Selected Activities of SMEs Division in 2005

• Two-day Workshop on the Management of Intellectual Property by Photographers
  (December 8 and 9, 2005, Beijing, China)
  
  
• National Seminar on IP for Start-Ups and SMEs in cooperation with the Ministry of Industry Trade and Labor of the State of Israel
  (Tel Aviv, Israel, December 5, 2005)
  
  
• WIPO-Italy International Symposium on IP and the Competitiveness of SMEs in the Textile and Clothing Sectors
  (Caserta, Italy, November 30 and December 1, 2005)
  
  
• WIPO - CEDA Sub-Regional Symposium on Intellectual Property for SMEs 
  (Suriname, St. Lucia, Jamaica and Dominican Republic, July 18 to 29, 2005)
  
  
• WIPO National Workshop on Negotiating Technology Licensing Agreements
  (New Delhi, India, July 4 to 8, 2005)
  
  
• "Training the Trainers" Workshop on Intellectual Property Rights for the National Institute of Fashion Technology
  (New Delhi, India, June 20 to 24, 2005)
  
  
• CAPNET Publishing Management Training Workshop, Montego Bay
  (May 27 to 28, 2005) [PPT]
  
  
• Presentation entitled, "The Role of IP in Enhancing the Competitiveness of SMEs", made on May 27, 2005, during the Official Visit of Dr. Ulaan Chultem Deputy Prime Minister, Government of Mongolia to WIPO Headquarters [PPT]
  
  
• WIPO Forum on Intellectual Property and SMEs for IP Offices of OECD and South Mediterranean Countries
  (May 25 and 26, 2005)
  
  
• Presentation entitled, "Managing IP Assets for Enhancing the Competitiveness of SMEs", made on May 24, 2005,  during the Intensive Seminar on IP for Law Students from Israel [PPT]
  
  
• WIPO-INSME International Training Program on the Role of Intellectual Property Rights for Innovation in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
  (May 11-13, 2005)
  
  
• WIPO Workshop on Intellectual Property for Business for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs), Dar-Es-Salaam
  (May 10 And 11, 2005)
  
  
• National Seminar on the Importance of Intellectual Property for the Handicrafts Sector, Hyderabad, India
  (April 5 to 7, 2005)
  
  
• Conference on Intellectual Property Rights and SMEs
  (January 10 and 11, 2005, Istanbul, Turkey).
  The Conference was jointly organized by WIPO and the Turkish Patent Institute (TPI) with the assistance of the Technical Assistance Information Exchange Office (TAIEX), Enlargement Directorate-General, Commission of the European Union (EU).