The TransAtlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD) Conference: The Future of WIPO
September 13-14, 2004
CICG, Geneva
(Registration Information given below)
Monday, September 13, 2004
Welcome
- Jim Murray — TACD / BEUC
- US TACD Rep. TBA
Panel 1 — What is the WIPO Mission?
Chair, Benedicte Federspiel, FBR
Panel Members
- Mr. Philippe PETIT , WIPO, invited
- Rogier Wezenbeek, European Union
- Larry Lessig, Stanford
- Sisule Musungu, South Centre
- Sir John Sulston, the Sanger Institution
Panel 2 — WIPO and the Information Society I
Chair: Manon Ress, CPTech
Panel Members
- Richard Owens, WIPO
- Jukka Liedes, Ministry of Education and Culture, Finland
- Volker Grassmuck, Humbold University Berlin,
- Michael Keplinger, USPTO
- Yochai Benkler, Yale
Panel 3 — WIPO and Medical technologies
Chair, Sarah Lenz Lock, AARP
Panel Members
- Antony Taubman, WIPO
- Ellen ‘t Hoen, MSF
- Tim Hubbard, Sanger Institution
- Eric Noehrenberg, IFPMA
- Sir John Sulston, the Sanger Institution
- William W. Fisher III, Harvard
Panel 4 — WIPO and the Arts — Relationships between artists, owners of works, the public
Chair: Machiel van der Velde Consumentenbond
Panel Members
- Publisher TBA
- Nick Ashton-Hart, International Music Managers Association
- Cory Doctorow, EFF
- James Boyle, Duke University
- Yochai Benkler, Yale
Panel 5 — WIPO and Technical Assistance
Chairman: Anna Fielder, Consumers International
Panel Members
- Denis Croze WIPO
- Anthony So, Duke University
- Martin Khor, Third World Network
- David Vivas, ICTSD
- Jerome Reichman, Duke
Tuesday, September 14, 2004
Panel 6 — The role of WIPO in the area of patents
Chair: Mark Silbergeld, Consumer Federation of America
Panel Members
- Philippe Baechtold, WIPO
- Richard Stallman, Free Software Foundation
- Philippe Aigrain, Sopinspace, Society for Public Information Spaces
- Brian Kahin, University of Michigan
- D.G. Shah, Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance
Panel 7 — WIPO and the Information Society II
Chair: Ed Mierzwinski, PIRG
Panel Members
- Shira Perlmutter, Time-Warner
- Sarah Deutsch, Verizon
- Dr. Sothi Rachagan, Consumers International
- James Boyle, Duke University
- Publisher rep. TBA
- Richard Owens, WIPO, respondent
Panel 8 — WIPO’s and Access to Generic Resources, Traditional Knowledge, and Folklore
Chair: Michelle Childs, Consumers International
Panel Members:
- Tony Taubman, WIPO
- Chee Yoke Ling, Third World Network
- Richard Stallman, Free Software Foundation
- Maria Julia Oliva, CIEL
Panel 9 — What should the new WIPO mission be?
Chair: TBA, Consumers International
Speakers
- Geoffrey Yu, WIPO (invited)
- James Love, CPTech
- Preeti Saran, India – Representative to WIPO
- Darius Cuplinskas, OSI
- Martin Khor, Third World Network
- Benedicte Federspiel, FBR
To register for this event (no fee), contact:
Ben Wallis
Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue Coordinator
Consumers International
mailto:bwallis@consint.org
24 Highbury Crescent
London N5 1RX
Tel: +44 20 7226 6663 Ext. 218
Location of event:
http://www.cicg.ch/