[A2k] Correction: ICTSD Side Event: New Trends in Technology Transfer: Implications for a WIPO Development Agenda

[Manon Ress]

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Please note that the side event is scheduled for 21 February 2007 and
accept our apologies for the error in the previous invitation.



NEW TRENDS IN TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER: IMPLICATIONS FOR A WIPO
DEVELOPMENT AGENDA

Side Event at the

Provisional Committee on Proposals related to a WIPO Development Agenda

Third Session


Room B, WIPO Building

34, chemin de Colombettes



21 February 2007 at 13h15-14h45



Organised by ICTSD


Dear Colleagues,


You are cordially invited to attend a side event organized by ICTSD
on =93New trends in technology transfer: Implications for a WIPO
Development Agenda.=94 It will be held on Wednesday, 21 February 2007
from 13h15 to 14h45 in Room B, WIPO Building, Geneva. Sandwiches and
coffee will be provided outside the room.


Professor John Barton, George E. Osborne Professor of Law, Emeritus
at Stanford University and former Chair of the independent UK
Commission on Intellectual Property Rights will present his views on
recent trends in technology transfer and identify links with the
current discussion on a WIPO Development Agenda.

He will discuss how today=92s technological flows are quite different
than three decades ago. The factors that affected technology transfer
in the 1970=92s have changed dramatically due to globalization and
technological upgrade. These new technological factors include the
following: a) the emergence of new technologically sophisticated
players in the developing world; b) free trade has spread including
capital and technological goods and services; c) economies of scale
now favor production facilities that serve more than one nation; d)
technology does not only travel with firms but also with people
(researchers, specialists, students and service providers); and, e)
publicly funded programmes are responsible for the generation of
basic science and product development.


With this backdrop, ICTSD is organizing a side event with an aim to:

Exploring how technology is transferred today to and from developing
countries;
Identifying new channels and barriers that affect such transfer;
Highlighting policy approaches that might be of assistance in
increasing flows and overcoming barriers; and
Facilitating exchange between different stakeholders on the
implications of new trends in technology transfer.

We hope you can attend and would be grateful if you could confirm
your participation as soon as possible. Please contact Fleur
Claessens (+41 22 917 8374; fax +41 22 917 80 93) or email
(fclaessens@ictsd.ch).


With kind regards,


Sincerely,


ICTSD Programme on IP and Sustainable Development


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