WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION ADVANCED COURSE. WIPO-WTO/ADV/ACAD/13/INF1.PROV ORIGINAL: English DATE: March 15, 2013

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1 E WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION ADVANCED COURSE WIPO-WTO/ADV/ACAD/13/INF1.PROV ORIGINAL: English DATE: March 15, 2013 WIPO-WTO Advanced Course on Intellectual Property for Government Officials organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) Geneva, March 11 to 22, 2013 PROGRAM Under each session, an introductory presentation will be made by a representative of the WIPO or the WTO Secretariat. Ample time will be provided for comments and questions from participants. In certain sessions, Geneva-based delegates and other participants with responsibility for current policy issues will also be invited to give their perspectives.

2 page 2 Venue for 1st week: March 11-15, 2013, NC Room 3, WIPO New Building Monday, March 11, Meet at badge collection entrance, WTO Opening Remarks: Room F, 154 rue de Lausanne, WTO Group photo Transfer to WIPO Coffee Break Quiz Mr. Pascal Lamy, Director General of the WTO, Geneva Mr. Yoshiyuki Takagi, Assistant Director General, WIPO Theme 1: Setting the Policy Context: Intellectual Property (IP) and Public Policy in Developing Countries today i. Survey of IP and Public Policy issues Mr. Marcelo Di Pietro, WIPO ii. International IP legal framework and its Interaction with Public Policy Issues, including in other IGO forums Mr. Antony Taubman, Director, Intellectual Property Division, WTO Discussion Lunch Break Theme 2: (Moderator: Mr. Marcelo Di Pietro ) Intellectual Property in a Trade Law and Developing Countries Setting i. Background ii. Negotiating History of the TRIPS Agreement Mrs. Jayashree Watal, Counsellor Intellectual Property Division, WTO Discussion

3 page Coffee Break Theme 3: (Moderator: Ms. Martha Chikowore) Transparency for Policymakers: i. The WTO Notification System and the Current Policy Agenda Mrs. Xiaoping Wu, Counsellor, Intellectual Property Division, WTO ii. Demonstration of IP Materials on WIPO Website Mr. Tshimanga Kongolo, Head, Professional Development Program, WIPO Academy, WIPO Discussion

4 page 4 Tuesday, March 12, Theme 4: (Moderator: Mr. Tshimanga Kongolo) Intellectual Property and Economic Development Speakers: Mr. Carsten Fink, Chief Economist, Economics and Statistics Division, WIPO Mrs. Jayashree Watal, WTO Discussion Coffee Break Theme 5: (Moderator: Mr. Marcelo Di Pietro ) i. WIPO Development Agenda Mr. Irfan Baloch, Director, Development Agenda Coordination Division, Development Sector, WIPO ii. International Policy Processes on Intellectual Property and Development UNCTAD Perspective Mr. Christoph Spennemann, Legal Expert, UNCTAD iii. International Policy Process on Intellectual Property and Development WTO Perspective Mr. Antony Taubman, WTO Discussion Lunch Break Theme 6: (Moderator: Mr. Marcelo Di Pietro) Copyright Overview: The Evolving International Landscape: Law, Policy and Development Mr. Hannu Wager, Counsellor, Intellectual Property Division, WTO Discussion Introduction of Copyright Exercise

5 page Coffee Break Theme 6: Cont'd (Moderator: Mr. Marcelo Di Pietro) Copyright Overview: The Evolving International Landscape: Law, Policy and New Developments on the WIPO SCCR Agenda Ms. Michele Woods, Director, Copyright Law Division, Culture and Creative Industries Sector, WIPO Discussion Preparation for copyright exercise

6 page 6 Wednesday, March 13, Theme 6: (Cont'd) Copyright Exercises Mr. Hannu Wager, WTO Coffee Break Theme 7: (Moderator: Mr. Tshimanga Kongolo) Trademarks And Industrial Designs i. Trademarks: Law, Policy and Development Mr. Wolf Meier-Ewert, Counsellor, Intellectual Property Division, WTO ii. Trademarks: The Evolving International Landscape Discussion Trademark Exercise Lunch Break Mrs. Martha Friedli, Head, Trademark Law Section, Law and Legislative Advice Division, Brands and Designs Sector, WIPO Mr. Tobias Bednarz, Associate Legal Officer. Trademark Law Section, Law and Legislative Advice Division, Brands and Designs Sector, WIPO Theme 7: (cont'd) Industrial Design: The Evolving International Landscape Ms. Marie Paule Rizo, Head, Design and Geographical Indication Law Section, Law and Legislative Advice Division, Brands and Designs Sector, WIPO Discussion Coffee Break

