Conference on Intellectual Property and Public Policy Issues, Geneva,

July 13 and 14, 2009

PROGRAM

Monday, July 13, 2009

Time	Program
08.00 - 10.45	Registration
11.00 - 11.10	Opening Mr. Francis Gurry, Director General, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva Opening speech
11.10 - 13.15	Moderator His Excellency Mr. Alberto Dumont, Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Argentine Republic to the United Nations Office and other International Organizations in Geneva
11.10 - 11.25	The Broader Framework: The Public Policy Implications Mr. Maximiliano Santa Cruz, Chair of the Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP) Presentation
11.25 - 11.45	Setting the Scene: The Challenges of Climate Change Mr. Michel Jarraud, Secretary General, World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Geneva Presentation
11.45 - 12.45	Panel Discussion: Adaptation and Mitigation Technologies: Towards a Global Needs Assessment for National and International Policies Mr. Haroldo de Oliveira Machado Filho, Special Adviser, Interministerial Commission on Global Climate Change, Ministry of Science and Technology, Brasilia Presentation Mr. Li Yuguang, Deputy Commissioner, State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China, Beijing Presentation Mr. Lee Feldman, Executive Director and Member, Board of Directors, National Peace Foundation, Washington D.C. Presentation
12.45 - 13.15	Keynote Address The Honorable David Lammy, Minister for Higher Education and Intellectual Property, London Speech (check against delivery)
13.15 - 14.30	Lunch
14.30 - 18.30	Moderator His Excellency Mr. Dian Triansyah Djani, Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Indonesia to the United Nations Office and other International Organizations in Geneva
14.30 - 15.30	Panel Discussion: Innovation Models and Technology Diffusion Mr. Jukka Uosukainen, Director General, International Affairs Unit, Ministry of the Environment, and former Chair of the UNFCCC’s Expert Group on Technology Transfer, Helsinki Presentation Mr. Monish Suvarna, President, Intellectual Ventures India, Bangalore Presentation
15.30 - 16.00	Coffee
16.00 - 16.30	WIPO’s Role in Green Technology Mr. Francis Gurry Presentation Mr. Carl Horton, Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, General Electric, Fairfield, Connecticut Presentation
16.30 - 17.30	Panel Discussion: The Role of Patents in Green Technology Transfer Ms. Wanna Tanunchaiwatana, Manager, Technology Sub-programme, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Bonn Presentation Mr. Daniel K.N. Johnson, Gerald L. Schlessman Professor of Economics and Director of Innovative Minds Program, Department of Economics and Business, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado Presentation
17.30 - 18.30	The Conservation of Biodiversity: Implications of the IP System on Equitable Benefit Sharing Mr. Kiyoshi Adachi, Legal Officer, Division on Investment and Enterprise, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Geneva Presentation Mr. Manuel Ruiz Muller, Director, International Affairs and Biodiversity Program, Peruvian Society for Environmental Law (SPDA), Lima Presentation
18.30	Reception

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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Time	Program
09.00 - 12.45	Moderator His Excellency Mr. Babacar Carlos Mbaye, Ambassador, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Senegal to the United Nations Office at Geneva and Specialized Institutions having their Headquarters in Switzerland
09.00 - 10.00	Strengthening Multilateral Cooperation on IP and Public Health Mrs. Margaret Chan, Director General, World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva Presentation Mr. Pascal Lamy, Director General, World Trade Organization (WTO), Geneva Presentation
10.00 - 10.45	Innovation Models to Meet the Challenges of Neglected Diseases Mrs. Cláudia Inês Chamas, Senior Advisor of the Secretariat of Science and Technology and Strategic Inputs, Ministry of Health, Rio de Janeiro Presentation Mr. Tony Wood, Vice-President and Head of Medicinal Chemistry, Pfizer Global Research and Development, Sandwich, Kent Presentation
10.45 - 11.15	Coffee
11.15 - 12.45	Panel Discussion: Promoting Access to Medicines Through Balancing Patent Rights and Responsibilities Mr. Yonah Seleti, Director General, Department of Science and Technology, Pretoria Presentation Mr. Vinod Kumar Gupta, Head, Information Technology Division, Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi Presentation Mr. Joseph Straus, Director Emeritus, Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law, Munich Presentation Mr. Robert Sebbag, Vice President, Access to Medicines, Sanofi-Aventis, Paris
12.45 - 14.30	Lunch
14.30 - 18.00	Moderator His Excellency Mr. Idriss Jazaïry, Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria to the United Nations Office at Geneva and International Organizations in Switzerland
14.30 - 15.00	Setting the Scene: The Challenges of Food Security Mr. Shakeel Bhatti, Secretary, International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome
15.00 - 15.30	The Role of IP in Sustainable Agriculture Mr. Kanayo F. Nwanze, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Rome Presentation
15.30 - 16.00	Coffee
16.00 - 17.30	Panel Discussion: Patents and Strategies for Food Security Mr. Shakeel Bhatti Mr. Charles Vincent, Director, World Food Programme (WFP), Geneva Office Presentation Mr. Richard Jefferson, Chief Executive, Cambia, Brisbane Presentation Mr. Michael Kock, Global Head, IP - Seeds and Biotechnology, Syngenta International AG, Basel Presentation
17.30 - 18.00	Observations by the Chair of the SCP Mr. Maximiliano Santa Cruz Observations
18.00	Closing Mr. Francis Gurry Closing speech

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