Exploring the Forces that will Shape the Future of Global IP Policy and Access to Knowledge
4th – 6th September 2008 • Co-organised with European Patent Office; IQSensato
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Scenarios for the Future
A Retreat on Scenarios for the Future
Geneva, 5 – 7 September 2008
Access to knowledge has become critical to the debate on the future of patenting and Intellectual Property (IP) and this scenarios retreat seeks to map the diversity of the opinions about the key factors and challenges likely to impact the future of the IP regime.
This exploration exercise intends to help stakeholders explore and build a deeper understanding of the forces that might shape global IP policy going forward.
Market Rules: a world where business is the dominant driver
Whose Game? a world where geopolitics is the dominant driver
Trees of Knowledge: a world where society is the dominant driver
Blue Skies: a world where technology is the dominant driver
The intended outcome of the exercise is a clearer understanding of how the A2K movement might evolve into the future, who the stakeholders might be and the dynamics and the issues between them. This information will be synthesised and set out in a confidential workshop report.
The International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) is one of the organizers of A2K3 Scenarios Retreat.
This retreat coincided with the third A2k3 Conference being held in Geneva September 8 - 10 2008.
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http://www.epo.org/topics/patent-system/scenarios-for-the-future/background.html)
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