Geneva, 03 Sep 2004
PROVISIONAL PROGRAM
prepared by the International Bureau of WIPO
Wednesday, September 15, 2004
10.00 – 10.10 Introduction
His Excellency Mr. Bernard Kessedjian, Ambassador of France to the United Nations Office in Geneva, Chair of the General Assembly of WIPO
10.10 – 10.20 Welcome and opening remarks
Dr. Kamil Idris, Director General, WIPO (or his representative)
10.20 – 10.40 Status Report on the Work of WIPO on Intellectual Property and Traditional Knowledge, Genetic Resources and Folklore
Speaker: Mr. Francis Gurry, Deputy Director General, WIPO
10.40 – 11.00 Intellectual Property Questions in Relation to Genetic Resources
Speaker: WIPO official
11.00 - 11. 20 Coffee Break
11.20 – 11.40 Benefit-sharing from Genetic Resources: Challenges for the Intellectual Property System
Speaker: Mr. Kent Nnadozie, Director, Southern Environmental and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (SEAPRI), Nairobi
11.40 – 12.40 Developments in Other Fora
Developments in the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
Speaker: Secretariat of the CBD
Developments in the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Speaker: Secretariat of the FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
Developments in the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Speaker: Secretariat of the UNEP
Developments in the World Trade Organization (WTO)
Speaker: Secretariat of the WTO
12.40 – 13.00 Discussion
13.00 – 15.00 Lunch
15.00 – 16.30 Genetic Resources and the Patent System: Perspectives on Disclosure Requirements in Patent Applications
Speakers:
Professor N. S. Gopalakrishnan, Director, Center for Intellectual Property Rights Studies, School of Legal Studies, Cochin
University of Science and Technology, Cochin
Mr. Timothy Roberts, Chairman, Working Party on the Interface Between Intellectual Property Rights, Development and the Protection of the Environment,
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Bracknell
Mr. Manuel Ruiz, Director, Program of International Affairs and Biodiversity, Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambient (SPDA), Lima
Mr. Eric Noehrenberg, Director, International Trade and Market Issues, International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associations (IFPMA), Geneva
Mr. Michael A. Gollin, Chair, Public Interest Intellectual Property Advisors (PIIPA) and Partner, Venable LLP, Washington, D.C.
16.30 - 16.45 Coffee Break
16.45 – 17.45 Discussion
17.45 – 18.00 Concluding Remarks
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