7 page Theme 8: (Moderator: Mrs. Jayashree Watal) Geographical Indications i. Overview of the Provisions in the Lisbon Agreement and Current Work in WIPO Mr. Matthijs Cornelis Geuze, Head, Lisbon Registry, Brands and Designs Sector, WIPO ii. Geographical Indications Overview of the Provisions in the TRIPS Agreement and Current Work in the WTO Mrs. Thu-Lang Tran Wasescha, Counsellor, Intellectual Property Division, WTO iii. WTO delegates' perspectives Speakers: Mr. Andrès Guggiana, TRIPS Council delegate from Chile Ms. Alexandra Grazioli, TRIPS Council delegate from Switzerland Discussion

8 page 8 Thursday, March 14, Theme 9: (Moderator: Mr. Tshimanga Kongolo) Patents The Evolving International Landscape: Law, Policy And Development And Patent Cooperation Treaty i. New Developments Ms. Tomoko Miyamoto, Head, Patent Law Section, Patent Law Division, Innovation and Technology Sector, WIPO ii. Overview of TRIPS Provisions Mrs. Jayashree Watal, WTO iii. Patent Cooperation Treaty Mr. Matthew Bryan, Director, Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Legal Division, Innovation and Technology Sector, WIPO Coffee Break Discussion and Introduction to exercise Theme 9: (Cont'd) Exercise on Patents Speakers: Ms. Tomoko, Miyamoto, WIPO Mrs. Jayashree Watal, WTO Lunch Break Theme 10: (Moderator: Mr. Pierre Arhel) WTO Dispute Settlement and TRIPS Mr. Hannu Wager, WTO Discussion Introduction of WTO Dispute Settlement exercises Coffee Break Theme 11: (Moderator: Mr. Marcelo Di Pietro) Plant Variety Protection: Law, Policy and Development Speakers: Mr. Peter Button, Vice Secretary- General, International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) Discussion

9 page 9 Friday, March 15, Theme 12: (Moderator: Ms. Martha Chikowore) Resolving Intellectual Property Disputes without Court Litigation Ms. Judith Schallnau, Legal Officer, IP Disputes Management Section, WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center, Global Issues Sector, WIPO Discussion Coffee Break Preparation of Dispute Settlement exercises Theme 13: Dispute Settlement Reports and Discussion Lunch Break Speakers: Mr. Hannu Wager, WTO Mrs. Thu-Lang Wasecha, WTO Mr. Wolf Meier-Ewert, WTO Theme 14: (Moderator: Mr. Tshimanga Kongolo) Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore Evolving International Landscape and Future Directions Mr. Wend Wendland, Director, Traditional Knowledge Division, Department for Traditional Knowledge and Global Challenges, Global Issues Sector, WIPO Discussion Theme 15: (Moderator: Mr. Marcelo Di Pietro) Interaction with WIPO Officials on Technical Assistance and Capacity Building in the area of Intellectual Property.

10 Venue for 2nd week: March 18-22, 2013, Room T5, WTO WIPO-WTO/ADV/ACAD/13/INF1.PROV page 10 Monday, March 18, Theme 16: (Moderator: Mrs. Jayashree Watal) Panel Discussion on Intellectual Property and Public Health - Current Debate: WTO, WIPO and WHO i. WTO Perspective Mr. Antony Taubman, WTO ii. WIPO Perspective Mr. Hans Georg Bartels, Senior Program Officer, Global Health, Global Challenges Division, Global Issues Sector, WIPO iii. WHO Perspective Dr. Peter Beyer, Senior Advisor, Department of Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property, World Health Organization (WHO) Discussion Coffee Break iv. NGO Perspective Mr. Hafiz Aziz ur Rehman, Legal and Policy Advisor, Médecins sans Frontières v. Industry Perspective Mr. Guilherme Cintra, Manager of Intellectual Property and Trade, International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers' Association Discussion Lunch Break

11 page Theme 16 (cont'd) (Moderator: Mrs. Jayashree Watal) Implementation of Paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration Exports Under a Compulsory Licence Mrs. Jayashree Watal, WTO Discussion Coffee Break Theme 17: (Moderator: Mrs. Jayashree Watal) IP and Business i. Use of IP in Business Mr. Raymond Reuteler, Reuteler & Cie, SA ii. WIPO Perspective Mr. Anil Sinha, Head, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) Section, Innovation Division, Innovation and Technology Sector, WIPO iii. Innovation and SMEs Mr. Omer Hiziroglu, Inovent Innovative Ventures Discussion Drinks Reception: Delegates' Lounge

