villanueva, Executive Director, Intellectual Property
  Research and Training Institute, Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPO), Makati City, Philippines
• Representatives of other new academies

Theme Six : Strategies and Methodologies for Designing IP Education and Training Programs for Different Target Groups

Moderator:

• Mr. Gift Sibanda

Panelists:

• Ms. Ljiljana Kuterovac, Assistant Director General, State Intellectual Property Office of Croatia (SIPO), Zagreb
• Mrs. María de los Angeles Sánchez Torres, Director General, Industrial Property Office of Cuba (OCPI), Havana
• Mr. Ma Fang

Theme Seven : Strategies for Mobilizing Human and Financial Resources from Public and Private Sectors and Academic Institutions

Moderator:

• Mr. Robert Stoll

Panelists:

• Mr. Marco Albuquerque de Araujo Lima
• Mr. Helge Rasmussen

Theme Eight : Roundtable Discussion on IP Academy Networking at National, Regional and International Levels: Proposals and Strategies

Moderator:

• Mrs. Martha Chikowore, Consultant, WIPO Worldwide Academy

Panelists:

• All participants

Theme Nine : Pending Actions from the Rio Declaration and Adoption of the Beijing Action Plan

Moderators:

• Mr. Mpazi Sinjela
• Mr. Marco Albuquerque de Araujo Lima
• Mr. Lu Guoliang

Panelists:

• All participants

CLOSING CEREMONY

Speeches by:

• Mr. Mpazi Sinjela, WIPO
• Mr. Tian Lipu, Commissioner, SIPO