| 09.00 – 09.20 |
Introduction by WIPO
- Mr. Francis Gurry, Deputy Director General, PCT and Patents, Arbitration and Mediation Center, and Global IP Issues, WIPO
- Mr. Antony Taubman, Acting Director and Head, Global IP Issues Division, WIPO
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| 09.20 – 10.00 |
PATENTSCOPE®, Introduction and Demonstration of its Use for Patent Landscaping
- Mr. William Meredith, Head, Patent Information and IP Statistics Service, WIPO [PDF]
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| 10.00 – 11.00 |
The international perspective
- Mr. Markus Lehmann, Economist, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Montreal, Canada [PDF]
- Mr. Vladimir Hecl, Program Officcer, Adaptation, Technology and Science Programme, Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Bonn, Germany [PDF]
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| 11.00 – 11.30 |
Coffee break |
| 11.30 – 12.15 |
The international perspective (cont.)
- Mr. Asad Naqvi, Programme Officer, United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)-Economics and Trade Branch, Coordinator, UNEP-UNCTAD Capacity Building Task Force on Trade, Environment and Development (CBTF), Geneva, Switzerland [PDF]
- Juan Carlos Vasquez, Legal Affairs Officer, Legal Affairs and Trade Policy Unit, Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Geneva, Switzerland [PPT]
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| 12.15 – 12.45 |
Research and Development Networks and Intellectual Property A Strategy for Technology Transfer
- Mrs. Maria Soledad Iglesias-Vega, Program Officer, WIPO IP and New Technologies Division [PDF]
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| 12.45 – 13.00 |
Discussion |
| 13.00 – 14.30 |
Lunch Break |
| 14.30 – 15.00 |
The Use of IP Rights in the Transfer of Technology Under Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs)
- Ms. Constanza Martínez, Senior Policy Officer - Global Policy Unit, The World Conservation Union (IUCN), Gland, Switzerland [PDF]
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| 15.00 – 15.30 |
The Industry Perspective
- Mr. Thaddeus Burns, Senior Corporate IP Counsel, General Electric Europe NV, Brussels, Belgium
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| 15.30 – 16.00 |
Coffee break |
| 16.00 – 16.30 |
Perspectives from Civil Society
- Mr. Ahmed Abdel Latif, Programme Manager - Intellectual Property, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), Geneva, Switzerland [PDF]
- Mr. Dalindyebo Shabalala, Director, Project on Intellectual Property and Sustainable Development, Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), Geneva, Switzerland [PDF]
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| 16.30 – 17.00 |
Discussion |