| September 17, 2007 |
Trans-Atlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD) Conference:
“The Reform of WIPO: Implementing the Development Agenda”
International Conference Centre Geneva (CICG) 17 September 2007 8h30 - 9h00: Registration 9h00 - 9h15: Welcome and opening Remarks Ed Mierzwinski - USPIRG and member of TACD Steering Committee H.E. Alberto Dumont - Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Argentina to the United Nations and Other International Organizations 9h15 - 10h50: Panel I: WIPO in the 21st Century: Looking back and looking forward Chair: TBC Speakers: Ahmed Abdel Latif - Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Egypt WIPO Representative (TBC) Guilherme Patriota - Permanent Mission of Brazil in Geneva Group B country representative (TBC) Tim Hubbard-Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute Frederick Abbott - Florida State University Sisule F. Musungu - University of Berne & Yale Law School 10h50 - 11h15: Coffee Break 11h15 - 13h00 Panel II: Implementing the AGENDA - The Framework for Norm-Setting, Evaluation and Impact Assessment Chair: Charles Clift - DFID Speakers: Tony Taubman -WIPO Graham Dutfield - University of Leeds Carolyn Deere - Oxford University Tilman Lueder - European Commission 13h00 - 14h30: Lunch Break 14h30 - 16h05 Panel III: Implementing the AGENDA - The Reform of Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Chair: KEI Speakers: Pedro Roffe - International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development Sangeeta Shashikant - Third World Network Representative of WIPO (TBC) Tenu Avafia - United Nations Development Programme, South Africa Ron Marchant - Former Chief Executive of the UK Patent Office Pascale Boulet - Médecins Sans Frontières 16h05 - 16h30 Coffee Break 16h30 - 18h00: Panel IV: Implementing the AGENDA - Access to Knowledge and Alternative Models Chair: Robin Gross - IP Justice Speakers: James Love - Knowledge Ecology International and TACD IP Working Group Co-Chair WIPO (TBC) Gwen Hinze - Electronic Frontier Foundation Rishab Aiyer Ghosh - UNU-MERIT Cornelia Kutterer - BEUC 18h00 - 18h15: Closing Remarks Alwin Sixma - Consumentenbond and TACD IP Working Group Co-Chair 18h15: Cocktail