12 page 12 Tuesday, March 19, Theme 18: (Moderator: Ms. Vonai Muyambo) Intellectual Property and Transfer of Technology i. IP and Transfer of Technology WIPO Perspective Mrs. Olga Spasic, Head, Innovation Structures Section, Innovation Division, Innovation and Technology Sector, WIPO ii. IP and Transfer of Technology, including Article 66.2 of the TRIPS Agreement Mrs. Jayashree Watal, WTO Discussion Coffee Break Theme 18: (cont'd) iii. IP Licensing Mrs. Olga Spasic, WIPO Preparation for the Transfer of Technology exercise Lunchtime Seminar hosted by ICTSD: Lunch: Delegates' Room, ground floor, near cafeteria in Atrium. Meeting: Room S2 Global IP Negotiations: Present Realities and Future Challenges Speakers: Mr. José Estanislau Do Amaral, TRIPS Council delegate from Brazil Ms. Zhao Hong, TRIPS Council delegate from China Mr. Wamkele Mene, TRIPS Council delegate from South Africa Mr. Tomas Baert, TRIPS Council delegate from the EU Transfer of Technology: Group Reports and Discussion Mrs. Olga Spasic, WIPO Coffee Break Presentation by participants

13 page 13 Wednesday, March 20, Theme 19: (Moderator: Ms. Vonai Muyambo) Biotechnology and Patents: The Evolving International Landscape i. New Developments Ms. Aida Dolotbaeva, Legal Officer, Patent Law Section, Patent Law Division, Innovation and Technology Sector, WIPO ii. Review of Article 27.3(b) of the TRIPS Agreement Mrs. Xiaoping Wu, WTO Discussion Coffee Break Theme 20: (Moderator: Mr. Pierre Arhel) Relationship between TRIPS and the Convention on Biological Diversity; the Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Folklore: Current Work in WTO i. Overview of work in the WTO Mrs. Jayashree Watal, WTO ii. WTO delegates' perspectives Speakers: Mr. José Estanislau Do Amaral, TRIPS Council delegate from Brazil Ms. Karin Ferriter, TRIPS Council delegate from the United States Discussion Group Visit To CERN, building 33, Conference Room 32-1-A24

14 page 14 Thursday, March 21, Theme 21: (Moderator: Mrs. Jayashree Watal) Panel Discussion on Intellectual Property and Climate Change Current Debate i. Overview of Work in the UNFCCC Ms. Jasmin Hundorf, Consultant,, Economics and Trade Branch UNEP ii. Relationship with the TRIPS Agreement Mr. Antony Taubman, WTO iii. On-going Work in WIPO including IP Green Ms. Yesim Baykal, Senior Program Officer, Climate Change and Food Security, Global Challenges Division, WIPO Discussion Coffee Break Theme 21 (cont'd) iv. ICTSD Perspectives Mr. Ahmed Abdel Latif, Senior Program Manager, Innovation, Technology and IP, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) v. Industry Perspective Discussion Lunch Break Mr. Thaddeus J. Burns, Senior Intellectual Property Counsel, General Electric Theme 22: (Moderator: Mr. Tshimanga Kongolo) Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights, including the Evolving International Landscape i. TRIPS Provisions on Enforcement Mr. Pierre Arhel, WTO

15 page ii. Work in WIPO on Building Respect for IP Ms. Judith Soentgen, Associate Officer, Building Respect for IP, Global Issues Sector, WIPO Discussion Coffee Break Theme 23: (Moderator: Mrs. Jayashree Watal) IP and Competition Policy Speakers: Mr. Pierre Arhel, WTO Ms. Anna Müller, Legal Affairs Officer, Intellectual Property Division, WTO Mr. Nuno Pires De Carvalho, Director, Intellectual Property and Competition Policy Division, Global Issues Sector, WIPO Discussion

16 page 16 Friday, March 22, Theme 16 (cont'd) (Moderator: Mrs. Jayashree Watal) Free Trade Agreements with a particular focus on Public Health Mr. Raymundo Valdes, Counsellor, Intellectual Property Division, WTO Discussion Theme 15: (cont'd) (Room E) Interaction with WTO officials on Technical Assistance and Capacity Building in the Area of Intellectual Property Coffee Break Quiz Lunch Break Theme 24: (Moderators: Mr. Antony Taubman and Mr. Marcelo Di Pietro) Roundtable on Evaluation of Advanced Course Closing Remarks by: WIPO and WTO officials Reserved for visiting WIPO/WTO officials or country representatives (with prior appointment) [End of document]