Conference Announcement

Public Private Initiatives After TRIPS:

Toward Improved Intellectual Property Protection And Increased Capital Investment
In The Evolving Economies Of The World

Designing A Global Agenda

Swissotel Brussels
July 16 - 19, 1997

You are invited to an international conference and symposium intended for senior management and professionals interested in the evolving economies, intellectual and industrial property and trade officials, and members of the academy.

Presented By
The Center for Global Information Technologies The Duke University School of Law
Messrs. Haythe & Curley, New York City

In Cooperation With
Office Of IPR Executive Conference Of State Council The People's Republic Of China

Now that the TRIPS Agreement is an accomplished fact, the remaining challenge is to design still more efficient mechanisms for securing adequate recognition, protection and enforcement of IP rights in the evolving economies - with resulting increases in capital investment. While international agencies will play an important role, additional approaches will prove necessary. Public-private initiatives
(structured, on-going working relationships between IP Proprietors
and Investors and their Public Sector counterparts in the evolving economies) can add importantly to the search for cost-effective solutions. This conference (the first of three) will introduce and explore a new Forum and Agenda for such initiatives, with direct participation by officials from the PRC and other evolving economies. If you have serious interests in any of the evolving global economies, the conference is one you cannot afford to miss.

In addition to the main conference, a concurrent private conference
("A Working Dialogue with Intellectual and Industrial Property
Officials from the People's Republic of China and Other Evolving Economies from Around the Globe") for senior management and professionals representing transnational enterprises doing business in the evolving economies will be held elsewhere in the Swissotel Brussels on Thursday and Friday, July 17-18. Direct participation in this conference is available to appropriate attendees by further invitation and subscription.

For further information on the conference, including registration information, please see the Center for Global Information Technologies' web page at http://global.law.duke.edu. You may also contact Liz Gustafson at Duke University School of Law: Box 90389, Durham, North Carolina, 27708-0389 (919) 613-7017 (telephone) (919) 613-7170 (fax) gustafson @law.duke.edu Received on Tue May 20 1997 - 14:55:42 GMT