WORKSHOP
AND DIALOGUE ON TRADE AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRY
DELEGATES TO THE WSSD AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS CONCERNING OUTSTANDING
ISSUES IN THE PLAN OF IMPLEMENTATION
Johannesburg, South Africa, 25 August
2002
Description
| Programme
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Programme
Chair: Sitanon JESDAPIPAT (Thailand) Chulalongkorn
University:
8h30 - 9h00: Café & Croissants
9h00 - 9h15: Introductory remarks
9h15 - 11h00:
Roundtable 1: Exploring the possible role of the
WTO in an international regime on access and benefit sharing
Heike BAUMÜLLER (Germany), ICTSD: "Possible
elements of a legal regime on access and benefit-sharing""
David VIVAS (Venezuela), Center for International
Environmental Law: "Trade, intellectual property and biological
resources - Status of the ongoing negotiations in the TRIPs Council"
Rachel WYNBERG (South Africa), Biowatch: "Bioprospecting
or 'Biopiracy'? Views from the Second South-South Biopiracy Summit"
11h00 - 11h15 Coffee Break
11h15 - 13h00
Roundtable 2: How might WSSD complement, undermine
or go beyond the Doha Declaration on TRIPs and Public Health?
Boniface Guwa CHIDYAUSIKU (Zimbabwe), Former
Chair of the TRIPs Council: "Ongoing negotiations on TRIPS &
Public Health at the WTO"
Wilbert BANNENBERG, Public Health Consultant:
"Compulsory licensing - A realistic option for African countries?"
Jonathan BERGER (South Africa), Aidslaw Project/TAC:
"Access to medicines and IPRs - Experience from the South African
court case"
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