[Ecommerce] WIPO/DTI Capetown meeting: International Forum on Creativity and Inventions

[James Love]

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WIPO/INV/CPT/05/INF.1
ORIGINAL : English
DATE : February 2005


THE REPUBLIC OF
SOUTH AFRICA=09WORLD INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY ORGANIZATION

THIRD INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON
CREATIVITY AND INVENTIONS =E2=80=93 A BETTER FUTURE FOR HUMANITY IN THE 21S=
T CENTURY
organized by
the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
and
the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)
of the Republic of South Africa

Cape Town, February 16 to 18, 2005
PROVISIONAL PROGRAM
Document prepared by the International Bureau of WIPO

February 16

8.30 =E2=80=93 9.30=09Registration and administrative matters

9.30 =E2=80=93 10.15=09Opening ceremony

=09Addresses by:

Mr. Mandisi Mpahlwa, Minister of Trade and Industry, Pretoria
the Representative of the Director General of the World Intellectual
   Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva
Mr. Martti En=C3=A4j=C3=A4rvi, Forum Coordinator and Director General of th=
e
   National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland, Helsinki
the Representative of the International Association for the Protection of
   Intellectual Property (AIPPI)

10.15 =E2=80=93 10.45=09Pause

10.45 =E2=80=93 12.30=09Theme 1

Wealth Creation through Invention, Innovation and Creativity

=E2=88=92=09Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Aspects of Inventions and
Innovations as the Key to Technological and Social Progress

=E2=88=92=09Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and Their Role in Economic,
Cultural and Development Policies

Moderator:

Speakers:

12.30 =E2=80=93 14.00=09Lunch

14.00 =E2=80=93 16.00=09Theme 2

Inventors, Innovators and Creators =E2=80=93 the Intellectual Capital of Na=
tions

=09=E2=88=92=09From Ideas to the Product and the Market

=E2=88=92=09How Inventors, Innovators and Creators Benefit from Their Achie=
vements
and What Should be the Contribution and Benefit of the State/Government?

=E2=88=92=09Different Roles of Employee Inventors and Individual Inventors =
in the
Innovation Cycle

=E2=88=92=09Inventors =E2=80=93 Are they Non-Conformists that Rock the Boat=
 of Comfort and
Tradition?

=E2=88=92=09Can an Inventor Become a Millionaire?  Who Should Benefit from =
the
Flash of Creativity and How?

Moderator:

Speakers:


16.00 =E2=80=93 16.15=09Pause

16.15 =E2=80=93 18.15=09Theme 3

Intellectual Property in a Knowledge-Based Society

=E2=88=92=09The Role of Copyright and Future Challenges to Creators, Indust=
ry,
Legislators and Society at Large

=E2=80=93=09Traditional Knowledge, including Folklore and Its Use and Prote=
ction

=E2=80=93=09Genetic and Biological Resources and IPRs

=E2=88=92=09Inventors=E2=80=99 and Creators=E2=80=99 Rights as Basic Human =
Rights

=E2=88=92=09IPRs, Information Technolgies in a Knowledge-based Society

Moderator:

Speakers:

18.30=09=09Reception offered by WIPO

February 17

9.00 =E2=80=93 12.30=09Theme 4

Increase Awareness and Understanding of Intellectual Property Systems

=E2=88=92=09Enhance, Structure and Customize National and Regional Activiti=
es

=E2=88=92=09Progressive Development of International IP Laws

=E2=88=92=09Enhance Market-Oriented Services and Global Protection Systems

Moderator:

Speakers:

12.30 =E2=80=93 14.00=09Lunch


14.00 =E2=80=93 17.45=09Theme 5

Inventions And Innovations =E2=88=92 Key Elements in The Strive for Competi=
tive
Advantage

=E2=88=92=09Crucial Factors for Accelerated Economic and Social Development

=E2=88=92=09Enterprises =E2=80=93 Key Actors in Creating Atmosphere and Com=
mercialization
Capacity for Inventions and Innovations

=E2=88=92=09The Role of Universities and Research and Development (R&D)
Organizations in the Innovation Cycle

=E2=80=93=09Ownership of IPRs, resulting from Public- and Private-funded Re=
search

=E2=88=92=09IPR Issues in Transfer and Technology from Universities, Resear=
ch and
Development Organizations to Industry

Moderator:

Speakers:

18.00=09=09=09Reception offered by the DTI

February 18

9.00 =E2=80=93 11.30=09Theme 6

Conditions for Successful Economic and Social Use of Inventions and
Innovations

=E2=88=92=09Financing Development of Inventions and Innovations to the Prod=
uct and
Market Stages

=E2=80=93=09National/Regional Innovation Support and Promotion Funds (such =
as
African Fund for the Promotion of Innovation (FAPI), Innovation Fund in
South Africa, etc.)

=E2=80=93=09Micro-enterprise Development

=E2=80=93=09Venture Capital

Moderator:

Speakers:



11h30 =E2=80=93 12h15=09Closing ceremony

Addresses by:

the Representative of WIPO
the Representative of the host country/institution
Mr. Martti En=C3=A4j=C3=A4rvi
the Representative of AIPPI
the Representative of a business/industry


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