Global Symposium of Intellectual Property Authorities, Geneva, September 17 and 18, 2009
Program
Thursday, September 17, 2009
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Time |
Session |
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09.00 – 10.00 |
Registration |
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10.00 – 10.10 (Room 1) |
Opening Mr. Francis Gurry, Director General, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva |
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10.10 |
Plenary 1: Challenges Facing IP Offices and Industry |
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Part 1 10.10 – 11.30 |
Panelists: Ms. Alison Brimelow, President, European Patent Office (EPO), Munich Mr. Shri P.H. Kurian, IAS, Controller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks, Mumbai |
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Part 2 11.30 – 13.00 |
Panelists: Ms. Lois Boland, Director, Office of Intellectual Property Policy and Enforcement, USPTO, Alexandria Mr. Koichi Minami, Deputy Commissioner, Japan Patent Office (JPO), Tokyo Mr. Michael J. Brunner, Secretary General, International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI), London Mr. Dominique Foray, Director and Professor, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne |
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13.00 – 14.30 |
Lunch |
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14.30 – 16.00 |
Breakout Session 1: IP Office Modernization –Timely and Cost-effective Delivery of Services |
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Panel 1A: Focusing on Business and Financial Aspects Panelists: Mr. Cristóbal Acevedo Ferrer, Director, National Institute of Industrial Property (INAPI), Santiago de Chile Mr. Gift H. Sibanda, Director General, African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO), Harare Mr. Paulin Edou Edou, Director General, African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI), Yaoundé |
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16.00 – 17.30 |
Panel 1B: Focusing on Technical Aspects Panelists: Mr. Randall Salazar Solorzano, Intellectual Property Register, Ministry of Justice, San Jose Mr. Adil Elmaliki, Director, Moroccan Industrial and Commercial Property Office (OMPIC), Casablanca Ms. Danielle Yeow, Deputy Director General, Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS), Singapore |
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14.30 – 16.00 |
Breakout Session 2: Global Patent Infrastructure |
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Panel 2A: Tools, International Patent Classification (IPC) and International Technical Standards for Data Interchange Panelists: Mr. Pierre Buffet, Executive Vice-President, Questel Orbit Intellectual Property Group S.A., Paris Ms. Minoo Philipp, President, Patent Documentation Group (PDG), Basel Mr. Keith Dilley, Director, IP Processes and Tools Development GE Corporate, London |
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16.00 – 17.30 (Room 1) |
Panel 2B: The PCT – The Backbone of the Global Patent Infrastructure Panelists: Ms. Lois Boland, Director, Office of Intellectual Property Policy and Enforcement, USPTO, Alexandria Mr. Wim van der Eijk, Vice-President a.i., DG5, European Patent Office (EPO), Munich Mr. Fan Zhiyong, Deputy Director of IPR Department, Huawei Technologies Co., Shenzhen Mr. Robert Armitage, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Eli Lilly and Company |
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14.30 – 16.00 |
Breakout Session 3: Financial Models of IP Offices and IP Statistics |
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Panel 3A: Focusing on the Comparison of Different Financial Models Moderator: WIPO Official Panelists: Mr. James Otieno-Odek, Managing Director, Kenya Industrial Property Institute (KIPI), Nairobi Mr. Jorge Amigo Castañeda, Director General, Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI), Mexico Mr. Roland Grossenbacher, Director, Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IFPI), Bern |
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16.00 – 17.30 (Room 3/4) |
Panel 3B: Focusing on the Use of IP Statistics for IP Office Management Panelists: Mr. Ben Buchanan, Patent Informatics Manager, The Intellectual Property Office, UK IPO, Newport Mr. Julio Raffo, Professeur Assistant, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne Mr. Carsten Fink, Chief Economist, Economic Studies, Statistics and Analysis Division, WIPO |
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18.00 |
