Francis Gurry - A Selection of Speeches

Francis Gurry addresses role of IP at launch of WTO/WIPO/WHO Study on Access to Medical Technologies and Innovation (February 5, 2013)
IP and Innovation Policy, address to the Global Technology Impact Forum (Geneva, January 22, 2013) Video
Health and Innovation: In the Eye of the Storm, address to the Medicines Australia 2011 Parliamentary Dinner (Canberra, March 2, 2011)
The Disclosure of Technology in the Patent System, address to the Technical Symposium on Access to Medicines, Patent Information and Freedom to Operate (Geneva, February 18, 2011)
Access to Medicines: Pricing and Procurement Practices , address to the Technical Symposium on Access to Medicines (Geneva, July 16, 2010)
Science and Technology in the Service of Stability, address on Africa Day 2010 to the Second African Forum for Dialogue (Geneva, May 25, 2010)
Global IP Infrastructure for Promotion of Innovation, address to the WIPO High-Level Forum (Tokyo, March 1, 2010) Video
Towards a World of Multi-Polar Innovation, address to the Seventh Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (Geneva, November 30, 2009) Video

Opening Speech to the Diplomatic Conference on the Protection of Audiovisual Performances (Beijing, June 20, 2012)
“Global Perspectives on IP and Copyright – The Role of International Organizations”, Keynote conversation at CISAC’s World Copyright Summit (Brussels, June 8, 2011)
The Future of Copyright, address to the Blue Sky Conference (Queensland University of Technology, Sydney, February 25, 2011) Video
Music: Sounding out the Future, International Copyright Forum (Beijing, November 18, 2010)
Keynote Speech to MidemNet (Cannes, France, January 22, 2011) Video
Conference on the Collective Management of Copyright and Related Rights in Europe (Brussels, November 24 and 25, 2008)

Statement at the 64th Session of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) (Geneva, March 29, 2011)
Address to National Press Club, Australia (Canberra, August 4, 2009)
Global Financial Crisis and Economic Outlook: Global Think Tank Summit – China Center for International Economic Exchanges (Beijing, July 3, 2009)
Annual Spring Conference – Danish Patent and Trademark Office (Copenhagen, May 14, 2009) Audio