Geneva, 28 Sep 2004

INTRODUCTION

His Excellency Ambassador Bernard Kessedjian, Chair of the General Assembly of WIPO

 

WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS

Mr. Francis Gurry, Deputy Director General, WIPO

 

Speaker: Mr. Francis Gurry, Deputy Director General, WIPO

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Speaker: Mr. Antony Taubman, Acting Director, Traditional Knowledge Division, WIPO

 

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Speaker: Mr. Kent Nnadozie, Director, Southern Environmental and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (SEAPRI), Nairobi

DEVELOPMENTS IN OTHER FORA

Mr. Dan OGOLLA, Legal Advisor, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD)

Mr. Clive STANNARD, Assistant Secretary, Commission on Genetic ߣߣÊÓƵ for Food and Agriculture, Agriculture Department, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Developments in the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

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Ms. Ivonne HIGUERO, Coordinator, PEBLDS Joint Secretariat, Program Officer, Regional Office for Europe, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Mr. Adrian OTTEN, Director, Intellectual Property Division, World Trade Organization (WTO)

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GENETIC RESOURCES AND THE PATENT SYSTEM: PERSPECTIVES ON DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS IN PATENT APPLICATIONS

Speakers:

, Director, Center for Intellectual Property Rights Studies, School of Legal Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin

, Chairman, Working Party on the Interface Between Intellectual Property Rights, Development and the Protection of the Environment, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Bracknell

Maria Julia OLIVA (Ms.), Director, Project on Intellectual Property and Sustainable Development Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), Geneva

, Director, International Trade and Market Issues, International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associations (IFPMA), Geneva

, CEO/President, Public Interest Intellectual Property Advisors (PIIPA) and Partner, Venable LLP, Washington, DC

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World Intellectual Property Organisation

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