Symposium for Intellectual Property Academies

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Addresses by:

• Mr. Jorge Ávila, President, National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Mr. Yoshiyuki Takagi, Executive Director, Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Development, and the WIPO Worldwide Academy, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva

Coordinator:

• Mr. Alejandro Roca Campañá

Speakers:

• Mr. Mpazi Sinjela, Dean, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Worldwide Academy, Geneva
• Mr. Gift Sibanda, President, African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO), Harare
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Genesis, Growth and Development of Intellectual Property Academies: Perspectives on Organizational Models, Structures and Activities (cont’)

Coordinator:

• Mr. Yoshiyuki Takagi

Speakers:

• Mr. Jean Michel Zilliox, Director, Operations and Customer Care, European Patent Office (EPO) Academy, Munich
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• Professor Andrew Christie, Director, Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia (IPRIA), Melbourne

Genesis, Growth and Development of Intellectual Property Academies: Perspectives on Organizational Models, Structures and Activities (cont’)

Coordinator:

• Mr. Leopoldo Coutinho, Coordinator, International Cooperation, National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI), Rio de Janeiro

Speakers:

• Mr. Kui Wou Kwun, Acting Head, International Intellectual Property Training Institute (IIPTI), Daejeon, Republic of Korea
• Mr. Li Yuguang, Deputy Commissioner, State Intellectual Property Office of China (SIPO), Beijing 
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Design and Development of Intellectual Property Academies: Objectives, Plans and Challenges for Future Initiatives

Coordinator:

• Mr. Mpazi Sinjela

Speakers:

• Mrs. María de los Ángeles Sánchez Torres, Director General, Cuban Office of Industrial Property (OCPI), Havana
• Mr. Jorge Ávila, Brazilian Innovation and Intellectual Property Academy, Rio de Janeiro

Thursday, March 22, 2007
 

Design and Development of Intellectual Property Academies: Objectives, Plans and Challenges for Future Initiatives (cont’)

Coordinator:

• Mrs. Beatriz Amorim-Borher, Consultant, Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, WIPO, Geneva

Speakers:

• Mr. Zeljko Topic, Director General, State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia, Zagreb
• Mr.Mario Rodriguez, Director General for Support Services, Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI), Mexico D.F.

Speakers:

• Mr. Yoshiyuki Takagi
• Mr. Jorge Ávila

Addresses by:

• Mr. Jorge Guimarães, President, Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES), Brasilia
• Mr. Manuel Desantes, Vice-President, European Patent Office (EPO), Munich
• Mr. Yoshiyuki Takagi
• Mr. Jorge Ávila

Intellectual Property Research: Encouraging Debate and Informing Decisions

Coordinator:

• Mr. Alejandro Roca Campañá

Speakers:

• Professor Robert Pitkethly, Said Business School, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
• Professor Andrew Christie

Intellectual Property Education in Universities and Tertiary Institutions: Experiences in Converging Law, Economics, Technology and Management

Coordinator:

• Mr. Leonardo Burlamaqui, Program Director, Ford Foundation, New York, United States of America

Speakers:

• Professor Robert Pitkethly
• Professor Ana Célia Castro, Full Professor, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Friday, March 23, 2007
 

Intellectual Property Academies in the Support of Public Policies

Coordinator:

• Mr. Jorge Ávila

Speakers:

• Mr. Jorge Guimarães
• Mr. Manuel Desantes, Vice President, European Patent Office (EPO), Munich

IP Training: The Challenges on the Capacity Building of Technology Managers: models and experiences

Coordinator:

• Mrs. Shirley Coutinho, Intellectual Property Office, Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro

Speakers:

• Mrs. Marli Elizabeth Ritter dos Santos, Coordinator of the Office of Technology Transfer, Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUC/RS), Porto Alegre
• Mr. Kui Wou Kwun

CLOSING SESSION

Addresses by:

• Mr. Jorge Ávila
• Mr. Yoshiyuki Takagi