Francis Gurry – A Selection of Speeches

IP general and other issues

• Address to WIPO Assemblies 2020 (Geneva, September 21, 2020)
• Address to WIPO Assemblies 2019 (Geneva, September 30, 2019)
• Briefing to Ambassadors: WIPO's Plans to use digital technologies to reduce costs and improve quality in records of official meetings (Geneva, July 18, 2019)
• Briefing to Ambassadors: Results in 2018 | Program Highlights 2019 (Geneva, March 14, 2019)
• Address to a seminar on IP Rights as Key Success Factors for AI Driven Businesses (Helsinki, February 5, 2019) video (YouTube)
• Address to WIPO Assemblies 2018 (Geneva, September 24, 2018)
• No Borders to the World’s Knowledge: A Commitment to Accessibility for the Blind,” Address by Director General Francis Gurry to The National Federation of the Blind National Convention (Orlando, Florida, July 8, 2018)  Audio
• Briefing to Ambassadors: Results in 2017 | Program Highlights 2018 (Geneva, March 22, 2018) 
• Address to WIPO Assemblies 2017 (Geneva, October 2, 2017)
• Briefing to Ambassadors: WIPO's IT Platforms and Knowledge Network (Geneva, July 27, 2017)
• Briefing to Ambassadors: Results in 2016 | Program Highlights 2017 (Geneva, April 20, 2017)
• WIPO and the Sustainable Development Goals (Geneva, February 9, 2017)
• New Year's Message From Director General Gurry (Geneva, January 12, 2017) Video
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• “Knowledge, Property and Power”, guest speaker at the Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA) Victoria (Melbourne, November 17, 2016) Video
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• Address to WIPO Assemblies 2016 (Geneva, October 3, 2016) video (YouTube)
• Traditional knowledge and genetic resources: Considerations from an intellectual property perspective, address to the WIPO International Conference on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge (Ankara, April 13, 2016)
• Briefing to Ambassadors: Results in 2015 | Program Highlights 2016 (Geneva, February 11, 2016)
• Address to WIPO Assemblies 2015 (Geneva, October 5, 2015) Video
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• Briefing to Ambassadors: Results in 2014 | Program Highlights 2015 (Geneva, March 25, 2015)
• Opening session of the international conference “Intellectual Property and Beyond”, organized in the framework of the Latvian Presidency of the Council of the European Union (Riga, March 3 and 4, 2015) Video
• Perspectives for the Intellectual Property System in a Globalized World (Strasbourg, November 28, 2014) Video
• Remarks opening a meeting of the Federal Circuit Bar Association’s International Series 2014 (Geneva, October 20, 2014) Video
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• Address to WIPO Assemblies 2014 (Geneva, September 22, 2014)
• Address at the invitation of the United Nations Office in Geneva, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and the Geneva Diplomatic Club on the “Contribution of Science to Peace” from the UN perspective (Geneva, June 16, 2014) Audio
• Strategic Overviews – Respect for IP (International IP Enforcement Summit 2014 (London, June 11, 2014) Video
• Challenges for International Organizations and Multilateralism – Lakshman Kadirgamar Memorial Oration 2013, Sri Lanka Foundation Institute (Colombo, November 13, 2013)
• Address to WIPO Assemblies 2013 (Geneva, September 23, 2013) Video
• Re-Thinking the Role of Intellectual Property – University of Melbourne (August 22, 2013) Video
• 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

Patents, innovation

• Remarks Opening 2018 WIPO/WHO/WTO Symposium on Health and Innovation (February 28, 2018)
• DG Francis Gurry on the launch of the Global Innovation Index 2013 (Geneva, July 1, 2013)
• 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

Copyright, creative industries

• Opening remarks to the Conference on the Global Digital Content Market (Geneva, April 21, 2016)
• Keynote Address to US Library of Congress - Copyright Matters Event (Washington, D.C., April 23, 2014)
• Closing Speech to the Diplomatic Conference to Conclude a Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works by Visually Impaired Persons and Persons with Print Disabilities (Marrakesh, June 28, 2013)
• Opening Speech to the Diplomatic Conference to Conclude a Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works by Visually Impaired Persons and Persons with Print Disabilities (Marrakesh, June 18, 2013)
• 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)

Trademarks, designs, geographical indications

• 50th anniversary of the adoption of the Lisbon Agreement (Lisbon, October 31, 2008)

Dispute resolution

• WIPO Conference: 10 Years UDRP – What's Next? (Geneva, October 12, 2009)Video

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