Learning from Existing Evaluation Practices on the Impacts and Effects of Intellectual Property on Development

Thursday, October 6, 2011
Opening Ceremony Welcome addresses by: Francis Gurry, Director General World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Nicholas Treen, Director, Internal Audit and Oversight Division (IAOD), WIPO
WIPO Evaluations WIPO Evaluation Section lessons learned and future work Speakers: Mrs. Julia Flores Marfetàn, Senior Evaluation Officer and Mr. Claude Hilfiker, Head of Evaluation External Review of WIPO Technical Assistance in the Area of Cooperation for Development Dr. Carolyn Deere Birkbeck, Senior Researcher, University of OxfordSpeaker Keynote speeches: Lessons learned from the European Commission (EC) and the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) Mr. Kamil Kiljánski, European Commision Mr. Christophe Bellmann, ICTSD Programmes Director Moderator: Mr. Claude Hilfiker Head WIPO IAOD Evaluation Section Evaluation Section
Seminar Panel 1: Lessons learned from Impact Evaluations Assessing the Impact of Intellectual Property Rights in Agriculture in Asia Speakers: Dr. Jane Payumo and Prof. Keith Jones, Washington State University, United States of America Using Systems Analysis to Assess the Impact of Intellectual Property Rights in Innovation Systems Speaker: Mr. Sebastian Derwisch, Central Advisory Service on Intellectual Property of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), Italy Benchmarking and Evaluating Intellectual Property Rights Support Services for Small and Medium Enterprises Speaker: Mr. Alfred Radauer, Technopolis Group, Austria Moderator: Mr. Carsten Fink, Chief Economist of the Economics and Statistics Division

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Opening Ceremony

Welcome addresses by:

Francis Gurry, Director General
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Nicholas Treen, Director, Internal Audit and Oversight Division (IAOD), WIPO

WIPO Evaluations

WIPO Evaluation Section lessons learned and future work

Speakers: Mrs. Julia Flores Marfetàn, Senior Evaluation Officer and Mr. Claude Hilfiker, Head of Evaluation

External Review of WIPO Technical Assistance in the Area of Cooperation for Development

Dr. Carolyn Deere Birkbeck, Senior Researcher, University of OxfordSpeaker

Keynote speeches: Lessons learned from the European Commission (EC) and the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD)

Mr. Kamil Kiljánski, European Commision
Mr. Christophe Bellmann, ICTSD Programmes Director

Moderator: Mr. Claude Hilfiker Head WIPO IAOD Evaluation Section Evaluation Section

Seminar Panel 1: Lessons learned from Impact Evaluations

Assessing the Impact of Intellectual Property Rights in Agriculture in Asia

Speakers: Dr. Jane Payumo and Prof. Keith Jones, Washington State University, United States of America

Using Systems Analysis to Assess the Impact of Intellectual Property Rights in Innovation Systems

Speaker: Mr. Sebastian Derwisch, Central Advisory Service on Intellectual Property of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), Italy

Benchmarking and Evaluating Intellectual Property Rights Support Services for Small and Medium Enterprises

Speaker: Mr. Alfred Radauer, Technopolis Group, Austria

Moderator: Mr. Carsten Fink, Chief Economist of the Economics and Statistics Division

Friday, October 7, 2011
Seminar Panel 2: Evaluation Approaches for Intellectual Property Impacts of Geographical Indications – Review of Methods and Empirical Evidences Speaker: Dr. Dominique Barjolle, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland Monitoring and Evaluation of the Effects of the Protection of Geographical Indications Speakers: Prof. Andrea Marescotti and Prof. Giovanni Belletti, Department of Economics, University of Firenze, Italy Moderator: Mr. Marcus Höpperger, Director Trademark and Design Law Divison
Seminar Panel 3: Lessons Learned / Experiences in Implementing Various Types of Evaluation of IP Fakes and Counterfeits: Evaluation of Information and Education Programs in Philippines Speaker: Prof. Romeo Santos, Workland Institute, Philippines Key Lessons Learned from the Self-Evaluation of the Swiss Vietnamese Intellectual Property Project Speaker: Mr. Daniel Keller, Director, Swiss Consulting Co. Ltd., Viet Nam Moderator: Mr. Wend Wendland, Director Traditional Knowledge Division Effects of WIPO’s Creative Heritage Project on the Welfare of the Maasai Community Speaker: Mr. Eliamani Laltaika, Tanzania Intellectual Property Rights Network, United Republic of Tanzania Moderator: Mr. Wend Wendland, Director Traditional Knowledge Division

Friday, October 7, 2011

Seminar Panel 2: Evaluation Approaches for Intellectual Property

Impacts of Geographical Indications – Review of Methods and Empirical Evidences

Speaker: Dr. Dominique Barjolle, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland

Monitoring and Evaluation of the Effects of the Protection of Geographical Indications

Speakers: Prof. Andrea Marescotti and Prof. Giovanni Belletti, Department of Economics, University of Firenze, Italy

Moderator: Mr. Marcus Höpperger, Director Trademark and Design Law Divison

Seminar Panel 3: Lessons Learned / Experiences in Implementing Various Types of Evaluation of IP

Fakes and Counterfeits: Evaluation of Information and Education Programs in Philippines

Speaker: Prof. Romeo Santos, Workland Institute, Philippines

Key Lessons Learned from the Self-Evaluation of the Swiss Vietnamese Intellectual Property Project

Speaker: Mr. Daniel Keller, Director, Swiss Consulting Co. Ltd., Viet Nam

Moderator: Mr. Wend Wendland, Director Traditional Knowledge Division

Effects of WIPO’s Creative Heritage Project on the Welfare of the Maasai Community

Speaker: Mr. Eliamani Laltaika, Tanzania Intellectual Property Rights Network, United Republic of Tanzania

Moderator: Mr. Wend Wendland, Director Traditional Knowledge Division