[A2k] WIPO: International Conference on IP and the Creative Industries

[Thiru Balasubramaniam]

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International Conference on IP and the Creative Industries
(Geneva, October 29 and 30, 2007)
Provisional Program
Monday, October 29, 2007
08.30 - 09.45 =09Registration
10.00 =96 11.15 =09Opening of Conference

     * Address by the Director General, The World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO) or his representative
     * High Level Segment: Creativity in Diverse Cultures
       Speakers:

     * H.E. Tarek Mitri, Minister for Culture, Ministry of Culture,
Lebanon
     * H. E. Olivia Grange, Minister for Information, Culture, Youth and
Sports, Jamaica
     * Mr. Cl=E9ment Duhaime, Administrateur g=E9n=E9ral, Organisation
internationale de la francophonie, Paris

11.15 =96 11.30 =09Coffee Break
11.30 =96 12.45 =09Theme One: The Concept and Origins of Creativity

     * Topic 1 Creativity as a Process and Outcome
       Speaker: Professor Keith Sawyer, Psychology, Washington
University, St. Louis, Missouri

     * Topic 2 The Birth of the Creative Idea
       Speaker: Mr. Orville =91Shaggy=92 Burrell, Musician, Kingston

     * Topic 3 Linking Creativity to Cultural Production
       Speaker: Mr. Carlos D=E1vila, Filmmaker and Executive Producer,
Mexico City

12.45 =96 13.00 =09Discussion
13.00 =96 15.00 =09Lunch
14.40 =96 15.00 =09Screening of WIPO films in Room A:

    1. Amadou & Mariam, singers and songwriters, Mali
    2. Sadika, glass worker, Tunisia
    3. Gian-Marco, singer and songwriter, Peru
    4. Halter Vianney, watchmaker, Switzerland
    5. Dr. Ovadje, inventor, Nigeria

15.00 - 16.15 =09Theme Two: Creativity and Intellectual Property (IP) in
Support of Development

     * Topic 1 Knowledge and Cultural Capital
       Speaker: Professor Stuart Cunningham, Director, ARC Centre of
Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation, Queensland
University of Technology, Brisbane

     * Topic 2 The Nexus between IP and the Creative Industries
       Speaker: Mr. Baba Hama, D=E9l=E9gu=E9 g=E9n=E9ral, Panafrican Film a=
nd
Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO), Ouagadougou

     * Topic 3 IP and Development Objectives
       Speaker: Mr. Sherif Saadallah, Executive Director, Office of
Strategic Use of IP for Development, WIPO, Geneva

16.15 - 16.30
=09Discussion
16.30 =96 17.45 =09Theme Three: Measuring the Creative Industries

     * Topic 1 Cultural Economics as a Tool for Analysis of the Creative
Industries
       Speaker: Professor Ruth Towse, Erasmus University, Rotterdam,
Netherlands

     * Topic 2 Assessing the Economic Contribution of the Creative
Industries: WIPO=92s experience
       Speaker: Mr. Dimiter Gantchev, Acting Director, Creative
Industries Division, WIPO, Geneva

     * Topic 3 The Creativity Index: A perspective from Hong Kong
       Speaker: Mr. Desmond Hui, Director, Centre for Cultural Policy
Research, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

17.45 =96 18.00 =09Discussion
18.00 =96 20.30 =09Reception:  Performance: Mr. Sandro Friedrich, Film
Music Composer, Reichenburg, Switzerland


Tuesday, October 30, 2007
10.00 =96 11.15 =09Theme Four: Creative Industries in the Digital
Environment

     * Topic 1 International Legal Framework
       Speaker: Mr. Michael Keplinger, Deputy Director General,
Copyright and Related Rights Sector, WIPO

     * Topic 2 Protecting Online Content: Legal and Technical
       Speaker: Mr. Jared Jussim, Executive Vice President, Intellectual
Property, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., Culver City

     * Topic 3 Collective Management in Support of the Creative
Industries in the Digital Era
       Speaker: Mr. Bendik Hofseth, Chairman, CISAC International
Council of Authors, and Composers of Music (CIAM), Oslo

11.15 =96 11.30 =09Discussion
11.30 =96 12.45 =09Theme Five: The Business of Creativity: Innovative
Business Models in the Creative Industries: Best Practices

     * Topic 1 The Management of Creative Enterprises
       Speaker: Professor Xavier Greffe, University of Paris I, Sorbonne
Paris

     * Case Study 1 The Business Book Publishing in Africa
       Speaker: Mr. Brian Wafawarowa, Managing Director, New Africa
Books, Cape Town

     * Case Study 2 Thinking Withoutabox: The Promise of
Self-Distribution in the New Age of Expression
       Speakers:

     * Mr. David Straus, Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer
     * Mr. Joe Neulight, Co-Founder, Chief Visionary Officer,
Withoutabox Inc. Los Angeles

12.45 =96 13.00

Discussion
13.00 - 15.00 =09Lunch
14.30 =96 15.00 =09Screening of WIPO films: in Room A:

     * Talking Copyright, Music in Kenya
     * Riverwood: The Blooming of a Film Industry

15.00 - 16.30 =09Special Presentation:

     * IP and Economic Issues in the Film Industries of India and Egypt
       Speaker: Mr. Bertrand Moullier, Narval Media Ltd., London

     * Case Study 3: Online Games and Virtual Worlds: Creative Diversity
in Action
       Speaker: Mr. David Sweeny, Senior Counsel, Interactive Software
Federation of Europe (ISFE), Brussels

     * Case Study 4 Managing an Independent Record Label
       Speaker: Ms. Laura Tesoriero, President, EPSA Music, Buenos Aires

16.30 =96 17.45 =09Discussions
17.45 =96 18.00 =09Closing Remarks

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Thiru Balasubramaniam
Geneva Representative
Knowledge Ecology International (KEI)
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fax +41.22.723.2988
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