Reception at Lobby of WIPO Headquarters Building |
Friday, September 18, 2009 |
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10.00 – 11.30 |
Breakout Session 4: Patent Information |
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Panel 4A: Focusing on New Technologies for Patent Information Search and Evaluation Moderator: WIPO Official Panelists: Mr. Željko Topić, Director General, State Intellectual Property Office, Zagreb Mr. Jesper Kongstad, Director General, Danish Patent and Trademark Office, Taastrup Mr. Stephen Adams, Director, Magister Ltd., Reading |
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11.30 – 13.00 (Room 1) |
Panel 4B: Focusing on Access to Patent Databases in Different Languages Moderator: WIPO Official Panelists: Mr. David Gabunia, Director General, National Intellectual Property Center, SAKPATENTI, Tbilisi Mr. Gerado Penas García, Vocal Adviser, Spanish Patent and Trademark Office, Madrid Mr. Rupert Mayer, Head, Unycom Germany IT Services GmbH, Munich |
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10.00 – 11.30 |
Breakout Session 5:
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Panel 5A: Trademark Registration Moderator: Mr. Edmond Simon, Director, Benelux Organization for Intellectual Property, The Hague Panelists: Mr. António-Serge Campinos, President, National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI), Lisbon Mr. Gerhard R. Bauer, Chief Trademark Counsel, Intellectual Property and Technology Management, Daimler Chrysler AG, Research and Technology, Stuttgart Mr. Martin Michaus, President, Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI), Mexico |
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11.30 – 13.00 (Room 2) |
Panel 5B: Industrial Design Registration Moderator: Mr. Pasquale D'Avino, Minister-Counselor, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Italy Panelists: Ms. Suzanne Ås Sivborg, Director General, Swedish Patent and Registration Office (SPRO), Stockholm Mr. Andrew Parkes, Special Reporter (Trade Marks & Designs), International Federation of Industrial Property Attorney’s (FICPI), Dublin Ms. Sandrine Pitaccolo Bartolomei, Senior IP Counsel, Head of Rights Acquisition Department, Richemont International S.A., Bellevue |
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10.00 – 11.30 |
Breakout Session 6: IP Infrastructure for Better Management of IP Assets |
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Panel 6A: Focusing on International Collaboration and Partnerships between IP Offices and Various Stakeholders Moderator: WIPO Official Panelists: Ms. María de los Angeles Sánchez Torres, Director, Cuban Industrial Property Office (OCPI), La Habana Mr. Klaus Uckel, Director, EU-Research Policy and EUREKA, Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Bonn Mr. Gift H. Sibanda, Director General, African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO), Harare |
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11.30 – 13.00 (Room 3/4) |
Panel 6B: Focusing on IP Infrastructure and New Services provided by IP Offices for Effective Dispute Settlement and Commercial Exploitation of IP Moderator: WIPO Official Panelists: Mr. Peter Back, Divisional Director, The Intellectual Property Office, UK IPO, Newport Mr. Daniel Kraus, Attorney at Law, Umbricht, Zurich Mr. A. Zen Umar Purba, Partner and Counselor, ABNR, Jakarta |
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13.00 – 14.45 |
Lunch |
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14.45 (Room 1) |
Plenary 2: Towards Global Collaboration Moderator: Mr. Geoffrey Yu, Senior Specialist Advisor, Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore |
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Part 1 14.45 – 16.00 |
Panelists: Mr. Philip Noonan, Director General, IP Australia, Canberra Mr. Li Yuguang, Deputy Commissioner, State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO), Beijing Mr. Ruud Peters, Chief Executive Officer, Philips Intellectual Property and Standards, Eindhoven |
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Part 2 16.00 – 17.00 |
Panelists: Mr. Jorge de Paula Costa Ávila, President, National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI), Rio de Janeiro Mr. Jørgen Smith, Director General, Norwegian Industrial Property Office, Oslo Mr. Anjan Das, Senior Director & Head-Technology, Innovation, IPR & Life Sciences Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Haryana |
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17.00 – 17.15 (Room 1) |
Concluding remarks Mr. Francis Gurry |
