[Ip-health] Symposium: Effects of Intellectual Property Protections on Scientific Research

Tue Jan 2 10:34:10 2007

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ANNOUNCEMENT:

The Project on Science & Intellectual Property in the Public Interest
(SIPPI) of the American Association for the Advancement of Science will
be hosting a symposium on intellectual property protections and the
conduct of research in the U.S. scientific community.

When: Tuesday, January 16, 2007, 8:30 AM - 2:45 PM
Where: American Association for the Advancement of Science, Auditorium
1200 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20005

(Please enter on the 12th Street side of the building)

Please visit http://sippi.aaas.org/ipissues/meetings/?res_id=726 for
further details and to RSVP, should you wish to attend.

The symposium will address several findings from a forthcoming report
based on an extensive survey of U.S. scientists' experiences with
intellectual property protections, conducted in 2006 by AAAS-SIPPI
with
support from the Sasakawa Peace Foundation. The tentative agenda is as
follows:

Tuesday, January 16, 2006

8:30 AM Continental Breakfast

9:00 Welcome and Introductions

9:15 Description of Survey Project and Brief History

9:30 Presentation of Survey Results

Survey Process and Methodology

Patenting and Licensing of
Scientific Innovations

Scientific Publishing and Access to
Literature

Access to and Use of Scientific
Databases

11:00 Break

11:15 Discussion

12:00 PM Lunch (catered)

12:45 Breakout Sessions

2:00 Reports from Breakout Groups

2:30 Closing Remarks

2:45 Adjourn

We look forward to seeing you in January!

Michael Kisielewski
Program Associate, Science and Intellectual Property in the Public
Interest
American Association for the Advancement of Science
1200 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20005
Ph.  202-326-6220
Fax. 202-289-4950
mkisiele@aaas.org
http://sippi.aaas.org