[A2k] UN seminar @NYC on april 13: "Challenging IPR: A2K in open source and medicine"

[Rishab Aiyer Ghosh]

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Dear Colleague and Friend,

The United Nations University - Office in New York (UNU-ONY) and the
United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and social Research and
training center on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT) are organising a
panel discussion on Challenging Intellectual Property: Access to Knowledge
Issues in Open Source and Medicine on 13 April 2006, at 2:30 to 6:00 pm,
Conference Room 6, UN Headquarters.

On the basis of UNU-MERIT=92s research findings on the economic benefits fo=
r
developing countries in adopting free software, the panel will discuss the
need for a new global intellectual property paradigm that supports
equitable access to knowledge. Similar concerns within the health sector
have led to proposals for new global mechanisms that help generate
affordable drugs for the world=92s poorest populations.


Panelists include:

-=09Rishab Aiyer Ghosh, Senior Researcher, UNU-MERIT
-=09Mr. Tadao Takahashi, Chair, Federal Task Force, the National Informatio=
n
Society, Brazil
-=09Louis-Dominique Ou=E9draogo, Retiring Inspector, UN Joint Inspection Un=
it
-=09Tim Hubbard, Head of Human Genome Analysis, The Wellcome Trust Sanger
Institute, Cambridge, UK


UNU-MERIT was established on 1 January 2006 following the integration of
the UNU- INTECH (established in 1990) and the Maastricht Economic Research
Institute on Innovation and Technology, MERIT. UNU-MERIT focuses on the
role of science in bringing about development and social welfare.

I look forward to seeing you on 13 April 2006. Please register online at
http://www.ony.unu.edu. For further information, please visit our website
or mail louise@ony.unu.edu or call UNU Office in NY at 212-963-6387.

Following the panel, we invite you to a reception at the UNU Office (2 UN
Plaza, 44th Street, between 1st and 2nd Ave, 20th floor, room DC2-2060).

Sincerely,
Jean-Marc Coicaud
Head, UNU-ONY



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