AFRICAN-ARAB SEMINAR ON LIMITATIONS AND EXCEPTIONS
Addressing the Needs of Affected Constituencies
Cairo – November 2, 2009
Provisional Program
| Morning session | |
| 09:00 - 09:30 |
Opening Ceremony Welcome addresses by: Ambassador Naela Gabr, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Egypt, Cairo Mr. Sherif Saadallah, Executive Director, Department of External Relations, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva Dr. Mohamed Nour Farahat, Director of Copyright Protection Office, Cairo |
| 09:30 - 10:30 | Topic one: Copyright Limitations and Exceptions in International Treaties and Beyond: Developing Countries and Access to Knowledge |
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Mrs. Geidy Lung, Senior Legal Officer, Copyright Law Division, WIPO, Geneva [PPT] Mr. Hannu Wager, Counsellor, Intellectual Property Division, World Trade Organization, Geneva Dr. Hassan Badrawy, Assistant Minister of Justice, |
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| 10:30 - 11:15 | Topic two: Fair Use, Fair Dealing and Other Open-Ended Exceptions. The Application of the 3-Step Test |
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Dr. Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan, Max Planck Institute, Munich, Germany [PPT] Mr. Mohamed Hegazy, Manager, Intellectual Property Office, Information Technology Industry Development Agency, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Cairo [PPT] |
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| 11:15 - 11:30 | Coffee/Tea Break |
| 11:30 - 12:15 | Topic three: Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries, Archives and Museums |
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Mrs. Hala Essalmawi, IPR Officer, Library of Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt [PPT] Mrs. Denise Nicholson, Librarian, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesbourg, South Africa [PPT] |
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| 12:15 - 13:00 | Topic four: Dissemination and Use of Copyrighted Works for Education and Research |
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Dr. Bassem Awad, Chief Judge, Egyptian Ministry of Justice, Cairo [PPT] Mr. Mohammed El Said, Lecturer in International Trade Law, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, United Kingdom [PPT] |
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| Afternoon session | |
| 13:00 - 13:30 | Topic five: Intellectual Property and the Rights of Persons with Disabilities |
| Speaker: to be confirmed | |
| 13:30 - 14:45 | Topic six: Roundtable: The needs of the visually impaired and other persons with reading disabilities: Member States' and Stakeholders’ views |
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10 Invited Member States (Arab and African countries) Dr. Mohamed Nour Farahat Mr. Chris Friend, World Blind Union, London [PPT] Mr. Dipendra Manocha, Daisy Consortium, New Delhi Mr. Olav Stokkmo, International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations (IFRRO), Brussels [PPT] Mr. Ahmed Bedeir, International Publishers Association, Cairo |
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| 14:45 - 15:00 | Final Remarks: The way ahead for developing countries: African and Arab countries |
| Speaker: Dr. Maha Bekheet, Director of IP unit, League of Arab States, Cairo | |
| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Closing Ceremony Ambassador Naela Gabr Mr. Sherif Saadallah Dr. Mohamed Nour Farahat |
Lunch offered by WIPO