The WIPO Work Program - October 17 meeting in Lisbon

This is the agenda for an October 17 meeting in Lisbon on the work program of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The event is being organizated by the Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD) and Consumers International. People who want to attend this event should contact Ben Wallis or Lalani de Silva. Ben Wallis <bwallis[_at_]consint.org>
Lalani de Silva <ldesilva[_at_]consint.org>

The WIPO Work Program
Friday October 17, 2003
Centro Cultural de Belem
Praca Do Interio 1400 Lisboa

9.00 - 9.15 Welcome and introduction, James Love, CPTech and Machiel van der Velde, Consumentenbond

9.15 - 10.30 What is WIPO?
What does it do, how is it governed?

Moderator: Jean Ann Fox, Director, Consumer Federation of America

Panel:

Professor Michael Blakeney, Director of the IP Research Institute, Queen Mary, University of London
Sisule Fredrick Musungu, Consultant, South Centre Philippe Baechtold, Head of Patent Law Section, WIPO

10.30-10.45 Break

10:45-12.00 Copyright and related rights, Digital Agenda I
How does WIPO balance the interests of creators, users and right-owners?

Moderator: Machiel van der Velde, Policy Officer, Consumentenbond
Panel:

Marla Poor, Attorney Advisor, US Copyright Office Rogier Wezenbeek, DG Internal Market, European Commission
Manon Ress, Research Associate, Consumer Project on Technology
Nick Ashton-Hart, Executive Director, International Music Managers Forum
Richard Stallman, President, Free Software Movement

12.00-13.15 Copyright and related rights, Digital Agenda II
What should WIPO do about new technologies?

Moderator: Michelle Childs, Head of Policy Research, Consumers Association
Panel: Representative of WIPO, TBA
Dr Sothi Rachagan, Regional Director Consumers International Asia Pacific Office
Sarah Deutsch, VP & Associate General Counsel, Verizon
Volker Grassmuck, Researcher, Humboldt
University, Berlin
Michael Geist, Professor, Ottawa Law School, Canada

13.15-14.15 Lunch

14:15-15:45 WIPO Patent Agenda I
What is WIPO doing to change patent policy, and why is it doing it?

Moderator: Louise Sylvan, President of Consumers International (to be confirmed)
Panel: Philippe Baechtold, Head of Patent Law Section, WIPO
Carlos Correa, Professor, University of Buenos Aires
Sisule Fredrick Musungu, Consultant, South Centre
Ellen T’Hoen, Co-ordinator, Médecins Sans Frontières
Diane Terblanche, Manager of Enforcement, South Africa Competition Commission

15:45 to 16:00 Break

16:00-17:00 WIPO Patent Agenda II
What are the views of creators and users on the WIPO patents agenda?

Moderator: Jean Halloran, Director, Consumers Union

Panel:

Dr Tim Hubbard, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute Dr Kumariah Balasubramaniam, Advisor and Coordinator,  Health Action International Asia - Pacific Richard Stallman, President, Free Software Movement

17:15-18:00 Roundtable: What should WIPO be doing in this century?

Moderator: Darius Cuplinskas, Director, Information program, The Open Society Institute

Panel:

Carlos Correa, Professor, University of Buenos Aires Sisule Fredrick Musungu, Consultant, South Centre Michelle Childs, Head of Policy Research, Consumers Association
Christine Haight Farley, Professor of Law, Washington College of Law
James Love, Director, Consumer Project on Technology

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