Program

WIPO/GEO/PMF/05/INF/1 Prov.
ORIGINAL: English
DATE: June 2005

PROVISIONAL PROGRAM

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Monday, June 27, 2005
8.30 - 9.30	Registration
09.30 - 11.30	OPENING CEREMONY - Welcome addresses by:
	Mr. Elvio Ubaldi, Mayor, Parma Mr. Vasco Errani, President, Emilia Romagna Region Mr. Vincenzo Bernazzoli, President, Province of Parma Mr. Andrea Zanlari, President, Parma Chamber of Commerce Mr. Luigi Rossi di Montelera, President, Italian Food and Drink Industry Federation, Rome Mr. Geoffrey Podger, Director General, European Food Safety Authority, Parma Mr. Riccardo Gallo, President, Institute for Industrial Promotion (IPI), Rome
	Opening Addresses by:
	The Hon. Mr. Roberto Cota, Undersecretary, Ministry of Productive Activities of Italy, Rome The Director General, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva, or his representative Senator Giampolo Bettamio, Undersecretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy, Rome Mr. Marco Rosi, President, Parma Manufacturers Association, Parma
11.30 - 12.00	Coffee Break
12.00 - 13.00	Recent Developments
	Moderator:
	H. E. Mr. Paolo Bruni, Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Italy, Geneva
	Speakers:
	Mr. Marcus Höpperger, Acting Director, Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications Law Division, WIPO, Geneva Mrs. Thu-Lang Tran Wasescha, Counsellor, Intellectual Property Division, World Trade Organization (WTO), Geneva Mr. Federico Castellucci, Director General, International Vine and Wine Organization (OIV), Paris Mr. Miguel Rodríguez Mendoza, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), Geneva
13.00 - 15.00	Lunch offered by the Ministry of Productive Activities of Italy
15.00 - 16.30	The Point of View of Industry on Selected Issues: Food Products
	Moderator:
	Mr. Giuseppe Ambrosio, Chief of Department for Quality of Agro Industrial Products and Services, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Policies of Italy, Rome
	Speakers:
	Representative of the producers union of Parmigiano and Prosciutto di Parma Mr. Luis Samper, Gerente de Marcas Globales, Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia, Bogota Mr. Tony Battaglene, Director, International and Regulatory Affairs, Winemakers Federation of Australia, Manuka Mrs. Wu Qian, Deputy Secretary-General, An Xi Tea Association, An Xi
16.30 - 16.45	Coffee break
16.45 - 18.00	The Point of View of Industry on Selected Issues: Non-Food Products
	Moderator:
	Mr. Matthijs Geuze, Senior Counsellor, Office of the Assistant Director General, Sector of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications, WIPO
	Speakers:
	Mr. Masoud Taromsary, Researcher, Tehran University, Tehran Mr. Ludger Benda, Industrie- und Handelskammer, Solingen Cutlery, Wuppertal-Solingen-Remscheid Lic. Fernanda Gamboa Cerdán, Consejo Regulador de la Talavera, Talavera Ceramics, Mexico
19.00 - 21.00	Reception offered by the Municipality of Parma at Teatro Regio
Tuesday, June 28, 2005
9.30 - 11.00	Recently Established Registration Systems for Geographical Indications
	Moderator:
	Mr. Vittorio Ragonesi, Senior Consultant, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy, Rome
	Speakers:
	Mr. David Gabunia, Director General, National Intellectual Property Center (Sakpatenti),Tbilisi Mr. Radhey Shyam Julaniya, Director, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, New Delhi Miss Loreen Walker, Executive Director, Jamaican Intellectual Property Office (JIPO), Kingston
11.00 - 11.30	Coffee Break
11.30 - 13.00	Trademarks, Geographical Indications and Generics
	Moderator:
	Mr. Marcus Höpperger
	Speakers:
	Mr. Alexander Anton, Milchindustrie Verband e.V, Brussels Mr. Charles Goemaere, Comité Interprofessionnel du Vin de Champagne, Épernay Dr. Alexander von Mühlendahl, Vice President, Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trademarks and Designs) (OHIM), Alicante
13.00 - 14.30	Lunch offered by WIPO
14.30 - 18.00	Visit organized by the Associations for the protection of Parmigiano and Prosciutto di Parma
Wednesday, June 29, 2005
9.30 - 11.00	International Registration: Options Offered by Existing Systems and Options Not Available Under These Systems
	Moderator:
	Mr. Amedeo Teti, Director General of Trade Policy, Ministry of Productive Activities of Italy, Rome
	Speakers:
	Mr. Matthijs Geuze Mr. David Thual, Secretary, Organization for an International Geographical Indications Network (ORIGIN), Brussels Dr. Burkhart Goebel, Chair, Geographical Indications Committee, International Trademark Association (INTA), Lovells, Madrid
11.00 - 11.15	Coffee Break
11.15 - 13.00	The Way Ahead - What Future for Geographical Indications?
	Moderator:
	Mr. Ernesto Rubio, Assistant Director General, WIPO, Geneva
	Speakers:
	Mrs. Lynne Beresford, Acting Commissioner for Trademarks, United States Patent and Trade Mark Office (USPTO), Alexandria Mr. Antonio Berenguer, Administrator, Directorate-General Trade, European Commission, Brussels H.E. Mr. David Spencer, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Australia to the WTO, Geneva Dr. Felix Addor, Deputy Director General and Chief Legal Officer, Division of Legal and International Affairs, Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IFPI), Bern H. E. Mr. Rigoberto Gauto Vielman, Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Paraguay, Geneva Prof. James Otieno-Odek, Managing Director, Kenya Industrial Property Institute (KIPI), Nairobi
13.00 - 13.30	Closing by:
13.00 - 13.30	The Hon. Mr. Adolfo Urso, Deputy Minister for Productive Activities, Rome Mr. Massimo Goti, Director General of Production Development and Competitiveness, Ministry of Productive Activities of Italy, Rome Mr. Ernesto Rubio