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10:00 – 10:10

Opening remarks

• Mr. Xiaozhun Yi, Deputy-Director General, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ
  

10:10 – 11:00

Reflections of TRIPS Council Chairs

• Mr. Stuart Harbinson, former Permanent Representative of Hong Kong, China, Chair of the Council for TRIPS 1995-1996
  
• H.E. Amb. Xolelwa Mlumbi-Peter, South Africa, Chair of the Council for TRIPS 2020-2021
  

Theme I: The impact of TRIPS on the global IP system

11.00 – 11.20

TRIPS and the global IP system

Mr. Antony Taubman, Director, Intellectual Property, Government Procurement and Competition Division (IPD), °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ

11.20 – 13:00

The TRIPS Council – tracking the legal and institutional development of IP systems over 25 years

Moderator: Mr. Wolf Meier-Ewert, Counsellor, IPD, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ

Speakers:

TRIPS transparency provisions - Lessons from eTRIPS

• Ms. Natalie Carlson, Legal Analyst, IPD, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ
  Presentation
  

TRIPS implementation as a guide for public policy – IP issues in Trade Policy Reviews

• Ms. Josefita Pardo de Leon, Legal Affairs Officer, IPD, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ
  Presentation
  

TRIPS and Technology Transfer - Lessons from the implementation of Article 66.2 in the past 25 years

• Ms. Xiaoping Wu, Counsellor, IPD, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ
  Presentation
  

TRIPS Capacity Building – Article 67 providing a global landscape of technical assistance

• Ms. Maegan McCann, Legal Affairs and Technical Assistance Officer, IPD, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ
  Presentation
  

Evolution of the TRIPS Agreement – Doha, the Public Health dimension, and subsequent cooperation

• Mr. Roger Kampf, Counsellor, IPD, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ
  Presentation
  

25 years of policy insights from TRIPS-related °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ disputes

• Mr. Hannu Wager, Counsellor, IPD, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ
  

TRIPS as a benchmark for subsequent norm-setting in international and bilateral treaties

• Mr. Wolf Meier-Ewert, Counsellor, IPD, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ
  Presentation
  

13:00 – 13:15

Questions & Answers

Theme II: The current and future impact of TRIPS on national IP systems

15:00 – 15:30

TRIPS and development

Moderator: Ms. Xiaoping Wu, Counsellor, IPD, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ

Panelists:

• Ms. Susan Isiko Strba, Senior Researcher and Policy Advisor, International Lawyers and Economists for Development, Geneva
  
• Ms. Jayashree Watal, Honorary Professor National Law University (NLU), Delhi, TRIPS consultant, India
  

15:30 – 16:00

TRIPS and the digital landscape

Speaker:

• Prof. Martin Senftleben, Director, Institute for Information Law (IViR), Professor for Intellectual Property Law, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  Presentation
  

TRIPS, new technology and innovation policy

Moderator: Mr. Hannu Wager, Counsellor, IPD, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ

Panelists:

• Mr. Xavier Seuba, Director of the Patent Academy and EQE, European Patent Office, Munich, Germany (tbc)
  
• Prof. Ryan Abbott, Professor of Law and Health Sciences at University of Surrey, United Kingdom
  

16:30 – 16:45

Questions & Answers

Theme III: TRIPS 2.0? TRIPS as a framework for development in the knowledge economy

16:45 – 18:00

Roundtable

Moderator: Mr. Antony Taubman, Director, IPD, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÙÍø×ÊÁÏ

Panelists:

• Prof. Susan Sell, School of Regulation and Global Governance (Regnet), Australian National University
• Ms. Pippa Hall, Director of Innovation and Chief Economist, UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO)
• Prof. Daniel Gervais, Milton R. Underwood Chair in Law, Vanderbilt University, United States
• Mr. Maximiliano Santa Cruz, CEO Santa Cruz IP, former CEO of the National Institute of Industrial Property (INAPI), Chile

Closing