Monday, May 2, 2005 Theme One: Intellectual Property and Public Policy |
10.00 – 10.15 |
Opening of Seminar |
10.15 – 11.15 |
Topic 1: Public Health |
Moderator:
- Dr. Charles Clift, Secretary of the Commission on Intellectual Property
Rights, Innovation and Public Health, World Health Organization (WHO),
Geneva
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Speakers:
- Mr. Sisule F. Musungu, Team Leader, Intellectual Property, Investment and
Technology Transfer Programme on International Trade & Development,
South Centre, Geneva
- Richard Wilder, Esq., Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP, Washington,
D.C., United States of America
- Dr. B. Vijayaraghavan, Director (IP), Ranbaxy Laboratoires Limited,
Gurgaon, India
- Dr. Mohga Smith, Health Adviser, OXFAM, Oxford, United Kingdom
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11.15 – 11.35 |
Discussion |
11.35 – 12.35 |
Topic 2: Biodiversity and
Traditional Knowledge |
Moderator:
- Mr. Themba N. Masuku, Director, Liaison Office with the United Nations,
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Geneva
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Speakers:
- Mr. Hamdallah Zedan, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological
Diversity (CBD), Montreal, Canada
- Dr. Graham Dutfield, Herchel Smith Senior Research Fellow, Queen Mary
Intellectual Property Research Institute, University of London, United
Kingdom
- Mr. Antony Taubman, Acting Director and Head, Traditional Knowledge
Division, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva
- Mr. Roger Chennels, Attorney-at-Law, Chennels Albertyn Attorneys,
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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12.35 – 13.00 |
Discussion |
13.00 – 15.00 |
Lunch |
15.00 – 16.15 |
Topic 3: Copyright and Related Rights in the
Digital Environment |
Moderator:
- Mr. Richard Owens, Director, Copyright, E-Commerce, Technology and
Management Division, WIPO, Geneva
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Speakers:
- Ms. Teresa Hackett, Project Manager, Electronic Information for
Libraries (eIFL), Rome, Italy
- Ms. Ana Maria Cabanellas, Lawyer, Publisher, President of Editorial
Heliasta and Editorial Claridad, Argentina
- Mr. Horacio Gutierrez, Associate General Counsel, Microsoft Europe,
Middle East and Africa Region (EMEA) Paris, France
- Dr. Sherif El-Kassas, Deputy Director, Center for Academic Computing,
the American University of Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
- Ms. Paula Le Dieu, Executive Director, Creative Commons International,
London, United Kingdom
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16.15 – 16.40 |
Discussion |
16.40 – 17.40 |
Topic 4: Competition Policy |
Moderator:
- Mr. Adrian Otten, Director, Intellectual Property Division, World Trade
Organization (WTO), Geneva
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Speakers:
- Mr. Philippe Brusick, Head of Competition and Consumer Policies Branch,
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Geneva
- Mr. Menzi Simelane, Commissioner, Competition Commission, Lynwood Ridge,
South Africa
- Mr. Martin Khor, Director, Third World Network (TWN), Geneva
- Mr. Peter Plompen, Senior Vice-President, Corporate Legal Affairs,
Philips International BV, Eindhoven, Netherlands
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17.40 – 18.00 |
Discussion |
Tuesday, May 3, 2005 Theme Two: Intellectual Property and Development |
10.15 – 11.15 |
Topic 5: Creating Value from Intellectual Property
Assets and Transfer of Technology |
Moderator:
- Ms. Lakshmi Puri, Director, Division on International Trade in Goods,
Services and Commodities (DITC), UNCTAD, Geneva
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Speakers:
- Mr. Martin Sandford, Senior Vice President, Director of Operations,
British Technology Group (BTG), London, United Kingdom
- Dr. Prabuddha Ganguli, Mumbai, India, representing the United Nations
Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
- Mr. James Love, Director, Consumer Project on Technology, Washington, D.C.
- Mr. Carlos A. Primo Braga, Senior Adviser, International Trade Department,
the World Bank, Geneva
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11.15 – 11.45 |
Discussion |
11.45 – 13.00 |
Topic 6: Best Practices;
National Experiences |
Moderator:
- Dr. Prabuddha Ganguli, Mumbai, India, representing UNIDO
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Speakers:
- Mr. Simon Anholt, International Branding Specialist and Consultant,
London, United Kingdom
- Professor Barthelemy Nyasse, chef du Laboratoire de chimie
médicinale et bioorganique, Faculté des sciences, Université de
Yaoundé I, Cameroun
- Mr. Derek Bosworth, Emeritus Professor, Manchester School of Management,
and Professor, Intellectual Property Research Institute, Melbourne
University, Melbourne, Australia
- Miss Chow Kit Boey, Senior Fellow, Intellectual Property Academy of
Singapore
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13.00 – 15.00 |
Lunch |
15.00 – 16.30 |
Topic 6 cont'd: Best Practices; National
Experiences (cont’d) |
Moderator:
- Mr. Douglas Lippoldt, Senior Trade Policy Analyst, Trade Directorate,
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD),
Paris, France
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Speakers:
- Mr. Ramón González Figueroa, Director General, Tequila Regulatory
Council, Tequila, Mexico
- Dr. István Greiner, Deputy Director of Research, Richter Gedeon Rt.,
Budapest, Hungary
- Mr. Mauricio Pinheiro Reis (Byafra), Artist, Musician and Composer,
Green Songs, Brazil
- Mr. Bobby Bedi, Managing Director, Kaleidoscope Entertainment PVT LTD,
New Delhi, India
- Dwickrer. Li Yuguang, Deputy Commissioner, State Intellectual Property
Office (SIPO), Beijing, China
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16.30 – 17.45 |
General Discussion |
17.45 – 18.00 |
Closing Remarks |