IP Justice: WSIS - WIPO Panel discussion 16 Nov 2005 TUNIS

IP JUSTICE PRESENTS:

A parallel event to be held at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Tunis

"The Role of WIPO and NGO's to Balance Intellectual Property Rights"

16 November 2005, Wednesday (15:00 - 17:00)
in Salle GOULETTE
of Kram Exhibition Center at WSIS in Tunis

Questions the panel will explore include:

~ What is the role of WIPO to determine international intellectual property rights?
~ How are Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO's) influencing the debate at WIPO?
~ Does digital technology alter the traditional balance between creators and the public?
~ What are the important issues that WIPO will address in 2006?
~ Why are poorer nations calling for a "Development Agenda" at WIPO?

Moderator:

ROBIN GROSS, IP Justice Executive Director

Speakers:

JAMES LOVE, Consumer Project on Technology (CPT) Director
GEORG GREVE, Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) President
PHILIPPE PETIT, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Deputy Director General
ALEX BYRNE, International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) President

Partial audio recording of panel discussion available here in OGG (44MB).

Questions regarding this WSIS parallel event should be directed to robin@ipjustice.org.

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