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TACD CONFERENCE “THE REFORM OF WIPO: IMPLEMENTING THE DEVELOPMENT AGENDA”
TACD Conference “The Reform of WIPO: Implementing the Development Agenda”
International Conference Centre Geneva (CICG)
17 September 2007
Programme
8h30 – 9h00: Registration
9h00 – 9h15: Welcome and opening Remarks
Ed Mierzwinski – USPIRG and member of TACD Steering Committee
H.E. Alberto Dumont - Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Argentina to the United Nations and Other International Organizations
9h15 – 10h50: Panel I: WIPO in the 21st Century: Looking back and looking forward
Chair: Thiru Balasubramaniam - KEI
Speakers:
Ahmed Abdel Latif - Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Egypt
M. Pushpendra Rai - WIPO
Guilherme Patriota – Permanent Mission of Brazil in Geneva
Tim Hubbard-Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
Frederick Abbott – Florida State University
10h50 – 11h15: Coffee Break
11h15 – 13h00 Panel II: Implementing the AGENDA – The Framework for Norm-Setting, Evaluation and Impact Assessment
Chair: Charles Clift - DFID
Speakers:
Tony Taubman -WIPO
Graham Dutfield – University of Leeds
Carolyn Deere – Oxford University
Tilman Lueder - European Commission
Sisule F. Musungu – University of Berne & Yale Law School
13h00 – 14h30: Lunch Break
14h30 – 16h05 Panel III: Implementing the AGENDA – The Reform of Technical Assistance and Capacity Building
Chair: Julian Knott – TACD Coordinator
Speakers:
Pedro Roffe – International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development
Sangeeta Shashikant - Third World Network
Ron Marchant - Former Chief Executive of the UK Patent Office
Pascale Boulet – Médecins Sans Frontières
Tenu Avafia – United Nations Development Programme, South Africa
16h05 – 16h30 Coffee Break
16h30 – 18h00: Panel IV: Implementing the AGENDA – Access to Knowledge and Alternative Models
Chair: Robin Gross – IP Justice
Speakers:
Michelle Childs – Knowledge Ecology International
Gwen Hinze – Electronic Frontier Foundation
Rishab Aiyer Ghosh – UNU-MERIT
Cornelia Kutterer – BEUC
Sisule Musungu - University of Berne & Yale Law School
18h00 – 18h15: Closing Remarks
Alwin Sixma – Consumentenbond and TACD IP Working Group Co-Chair
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Last Updated: 05/02/08
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