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WIPO/EC/BUE/01/INF/1
ORIGINAL: English
DATE: May 10, 2001

Governmentof Argentina

WIPO
GOVERNMENT OF
THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC
WORLD INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY ORGANIZATION

SECOND WIPO INTERNET DOMAIN NAME PROCESS
WIPO REGIONAL CONSULTATION

Buenos Aires, Argentina
May 10, 2001

co-hosted by the Ministry of External Relations,
International Commerce and Culture of Argentina

PROVISIONAL PROGRAM

prepared by the WIPO Secretariat

Thursday, May 10, 2001

9.00 - 9.30

 Registration
9.30 - 9.45

Opening Remarks:
Ministro Luis García Tezanos Pinto, Director de Informática, Comunicaciones y Seguridad del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Comercio Internacional y Culto, Argentina
Mr. Roberto Castelo, Deputy Director General, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
9.45 - 10.00

Background to the WIPO Processes and domain name issues
Remarks: Mr. Marcelo Di Pietro Peralta, Cooperation for Development, Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, WIPO
10.00 - 10.30

Introduction to the Second WIPO Internet Domain Name Process
Remarks: Mr. Marcelo Di Pietro Peralta, WIPO

10.30 - 17.00

Statements and Open Discussion

(i) International Nonproprietary Names (INNs) for Pharmaceutical Substances
Remarks: Mr. Moncayo Von Hase, Moncayo Bacqué Abogados, Argentina

(ii) names of international intergovernmental organizations (IGOs)
Remarks: Mr. Marcelo Di Pietro Peralta, WIPO

(iii) personal names
Remarks: Mr. Antonio Millé, Estudio Millé, Argentina

(iv) geographical indications, indications of source and geographical terms
Remarks: Mr. Alvaro Loureiro de Oliveira, Dannemann, Siemsen, Bigler & Ipanema Moreira, Brazil

(v) trade names
Remarks: Mr. Luis Fernando Matos Jr., Matos & Associados, Brazil
Mr. Gilberto Martins, Embratel, Brazil

(vi) the role of technical measures
11.00 - 11.15 Coffee/Tea Break
12.45-14.15 Informal Lunch hosted by WIPO
15.45 - 16.00 Coffee/Tea Break

17.00

Closing Remarks
Mr. Marcelo Di Pietro Peralta, WIPO