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WIPO Conversation on Intellectual Property and Frontier Technologies

The next WIPO Conversation – Intellectual Property and the Metaverse”, will take place on March 29 and 30, 2023.

The metaverse, a borderless, virtual world encompassing work, play, entertainment and more, is considered a next evolution of the Internet changing the world, as we know it. While the concepts are still emerging, there is a common understanding that the metaverse has the potential to unlock a completely new digital economy as it is transforming the global market place, processes, assets and enterprises worldwide.

The metaverse is a real opportunity to drive economic growth and bring its benefits to everyone, everywhere. With the digitalization going forward, IP will be one of the key drivers fostering innovation in technologies that will build the metaverse and in providing a basis for generating economic activity and growth.

Seventh session of the WIPO Conversation

The Seventh Session of the WIPO Conversation taking place on March 29 and 30, 2023 will have a look on wide spectrum of frontier technologies enabling the metaverse, such as AI, blockchain and the NFTs, emerging AR and VR technologies, the Internet of Things and data processing and discuss the challenges the metaverse poses to the existing IP system. It will seek to bring together all stakeholders to provide a map for navigating these challenges to ensure innovation continues to grow and develop for the benefit of all.

WIPO Conversation – IP and the Metaverse

March 29 and 30, 2023

Registration for the Seventh session of the WIPO Conversation is now open:

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The WIPO Conversation is in an open, inclusive, multi-stakeholder forum intended to provide stakeholders with a leading, global setting to discuss the impact of frontier technologies on all IP rights and to bridge the existing information gap in this fast moving and complex field.

The sessions of the Conversation have a truly global reach. Past sessions have each attracted on average 1,500 attendees spanning across 130 countries from Member States, to academia, IP professionals and enterprises.

WIPO is leading the forum to advance the understanding of the IP issues involved in the development of frontier technologies, including AI, throughout the economy and society and its significant impact on the creation, production and distribution of economic and cultural goods and services.

To allow as wide participation as possible, the event is held in a hybrid format.

Due to the unstable sanitary situation, onsite presence is currently limited to official representatives of the WIPO Member States and Observers. The wider audience is invited to join the event on Zoom.

WIPO Member States and Observers are invited to inform WIPO at frontier.tech@wipo.int about their onsite participation in the meeting. Registration for onsite presence is available.

A video recording, presentations and written interventions will also be published shortly after the session.

The provisional agenda of the meeting is available. Please sign up for our regular news updates which will inform you as soon as we have further details on the speakers.

WIPO Conversation is open to everyone and registration is free.

The provisional agenda of the meeting is available where you will find plenty of options to participate actively with questions and interventions.

Registration is open now. Due to the unstable sanitary situation, onsite presence will be limited to official representatives of the WIPO Member States and Observers. Virtual participation on Zoom is open to all.

WIPO Member States and Observers are invited to inform WIPO at frontier.tech@wipo.int about their onsite participation in the meeting. Registration for onsite presence is available.

Previous sessions of the WIPO Conversation

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Intellectual Property Administration

The fifth session looked at the new technologies and assessed their possible uses in IP administration and registration as well as the disruption they may cause to the IP system. It encouraged information sharing across all stakeholders from IPOs to private enterprises and sharing diverse views from IP professionals, innovators, creators and individuals.

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Data

The fourth session of the WIPO Conversation on IP and Frontier Technologies discussed some of the background to the current data debates including what data is and why this intangible asset increasingly matters and is changing how we do business, innovate and create.

conceptual representation of artificial intelligence technology
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Artificial Intelligence

The first three sessions of the WIPO Conversation looked at AI and IP policy and discussed questions AI raises for the IP system. The sixth session specifically focused on AI inventions and how IP Offices worldwide are supporting AI.