[Ip-health] WIPO Symposium on Public Policy Patent Landscaping in the Life Sciences: Provisional Program
Thiru Balasubramaniam
thiru@keionline.org
Tue Apr 1 05:56:11 2008
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Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Session 4: Health-Related Patent Landscaping
09.30 - 10.30 =09The public health policy context: patent information
needs, current policy concerns and patent landscaping initiatives
* Ms. Precious Matsoso, Director, Department of Technical
Cooperation for Essential Medicines, Drugs and Traditional Medicines,
WHO
* Mr. Fred Abbott, Professor of International Law, Florida State
University College of Law
* Ms. Ellen t'Hoen, M=E9decins Sans Fronti=E8res
10.30 =96 11.00 =09Coffee break
11.00 - 12.00 =09Review of landscaping initiatives:
- Patenting trends in relation to neglected diseases: Tuberculosis,
African sleeping sickness, rabies, African river blindness, leprosy,
AIDS, leishmaniasis
* Mr. Raj Hirwani, Unit for Research and Development of
Information Products (URDIP), India
- Patent landscape on avian flu
* Mr. Ben Prickril, PIIPA
12.00 - 13.00 =09Commentary: review of methodology, limitations, lessons
for policymakers
* Ms. Corrina Moucheraud Vickery, Program Coordinator, Program on
Global Health and Technology Access Terry Sanford Institute of Public
Policy Duke University
* Ms. Sangeeta Shashikant, Third World Network
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Symposium on Public Policy Patent Landscaping in the Life Sciences:
Provisional Program
Sunday, April 6, 2008
15.00 =96 18.00 =09Technical review of patent landscapes on plant genetic
resources for food and agriculture.
Day 1: Peer Review of WIPO-FAO Patent Search Project on PGRFA
Monday, April 7, 2008
09.00 =96 09.15 =09Seminar registration
Session 1: Setting the Scene
09.15 =96 09.30 =09Introduction
* Mr. Antony Taubman, Acting Director and Head, Global IP Issues
Division, WIPO
* Mr. Shakeel Bhatti, Executive Secretary, International Treaty
on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (FAO)
09.30 =96 09.50 =09Recent developments in WIPO=92s patent information
services and tools for patent analysis and landscaping
* Mr. William Meredith, Head, Patent Information and IP
Statistics Service
09.50 =96 10.15 =09Current issues in patent information for public
policymakers in the life sciences: the lessons from patents relating
to plant genetic resources
* Mr. Antony Taubman
10.15 - 10.45 =09Coffee break
Session 2: Plant Genetic Resources: WIPO-FAO Patent Search Project on
PGRFA
Patenting trends in relation to plant genetic resources for food and
agriculture:
* landscapes on gene promoters for rice, maize, potato and soybean
* landscape of the rice genome
10.45 =96 13.00 =09Introduction and panel discussion
* Mr. Antony Taubman
* Mr. Shakeel Bhatti
* Ms. Kerry Fluhr, IP Analyst, Cambia, Australia
* Ms. Maria Jose Amstalden Sampaio, Policy and Governmental
Affairs Officer, EMBRAPA
* Mr. Kyle Jensen, Public Intellectual Property Resource for
Agriculture (PIPRA)
13.00 =96 14.00 =09Lunch
14.00 =96 15-15 =09Commentary: review of methodology, limitations, lessons
for policymakers
* Mr. Thomas Cottier, World Trade Institute
* Ms. Muriel Lightbourne, Visiting Scholar,University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign
15.15 =96 15.30 =09Coffee break
12.00 =96 12.30 =09Discussion
Session 3: Patent Landscaping for Plant Genetic Resource Policymakers
Lessons, Tools and Methodologies
15.30 =96 16.30 =09Matching patent information, patent analysis tools and
methodologies with the policy agenda in plant genetic resources
- Options for improved information services for policymakers
- Patterns in use of plant genetic resources
- Monitoring accessions of plant genetic resources
* Ms. Victoria Henson-Apollonio, Central Advisory Service on
Intellectual Property - CAS-IP, CGIAR
* Mr. Pierre Roger, IP Manager, Limagrain
Day 2: Life Sciences Public Policy Landscaping
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Session 4: Health-Related Patent Landscaping
09.30 - 10.30 =09The public health policy context: patent information
needs, current policy concerns and patent landscaping initiatives
* Ms. Precious Matsoso, Director, Department of Technical
Cooperation for Essential Medicines, Drugs and Traditional Medicines,
WHO
* Mr. Fred Abbott, Professor of International Law, Florida State
University College of Law
* Ms. Ellen t'Hoen, M=E9decins Sans Fronti=E8res
10.30 =96 11.00 =09Coffee break
11.00 - 12.00 =09Review of landscaping initiatives:
- Patenting trends in relation to neglected diseases: Tuberculosis,
African sleeping sickness, rabies, African river blindness, leprosy,
AIDS, leishmaniasis
* Mr. Raj Hirwani, Unit for Research and Development of
Information Products (URDIP), India
- Patent landscape on avian flu
* Mr. Ben Prickril, PIIPA
12.00 - 13.00 =09Commentary: review of methodology, limitations, lessons
for policymakers
* Ms. Corrina Moucheraud Vickery, Program Coordinator, Program on
Global Health and Technology Access Terry Sanford Institute of Public
Policy Duke University
* Ms. Sangeeta Shashikant, Third World Network
13.00 =96 14.00 =09Lunch
14.00 =96 15.30 =09Commentary: review of methodology, limitations, lessons
for policymakers
* Mr. Martin Friede, Initiative for Vaccine Research, Product
Research, and Development, Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals, WHO
* Mr. Tahir Amin, Harvard Medical School
15.30 =96 16.00 =09Coffee break
16.00 - 16.30 =09Patent information and the multilateral environment
agreements
* Mr. Antony Taubman
* Mr. Paul Oldham, ESRC Centre for Economic and Social Aspects of
Genomics
Session 5: Concluding Panel Discussion: Future Pathways for Cooperation
16.30 =96 17.30 =09Perspectives on patent landscaping in the life sciences
* Search methodologies
* Tools to make information more accessible
* Use of patent information
* Policy impact
* Freedom to operate analyses
17.30 =96 18.00 =09Discussion
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Thiru Balasubramaniam
Geneva Representative
Knowledge Ecology International (KEI)
thiru@keionline.org
Tel: +41 22 791 6727
Mobile: +41 76 508 0997