[Ecommerce] Agenda for Americas Trade and Sustainable Development Forum, IP tent Nov 17-18, 2003 in Miami

[Manon Ress]

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Americas Trade and Sustainable Development Forum (ATSDF),
****Thematic Tent**** on */Trade, Knowledge and Intellectual Property
Right/****

*Hibiscus Room, Courtyard Marriott Miami Downtown Hotel, Miami, FL
November 17-18, 2003*

*Note: The ATSDF *is open to the public. ATSDF accreditation is
required: please see
https://programs.regweb.com/traveleaders/FTAA/civil/index.cfm?page=3Dhoteli=
nformation.
Click on links below for detailed draft agendas./ Official website of
the ATSDF: http://www.miami.edu/nsc/pages/atsdfbrief.html./

Agenda see http://www.ictsd.org/dlogue/2003-11-20/index.htm

Main Agenda and Description

17 November 2003

Morning

8:30 - 10:00

10:15 - 10:40


ATSDF Joint opening plenary

Introductory remarks, by Ricardo Mel=E9ndez-Ortiz, Executive Director, ICTS=
D
10:40 - 12:30

The IPR chapter of the FTAA - Outlining the development perspective

Coordinators: Quakers International Affairs Programme (QIAP) and
International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD).
Tasmin Rajotte and David Vivas-Eugui.

Moderator: Tasmin Rajotte, Programme Associate, QIAP

Speakers:

Elza Moreira Marcelino de Castro, Head of the Intellectual Property
Division and National Coordinator for the FTAA Negotiating Group on
Intellectual Property Rights, Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( 2001-2003),
Brazil

David Vivas-Eugui, Programme Manager, Intellectual Property, Technology
and Services, ICTSD

Rapporteur: Tasmin Rajotte, Programme Associate, QIAP
12:30 - 1:30

Lunch

Afternoon
1:30 - 4:00

Trading away health in the FTAA

Coordinators: M=E9decins sans Fronti=E8res (MSF-DWB). Kate Evans.

Moderator: Rachel M. Cohen, US Director of the Campaign for Access to
Essential Medicines, MSF

Speakers:

PAHO representative (to be determined)

Dr. Luis Villa, Head of Mission, MSF, Guatemala

Guillermo Murillo, Agua Buena Human Rights Association, Costa Rica

Rob Weissman, Co-Director, Essential Action, USA

Elza Moreira Marcelino de Castro, Head of the Intellectual Property
Division and National Coordinator for the FTAA Negotiating Group on
Intellectual Property Rights, Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( 2001-2003),
Brazil

Cailin Morrison, MSF, Canada

Rapporteur: Kate Evans, Program Associate, Campaign for Access to
Essential Medicines, MSF
4:00 - 4:30
Coffee Break
4:30 - 6:00

Agriculture, food and IPRs in the FTAA

Coordinators: The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) and
the Centre for International Environmental Law (CIEL). Maria Julia
Oliva, CIEL.

Speakers:

Kristen Dawkins, Analyst, IATP

Maria Julia Oliva, Staff Attorney, team leader of the Project on
Intellectual Property, CIEL

Ricardo Torres, Instituto de Investigaci=F3n de Biodiversidad Alexander
von Humboldt, Colombia

Rapporteur: Kristen Dawkins, Analyst, IATP

18 November 2003

Morning
9:00 - 10:30

Finding synergies in the FTAA between the Convention of Biological
Diversity and IPRs (Joint session with the trade and environment tent)

Coordinators: The World Conservation Union (IUCN) and Centro Ecuatoriano
de Derecho Ambiental (CEDA). Sebastian Winkler, IUCN.

Moderator: Sebastian Winkler, Conservation Finance Officer, IUCN

Speakers:

Jorge Cabrera, Universidad de Costa Rica, Instituto Nacional de
Biodiversidad -INBio

Monica Rosell, Asesor Legal, Andean Community Secretariat

Kristen Dawkins, Analyst, IATP

Rapporteur: Charlie Capp, CEDA/TULC
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee Break
11:00 - 1:00

Access to Information and the Copyright and Related Rights Provisions in
the Proposed FTAA

Coordinator: Consumer Project on Technology (CPTech), James P. Love,
Director.

Moderator: Manon Ress, Research Associate, CPTech

Speakers:

James P. Love, Director, CPTech

Gwen Hinze, Staff Attorney, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)

Howard Knopf, Adjunct Special Lecturer, Queen Mary University

Rapporteur: Manon Ress, Research Associate, CPTech
1:00 - 2:00
Lunch

Afternoon
2:00 - 3:30

Systemic and rules Issues: Non violation - Dispute Settlement issues in
IPRs, and technology transfer

Coordinators: UNCTAD-ICTSD project on IPRs and the Centre for
International Environmental Law (CIEL). David Vivas-Eugui, ICTSD.

Moderator: David Vivas-Eugui, Programme Manager, Intellectual Property,
Technology and Services, ICTSD

Speakers:

Maria Julia Oliva, Staff Attorney, team leader of the Project on
Intellectual Property, CIEL

Assad Omer, Economic Affairs Officer, UNCTAD

Rapporteur: Maria Julia Oliva, Staff Attorney, team leader of the
Project on Intellectual Property, CIEL
3:30 - 6:00

Plenary for discussion

All participants

Chairman: David Vivas-Eugui, Programme Manager, Intellectual Property,
Technology and Services, ICTSD


6:00
Adoption of report


For more information please contact mchamay@ictsd.ch.







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Manon Anne Ress
Consumer Project on Technology
www.cptech.org
PO Box 19367, Washington, DC 20036
manon.ress@cptech.org, voice: 1.202.387.8030, fax: 1.202.234.5176