WIPO-INSME/SMEs/GE/06/INF/1 Prov.
Tuesday, July 11, 2006 |
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9.00 – 9.30 | Registration |
9.30 – 10.00 | OPENING CEREMONY ADDRESSED BY |
Mr. Guriqbal Singh Jaiya, Director, Small and Medium-Sized (SMEs) Enterprises Division, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva | |
Ms. Simona Marzetti, Secretary General, the International Network for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (INSME) Association, Rome | |
10.00 – 11.00 | Theme I: |
The Importance of Intellectual Property (IP) for Enhancing the Competitiveness of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) | |
Speaker: | |
Mr. Guriqbal Singh Jaiya, Director, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) Division | |
11.00 – 11.30 | Coffee Break |
11.30 – 12.30 | Theme II: |
Making Intangibles a Valuable Tangible Asset; Generating Value by Relying on Intellectual Capital | |
Speaker: | |
Mr. John D. Swaim, Consultant, Geneva | |
12.30 – 14.00 | Lunch Break |
14.00 – 15.30 | Theme III: |
Strategic Use of Intellectual Capital: IP Audit for Leveraging IP Assets in Business Strategy | |
Speaker: | |
Mr. Jeremy Lack, Attorney-at-law, Geneva | |
15.30 – 16.00 | Coffee Break |
16.00 – 17.30 | Theme IV: |
Measuring the Value of Intangibles: IP Valuation | |
Speakers: | |
Mr. John D. Swaim | |
Case Study: Mr. Mauro De Bona, Campus srl, Innova Group, Rome | |
17.30 – 18.30 | Theme V: |
Using IP as a Tool for Accessing Finance and Harvesting Returns From IP Assets | |
Speaker: | |
Mr. Jeremy Lack | |
Wednesday, July 12, 2006 |
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9.30 – 10.30 | Theme VI: |
Sources of Finance for Innovative SMEs | |
Speaker: | |
Mr. Christian Saublens, Managing Director, European Network of Business Angels (EBAN), Brussels | |
10.30 – 11.00 | Coffee Break |
11.00 – 12.30 | Theme VII: |
Accessing Public Sector Funds for Innovation and R&D | |
Speakers: | |
Mr. Antoine Rety, Officer, Institut National de Propriété Industrielle, Lyon | |
Mr. Andrew Beale, Director, IP Wales, Swansea | |
12.30 – 14.00 | Lunch Break |
14.00 – 15.00 | Theme VIII: |
A Venture Capitalist’s View of IP Assets | |
Speakers: | |
Mr. Luigi Amati, CEO, Meta Group, Terni | |
Case Study: Mr. Vittorio Palmieri, Partner, Nabla Technologies, GenevaMr. Andrew Beale, Director, IP Wales, Swansea (in Adobe PDF) | |
15.00 – 16.00 | Theme IX: |
Role of Business Angels in Supporting Your Innovation Plans | |
Speakers: | |
Mr. Paolo Anselmo, President of the Italian Network of Business Angels (IBAN) and Member of the Executive Committee of the European Network of Business Angels (EBAN), Aosta | |
Case Study: Mr. Christophe Beaud, President, Association of Swiss Business Angels Networks (ASBAN), Zurich | |
Case Study: Mr. Andreas Schweitzer, Swiss Business Angel and Entrepreneur, Ocean AG, Geneva | |
16.00 – 16.30 | Coffee Break |
16.30 – 17.30 | Theme X: |
Financial and Other Assistance by Multinationals to SMEs and Spin-offs | |
Speaker: | |
Mr. Wilfried Grommen, General manager Business Strategy, Microsoft Europe, EMEA, Brussels | |
17.30 – 18.00 | Round-table |
18.00 | CLOSING CEREMONY |