The Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD)

The TransAtlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD) Workshop

The Future of WIPO September 13-14 CICG, Geneva

(Registration Information given below)

Monday, September 13, 2004

Welcome

Jim Murray -- TACD / BEUC US TACD Rep. TBA

Panel 1 -- What is the WIPO Mission?

Chair, Benedicte Federspiel, FBR Panel Members: Mr. Philippe PETIT , WIPO, invited Rogier Wezenbeek, European Union Larry Lessig, Stanford Sisule Musungu, South Centre Sir John Sulston, the Sanger Institution

Panel 2 -- WIPO and the Information Society I

Chair: Manon Ress, CPTech Panel Members Richard Owens, WIPO Jukka Liedes, Ministry of Education and Culture, Finland Volker Grassmuck, Humbold University Berlin, Michael Keplinger, USPTO Yochai Benkler, Yale

Panel 3 -- WIPO and Medical technologies

Chair, Sarah Lenz Lock, AARP Panel Members Antony Taubman, WIPO Ellen 't Hoen, MSF Tim Hubbard, Sanger Institution Eric Noehrenberg, IFPMA Sir John Sulston, the Sanger Institution William W. Fisher III, Harvard

Panel 4 -- WIPO and the Arts -- Relationships between artists, owners of works, the public

Chair: Machiel van der Velde Consumentenbond Panel Members Publisher TBA Nick Ashton-Hart, Music Managers Association Cory Doctorow, EFF James Boyle, Duke University Yochai Benkler, Yale Panel 5 -- WIPO and Technical Assistance.

Chairman: Anna Fielder, Consumers International Panel Members Donny Cruz, WIPO Anthony So, Duke University Martin Khor, Third World Network David Vivas, ICTSD Jerome Reichman, Duke

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Tuesday, September 14, 2004

Panel 6 -- The role of WIPO in the area of patents

Chair: Mark Silbergeld, Consumer Federation of America Panel Members: Philippe Baechtold, WIPO Richard Stallman, Free Software Foundation Philippe Aigrain, Sopinspace, Society for Public Information Spaces Brian Kahin, University of Michigan D.G. Shah, Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance

Panel 7 -- WIPO and the Information Society II

Chair: Ed Mierzwinski, PIRG Panel Members Shira Perlmutter, Time-Warner Sarah Deutsch, Verizon Dr. Sothi Rachagan, Consumers International James Boyle, Duke University Publisher rep. TBA Richard Owens, WIPO, respondent

Panel 8 -- WIPO's and Access to Generic Resources, Traditional Knowledge, and Folklore

Chair: Michelle Childs, Consumers International Panel Members Panel Members: Tony Taubman, WIPO Chee Yoke Ling, Third World Network Richard Stallman, Free Software Foundation Maria Julia Oliva, CIEL

Panel 9 -- What should the new WIPO mission be?

Chair: TBA, Consumers International Speakers Geoffrey Yu, WIPO (invited) James Love, CPTech Preeti Saran, India - Representative to WIPO Darius Cuplinskas, OSI Martin Khor, Third World Network Benedicte Federspiel, FBR To register for this event (no fee), contact:

Ben Wallis Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue Coordinator Consumers International mailto:[email protected] 24 Highbury Crescent London N5 1RX Tel: +44 20 7226 6663 Ext. 218

Location of event: http://www.cicg.ch/