WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION

GENEVA

ROUNDTABLE ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

Geneva, July 23 and 24, 1998

PROGRAM

prepared by the International Bureau

Thursday, July 23, 1998

09:00 Opening address by the representative of the Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

09:20 Opening remarks by Professor Erica-Irene Daes, Chairperson, UNHCHR Working Group on Indigenous Populations

09:40 Opening address by the Chairperson

SESSION I

10:00 Topic 1: Introduction to Copyright and Neighboring Rights

Speaker: Mr. Richard Owens, Director, Global Intellectual Property Issues Division, WIPO

10:40 Discussion

11:10 Coffee break

11:30 Topic 2: Introduction to Patents, Utility Models, Industrial Designs, Geographical Indications and Trademarks

Speaker: Ms. Yolanda Huerta Casado, Legal Officer, Legal and Constitutional Matters Section, WIPO

12:00 Discussion

12:30 Lunch

SESSION II

14:30 - 16:00 Statements by Representatives of Indigenous Groups (i)

16:00 Coffee break

16:20 - 18:00 Statements by Representatives of Indigenous Groups (ii)

18:00 Reception offered by the Director General of WIPO

Friday, July 24, 1998

SESSION III

09:00 - 12:00 Topic 3 (Part I): Initiatives for Protection of Rights of Holders of Traditional Knowledge, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

Speakers:

09:00 Mr. Lars Anders Baer, Vice President, SAMI Council, Jokkmokk, Sweden

09:30 Discussion

09:50 Mr. Atencio López M., President, Napguana Association, Panama

10:20 Discussion

10:50 Coffee Break

11.10 Dr. Mongane Wally Serote (M.P.), Chairman, Parliamentary Committee on Arts, Culture, Languages, Science & Technology, Cape Town, South Africa

11.40 Discussion

12:00 Lunch

SESSION IV

14:00 - 16:50 Topic 3 (Part II): Initiatives for Protection of Rights of Holders of Traditional Knowledge, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

14:00 Mrs. Aroha Mead, Manager, Heritage and Indigenous Issues Unit, Te Puni Kőkiri, Ministry of Măori Development, Wellington, New Zealand

14:30 Discussion

14:50 Mr. Antonio Jacanimijoy, Coordinadora de las Organizaciones Indígenas de la Cuenca Amazónica (COICA), Quito, Ecuador

15:20 Discussion

15:40 Coffee Break

16:00 Topic 4: Synthesis of Presentations

Speaker: Chairperson

16:30 Discussion

18.00 Closing remarks

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