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Subject: 	The Geneva Declaration: Intellectual Property & Development
Symposium - 17 June 2005
Date: 	Mon, 18 Apr 2005 14:51:50 +1000
From: 	Vera Joveska <JoveskaV@law.anu.edu.au>



SYMPOSIUM
organised by the Australian Centre for Intellectual Property in
Agriculture,
(based at The University of Queensland, Griffith University and The
Australian National University)
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*The Geneva Declaration: *
*Intellectual Property and Development*

*Half Day Symposium*

Canberra
9am-12.30pm, Friday 17 June 2005

The United Nations' Millennium Development Goals aim to reduce hunger
and poverty, improve health and education, and ensure environmental
sustainability. There has been much international debate about whether
intellectual property rights could play an instrumental role in
achieving these goals.

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has been a focal
point for discussions over intellectual property and development.
Brazil, Argentina, and twelve other countries have proposed that WIPO
should adopt a Development Agenda. In contrast, the United States has
argued that WIPO should continue to promote intellectual property around
the world as its way of fostering development.

This symposium considers a number of key issues of the debate over
intellectual property and development, including:
- the Geneva Declaration on the future of the World Intellectual
Property Organization;
- the Development Agenda sponsored by Brazil and Argentina;
- the WIPO Partnership Program promoted by the United States;
- agricultural intellectual property and food security;
- trade mark law, Fair Trade labels, and other certification schemes;
- the transfer of technology to developing countries;
- copyright law, access to knowledge, and the creative commons;
- access to genetic resources, and traditional knowledge; and
- patent law, health-care and access to essential medicines.

*Venue:* Visions Theatre, National Museum of Australia, Lawson Crescent,
Acton Peninsula

*Cost:* Standard registration $70, Full-time Students $35; (incl GST)

*Speakers include:
Mr Geoff Burton*, Director, Genetic Resources Management Policy, Natural
Heritage Trust and Biodiversity Policy Branch, Department of the
Environment and Heritage, Australian Government

*Dr Sasha Courville*, Secretary of the Fairtrade Association of
Australia and New Zealand, and Postdoctoral Fellow, RegNet, The
Australian National University

*Mr Ian Oi*, Project Leader, Creative Commons Australia, and Special
Counsel, Blake, Dawson and Waldron

*Dr Matthew Rimmer*, Senior Lecturer and Associate Director, Australian
Centre for Intellectual Property in Agriculture, Faculty of Law, The
Australian National University

*Ms Tanya Spisbah*, Private Capacity, Assistant Director, International
Policy Section, IP Australia

*Dr Warwick Neville*, Solicitor, Bioethicist, and Researcher, RegNet,
The Australian National University

*Register:*

A registration form is attached to this email.

*Enquiries:
*Mrs Vera Joveska, Australian Centre for Intellectual Property in
Agriculture, The Australian National University
*Phone:* 02 6125 3488 *Email:* _acipa@law.anu.edu.au
<mailto:acipa@law.anu.edu.au>_ *Website:* _www.acipa.edu.au
<http://www.acipa.edu.au/>_

Mrs Vera Joveska
Centre Administrator
Australian Centre for Intellectual Property in Agriculture
Faculty of Law
Building #5
The Australian National University
Canberra  ACT  0200  Australia

P: +61 2 6125 3488
F: +61 2 6125 0103
W: http://www.acipa.edu.au

CRICOS Provider #00120C

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