[Ip-health] SEMINAR ANNOUNCEMENT: The First South Innovation Perspectives Series seminar , 4 September 2006

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 The South Centre IAIP Programme invites you to The First South Innovation=
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     Perspectives Series seminar on Monday, 4th September 2006 at the=0D
       International Conference Centre Geneva (CICG) in Salle 5 (See=0D
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                            Time: 10h00 =E2=80=93 12h00=0D
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                   Speaker: Dr. Padmashree Gehl Sampath=0D
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Topic:  Linking  Intellectual  Property,  Innovation  and Development: Some=
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Evidence from the Indian Pharmaceutical Sector=0D
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Innovation is the process of acquiring technological knowledge and building=
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further  upon  it,  from  a  variety of market and non-market institutions.=
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Diverse  perspectives  have  been  expressed  on  how intellectual property=
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rights  as  contained  in  the  present multilateral regime will affect the=
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building  of  innovation  systems  in  developing  countries. Resolving the=
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linkages  between  intellectual  property  rights  and  innovation  will be=
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critical   for  the  design  of  innovation  policies  that  promote  local=
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development  in  developing  countries.  Dr.  Gehl  Sampath=E2=80=99s  pape=
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presented  at the seminar, seeks to establish a framework that analyses the=
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inter-linkages  between  innovation  and  intellectual property in order to=
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draw   policy-relevant   conclusions  for  developing  countries.  It  uses=
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empirical  data  collected  in  2005 in the Indian pharmaceutical sector to=
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corroborate the theoretical predictions on how intellectual property rights=
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affect  sectoral  growth,  access  to technologies and dynamic capabilities=
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building, and access to medicines in developing countries.=0D
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About South Innovation Perspectives Series seminars=0D
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The  seminar  series,  presented  by the South Centre on a quarterly basis,=
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aims   to  provide  a  forum  where  cutting-edge  research  and  ideas  on=
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innovation,   access   to  knowledge  and  intellectual  property,  from  a=
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development   perspective,   are   presented   and  debated.  Speakers  are=
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researchers  and  policy analysts especially from the South who focus their=
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work on key issues for developing countries and the international community=
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more generally.=0D
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By presenting key research findings and ideas in Geneva, the seminar series=
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plays  an  important  role  in  linking  local/national  circumstances  and=
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challenges,  and  the  norm-setting  activities  in  various  international=
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institutions  and  process.  By  engaging  negotiators  and  key players in=
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international  processes,  the  seminars  will also contribute to promoting=
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evidence-based   norm-setting   in  key  institutions  such  as  the  World=
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Intellectual  Property  Organization  (WIPO), the World Health Organization=
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(WHO),  the  World  Trade Organization (WTO), among other organisations and=
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processes=0D
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About Dr. Gehl Sampath=0D
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Padmashree  Gehl  Sampath  has  been  working at UNU-INTECH, now UNU-MERIT,=
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(United  Nations  University  Maastricht  Economic  and Social Research and=
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Training  Centre on Innovation and Technology) from the autumn of 2002. She=
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has a doctoral degree in Law and Economics, and her research specialization=
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is  on  issues  of  innovation and intellectual property, with a particular=
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emphasis on pharmaceuticals/health, and other issues relating to the global=
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protection  of  intellectual  property  rights in developing countries. She=
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actively   participates  in  international  discussions  around  the  TRIPS=
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Agreement and issues of capacity building in developing and least developed=
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countries.  She  is  also  the  Coordinator  of  UNU-MERIT Research Seminar=
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Series,  which  brings  together  scholars working on issues of innovation,=
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technology  and  development.  Dr.  Gehl  Sampath  has consulted various UN=
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organisations, including the WHO and the United Nations Conference on Trade=
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and Development (UNCTAD), the European Commission and the German Government=
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on  intellectual  property  rights  and  health  innovation issues. She has=
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published  several articles and book chapters on these topics, and recently=
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completed  the  book:  Regulating  Bioprospecting:  Institutions  for  Drug=
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Research,  Access  and Benefit-Sharing (UNU Press, 2005).  Dr. Gehl Sampath=
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is  also  affiliated  to  the  Institute  for  International  and  European=
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Environmental Policy in Berlin, as a policy advisor.=0D
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Registration=0D
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Please  e-mail  ngomeeneme@southcentre.org  or call +41 22 791 80 50 or fax=
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+41  22  798  85  31. Pre-registration is required due to limited space and=
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security  requirements. UN or other security badges can not guarantee entry=
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to the seminar venue.=0D
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Sisule F. Musungu=0D
Acting Coordinator=0D
Innovation, Access to Knowledge and Intellectual Property Programme (IAIPP)=
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Ch. du Champ d'Anier 17, POB 228,=0D
1211 Geneva 19=0D
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Tel: ++41 22 791 81 65=0D
Fax: ++ 41 22 798 85 31=0D
E-mail: Musungu@Southcentre.org=0D
Website: http:// www.southcentre.org