MAKING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY A TOOL FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: A DIALOGUE WITH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY TEACHERS

5th July 2006 • Co-organised with QUNO

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Dinner Roundtable

The International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) and the Quaker UN Office (QUNO) organized an informal meeting with the purpose of facilitating interaction between intellectual property (IP) professors attending the “WIPO & WTO colloquium for Teachers of Intellectual Property” and Geneva delegates and civil society representatives on current IP and Sustainable development issues.

The dialogue started with an introduction by Pedro Roffe and Martin Watson on the work undertaken by ICTSD and QUNO on Intellectual Property and Development matters. After, this brief introduction, Sisule Musungu of the South Centre gave a brief overview of current IP debates including the recent Provisional Committee on Proposals Related to a WIPO Development Agenda (PCDA). This was followed by an open discussion on IP policy issues by participants.

Agenda:

7:00 p.m. Welcoming remarks

Martin Watson, QUNO

Pedro Roffe, ICTSD

7:30 p.m. New global challenges and opportunities for a development agenda

Current IP debates including the recent Provisional Committee on Proposals Related to a WIPO Development Agenda (PCDA)

Sisule Musungu, South Centre

8:00 p.m. Discussion

Participants

1. BOTSWANA
KIGGUNDU, Professor John
Department of Law
Faculty of Social Sciences
University of Botswana
Botswana

2. ERITREA
ANDEMARIAM,, Mr. Senai
Asmara
Eritrea

3. KENYA
MBOTE, Professor Patricia Kameri
University of Nairobi
Nairobi

4. NIGERIA
PAM, Mr. Adamu
Faculty of Law
University of Jos
Nigeria

5. SOUTH AFRICA
TONG, Ms. Lee-Ann
Athlone, Cape Town
South Africa

6. EGYPT
HASANIN, Mr. Galal
The Supreme Council for Culture
Cairo
Egypt

7. SUDAN
MAKKI, Mr. Hussam
University of Juba
Sudan

8. CHINA
CUI, Professor Guobin,
Tsinghua University, School of Law
Beijing
China

9. INDIA
RAY, Mr. Amit
JNU
New Delhi
India

10. PAPUA NEW GUINEA
LOMAI, Mr. P. Ben
NCD
Papua New Guinea

11. REPUBLIC OF KOREA
PARK, Prof. Nohyoung
College of Law
Korea University
Seoul
Republic of Korea

12. THAILAND
WONGWITIT, Ms. Sumalee
Faculty of Law
Ramkhamhaeng University
Bangkok
Thailand

13. VIET NAM
LE THI THU,
Ms. Thuy
Faculty of Law
Viet Nam National University
VNU Campus
Ha Noi
Viet Nam

14. BULGARIA
BRESTNICHKA, Professor Roumiana
Bulgaria

15. ARGENTINA
WITTHAUS, Professor Mónica
Buenos Aires
Argentina

16. BRAZIL
CHAMAS, Dr. Claudia
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil

17. COLOMBIA
MADRID, Mr. Luis Angel
Colombia

18. JAMAICA
PEREIRA, Ms. Beverley
University of the West Indies
Legal Unit, Office of the Vice Chancellor
Jamaica
West Indies

19. VENEZUELA
COLMENTER, Professor Ricardo
Adjunct Professor
University of Houston
Dickinson
USA

20. CZECH REPUBLIC
STERBOVA, Ms. Ludmila
Genève

21. UNITED STATES
CHON, Professor Margaret
Seattle University School of Law
Seattle

22. UNITED STATES
LYBBERT, Professor Travis
USA

23. SUDAN
Hussain MAKKI

24. WEST INDIES
Beverley PEREIRA

25. EGYPTIAN MISSION
Ragui EL-ETREBY

26. KENYA MISSION
Joseph MBEVA

27. CHINA MISSION
Yusong CHEN

28. BRAZILIAN MISSION
Guilherme PATRIOATA

29. BRAZILIAN MISSION
Christiano BERBERT

30. COUMBIAN MISSION
Nicolas TORRES

31. SOUTH CENTRE
Sisule MUSUNGU

32. QUNO
Martin WATSON

33. QUNO
Nico TYABJI

34. ICTSD
Pedro ROFFE

35. ICTSD
David VIVAS-EUGUI

36. ICTSD
Johanna von BRAUN