International Symposium on Intellectual Property (IP) Education and Research

Geneva, June 30 and July 1, 2005

Provisional program

Thursday, June 30, 2005
 

09.00 - 10.00 Registration
 
10.00 - 10.20 Opening - Welcome remarks by the Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) or his representative
 
10.20 - 11.35 Topic 1 : Emerging Needs for Inclusion of IP Education and Research in University Curricula

Moderator:

  • Mr. Keith Maskus, Professor and Department Chair, Department of Economics, University of Colorado, United States of America

Panelists:

 
  • Mr. Guillermo Cabanellas, Doctor en Derecho, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Mr. Jakkirt Kuanpoth, Faculty of Law, University of Wollongong, Australia
11.35 - 11.45  Coffee Break
   
11.45 - 13.00 Topic 2 : Challenges Faced by Academic Institutions in the Teaching of IP and Carrying Out IP Research

Moderator:

  • Mr. N. S. Gopalakrishnan, Director, School of Legal Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology, India

Panelists:

  • Mr. Kouliga Daniel Nkièma, Professor, University of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
  • Mr. Joseph Straus, Director, Max Planck Institute, Germany
13.00 - 14.30  Lunch Break
   
14.30 - 15.45 Topic 3 : Nature of Government Support Required in IP Teaching and Carrying Out IP Research

Moderator:

 
  • Mr. Andrew Christie, Professor, Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia, University of Melbourne, Australia

Panelists:

  • Mr. Mihály Ficsor, Director, Center for Information Technology and Intellectual Property (CITIP), Budapest, Hungary
  • Mr. Shigeo Takakura, Executive Manager, Human Resources Development Center, National Center for Industrial Property Information Training (NCIPI), Japan
15.45 - 16.00 Coffee Break
   
16.00 - 17.15 Topic 4 : Challenges Faced by Developing Countries in the Teaching of IP and Carrying Out IP Research

Moderator:

  • Mr. Tom Ogada, Lecturer, Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya

Panelists:

  • Mr. Maroun Boustani, Dean, Institut supérieur de la Sagesse pour l’enseignement du droit, Université La Sagesse, Beirut, Lebanon
  • Mr. Xu Chao, Deputy Director General, National Copyright Administration of China (NCAC), Beijing, China
17.15 Reception

 

Friday, July 1, 2005
 

9.30 - 10.45 Topic 5 : Cooperation Between Academic Institutions in the Teaching of IP and Carrying Out IP Research

Moderator:

  • Mr. André Lucas, Professor, Faculté de droit et de science politique, University of Nantes, France
  Panelists:
  • Mrs. Ana Maria Pacon, Profesora y Miembro del Consejo Consultivo de la Maestría, Catholic University of Lima, Peru
  • Mrs. Ruth Soetendorp, Professor, Intellectual Property Management, Bournemouth University, United Kingdom
10.45 - 11.00 Coffee Break
   
11.00 - 12.15 Topic 6 : Partnerships Between Academic Institutions, the Private Sector and Other Communities of Interest

Moderator:

  • Mr. Jerome Reichman, Bunyan S. Womble Professor of Law, Duke University, United States of America

Panelists:

 
  • Ms. Cathy Garner, CEO, Centre for the Management of Intellectual Property in Health Research and Development (MIHR), United Kingdom
  • Mr. Matthieu van Kaam, Chief Country Officer, Philips Intellectual Property & Standards, The Netherlands
12.15 - 12.30 Topic 7 : Experience and Contribution of WIPO

Panelist:

 
  • Mr. Mpazi Sinjela, Director, WIPO Worldwide Academy
12.30 - 14.30 Lunch Break
   
14.30 - 15.45 Topic 8 : Support from International Organizations

Moderator:

 
  • Mr. Yo Takagi, Executive Director, WIPO

Panelists:

  • Mrs. Petya Totcharova, Legal Officer, Copyright Program, Cultural Entreprise and Copyright Section, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Paris, France
  • Mr. Carsten Fink, Senior Economist, World Bank, Geneva
  • Mr. Rishab Aiyer Ghosh, International & Managing Editor, First Monday, United Nations University Institute for New Technologies (UNU-INTECH), Maastricht, The Netherlands
  • Mr. Harald Pichlhöfer, Head, Programme Area "Institutional Strengthening", European Patent Academy, European Patent Office (EPO), Munich, Germany
15.45 - 16.00 Coffee Break
   
16.00 - 16.30 Final comments and discussion
(All moderators)
 
16.30 - 16.45 Closing

WIPO Academy

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