[A2k] Invitation to panel Discussion on Disclosure of origin

[Dalindyebo Bafana Shabalala]

Dear Friends,

CIEL and the South Centre are glad to invite you to a panel discussion on:

=93Disclosure of Origin at the CBD, WIPO and the WTO: Conflict, Coherence o=
r Complementarity?=94, scheduled to
take place on Thursday, 24 January 2008 from 13h15 to 14h45 at the Palais d=
es Nations, Room XXII (Building E)

Speakers include:
*Mr. Antony Taubman (or other WIPO Rep)**, *Acting Director and Head, Globa=
l IP Issues Division (Former Traditional Knowledge Division) and, Life Scie=
nces Programme, WIPO, Geneva*
****Mr. Yusong CHEN**, *Permanent Mission of China to the WTO, Geneva*
**Ms. Le'a Kanehe*, Legal Analyst, Indigenous Peoples
Council on Biocolonialism, USA*
Mr. Dalindyebo Shabalala, *Director, Intellectual Property and Sustainable =
Development Project,CIEL, Geneva

If you are not already attending and accredited to the CBD ABS Meeting, /Pl=
ease e-mail ngomeeneme@southcentre.org or call +41 22 791 80 50 fax +41 22 =
798 85 31.  Pre-registration is required due to limited space and security =
requirements/*/
Simultaneous interpretation will be provided in English and Spanish, and a =
light lunch will be served./*

Best wishes,
Dalindyebo Shabalala
Director, Intellectual Property and Sustainable Development Project
CIEL