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JAPAN PATENT OFFICE THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA: MINISTRY OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY

REGIONAL TRAINING WORKSHOP

WIPO/IPAS/WVB/15/INF2

ORIGINAL: ENGLISH DATE: MAY 1, 2015

WIPO Regional Training Workshop on IPAS Business Process Governance organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in cooperation with the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Government of the Republic of Namibia and with the assistance of the Japan Patent Office (JPO)

Walvis Bay, Namibia, April 13 to 17, 2015

FINAL LIST OF PARTICIPANTS prepared by the International Bureau of WIPO

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I. PARTICIPANTS

BOTSWANA

Greene KAMAKAMA, Information Technology (IT) Manager, Companies and Intellectual Property Authority (CIPA), Gaborone

ETHIOPIA

Menelik Bekele MENEGESHA, Director, Information Technology (IT), Ethiopian Intellectual Property Office (EIPO), Addis Ababa

GAMBIA

Jainaba BADJAN (Mrs.), Registrar of Trademarks and Patents, Registrar General’s Department, Ministry of Justice, Banjul

GHANA

Samuel OHENE-KANKAM, Assistant Programmer, Registrar General’s Department, Accra

KENYA

Simon Mutiso MWALAVU, Computer Analyst Programmer, Kenya Industrial Property Institute (KIPI), Nairobi

LESOTHO

Poloko MAJOLA, Industrial Property Counsel, Registrar General’s Office, Maseru

MADAGASCAR

Narisoa RABENJA (Ms.), Chef du Service des Brevets, Dessins ou modèles industriels, Malagasy Industrial Property Office (OMAPI), Antananarivo

MALAWI

Chifwayi Mwiza Kamoza CHIRAMBO, Principal Assistant Registrar General, Department of the Registrar General, Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Blantyre

MAURITIUS

Shameena PARTHAY (Ms.), Acting Principal Industrial Property Officer, Industrial Property Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade, Port Louis

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MOZAMBIQUE

Ricardo Joao TINGA, Information Technology (IT) and IPAS Administrator, Industrial Property Institute (IPI), Maputo

NAMIBIA

Monika Penelao HAMUNGHETE (Ms.), Chief Economist, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Windhoek

Linus INDONGO, Trademark Examiner, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Windhoek

Lourensia Ndeshipanda KAMATI (Ms.), Assistant Trademark Examiner, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Windhoek

Collin MARENGA, Trademark Examiner, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Windhoek

RWANDA

Clarisse UWIBAMBE (Ms.), Software Engineer, Office of the Registrar General, Kigali

SEYCHELLES

Denise Yacinthe AZEMIA (Mrs.), Registration Officer, Registration Division, Department of Legal Affairs, Mahé

SWAZILAND

Queen MATSEBULA (Ms.), Assistant Registrar, Intellectual Property Office, Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Trade, Mbabane

UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA

Loy Janet MHANDO (Ms.), Senior Assistant Registrar, Business Registrations and Licensing Agency (BRELA), Ministry of Industry and Trade, Dar es Salaam

Andrew GODFRIEND, System Administrator, Business Registrations and Licensing Agency (BRELA), Ministry of Industry and Trade, Dar es Salaam

TANZANIA (ZANZIBAR)

Ibrahim SALEH, Information Technology (IT) Officer, Zanzibar Business and Property Registration Agency (BPRA), Zanzibar

ZAMBIA

Jethro NDHLOVU, Examiner (Trademarks), Patents and Companies Registration Agency (PACRA), Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry, Lusaka WIPO/IPAS/WVB/15/INF2 page 4

Muyembe MUCHANGA, Database Administrator, Patents and Companies Registration Agency (PACRA), Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry, Lusaka

ZIMBABWE

Cliford CHIMOMBE, Principal Examiner, Zimbabwe Intellectual Property Office (ZIPO) Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, Harare

II. AFRICAN REGIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION (ARIPO)

Robert CHIWEZA, Senior Assistant System Administrator, African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO), Harare

III. AFRICAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION (OAPI)

Narcisse DJENARBE MOYODINGAM, Information Technology (IT) Engineer, African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI), Yaoundé

IV. SPEAKERS

BOTSWANA

Timothy Leatile MOALUSI, Registrar, Industrial Property, Companies and Intellectual Property Authority (CIPA), Gaborone

NAMIBIA

Ainna Vilengi KAUNDU (Ms.), Principal Economist, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Windhoek

V. JAPAN PATENT OFFICE (JPO)

Toshiki KODA, Assistant Director, Information Technology (IT) and Patent Information Management Office, Japan Patent Office (JPO), Tokyo

VI. WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION (WIPO)

Daniel CHENG, Head, Product Development Section, Industrial Property Office Business Solutions Division (IPOBSD), Global Infrastructure Sector, Geneva

Gregory SADYALUNDA, Project Manager, Project Deployment Section, Industrial Property Office Business Solutions Division (IPOBSD), Global Infrastructure Sector, Geneva

Ramsay SHONGE, Regional Expert, Project Deployment Section, IMD, Geneva