[Ip-health] WIPO Symposium on Current Issues in Intellectual Property and Public Health

[Thiru Balasubramaniam]

http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/2007/lifesciences/sym_health/

Symposium on Current Issues in Intellectual Property and Public Health
(September 19, 2007)
Draft Program
09.00 - 09.30 	Registration
09.30 - 09.45 	Welcome and Opening Address

     * Mr. Francis Gurry, Deputy Director General, PCT and Patents,
Arbitration and Mediation Center, and Global IP Issues, WIPO

09.45 - 10.15 	Outline and overview of current issues

     * Mr. Antony Taubman, Acting Director and Head, Global IP Issues
Division

10.15 - 11.45  	Panel: Perspectives on intellectual property and public
health:

     * What are the issues and challenges in the field of intellectual
property?
     * What are the priorities for international policymakers?
     * How to ensure an inclusive, informed debate?

Panelists:

     * Representatives from Member States, WHO, WTO, civil society and
industry.

11.45 - 12.15 	Discussion, including questions from the floor
12.15 - 12.30 	Wrap up and closure
12.30 - 13.00 	Informal demonstration: Use of PatentScope for public
health related searches

     * Mr. William Meredith, Head, Patent Information and IP Statistics
Service.


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Thiru Balasubramaniam
Geneva Representative
Knowledge Ecology International (KEI)
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