WIPO International Conference on Intellectual Property and Development Speaker Profiles

Mr. Francis Gurry, Director General, H.E. Mr. Rob Davies, Minister of World Intellectual Property Trade and Industry, Ministry of Trade Organization, Geneva, Switzerland and Industry, Pretoria, South Africa

Francis Gurry is an Australian lawyer who Rob Davies is serving his second term as has served as Director General of the Minister of Trade and Industry, having been World Intellectual Property Organization reappointed to this portfolio in May 2014. (WIPO) since October 1, 2008. During his first term, from 2009 to Mr. Gurry joined WIPO in 1985 2014, Mr. Davies oversaw the develop- and has held various positions in its ment and implementation of annual three- Secretariat, including Legal Counsel, year rolling Industrial Policy Action Plans Assistant Director General and Deputy as well as steering South Africa’s partici- Director General. He holds Law degrees pation in important trade relations, includ- from the University of Melbourne, a PhD ing the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite from the University of Cambridge and Free Trade Area, the BRICS group, an is an honorary professor of, and holds Economic Partnership Agreement with honorary doctorates from, universities in the European Union, the United States’ many countries. He is also the author of African Growth and Opportunity Act and a number of publications, one of which the World Trade Organization Bali Package. has become a standard legal text in the Before entering Parliament, Mr. UK and is published by Oxford University Davies was Professor and co-Direc- Press as Gurry on Breach of Confidence. tor of the Centre of Southern African Studies at the University of the Western Cape and before that, Professor Auxiliar at the Centro de Estudos Africanos at Eduardo Mondlane University in Maputo, Mozambique. He is currently a member of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party and of the National Executive Committee

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of the African National Congress. He Research Fellow at the Peterson Institute holds an Honors degree in Economics for International Economics, Fellow at the from Rhodes University, a Masters in Kiel Institute for World Economics and International Relations from the University Adjunct Professor at the University of of Southampton in the United Kingdom Adelaide. He currently serves as a con- and a Doctorate in Political Studies from sultant to the World Bank and the World the University of Sussex. Intellectual Property Organization, and recently chaired a panel of the National Research Council on IP management in Theme 1: standard-setting organizations. His cur- Social Development and the Role of IP rent research focuses on the internation- al economic aspects of protecting IPRs. The panelists on this theme will discuss the impact of intellectual property rights (IPRs) on social development, highlighting the ways in which IP could help to ensure sustainable development and the social benefits that may be gained from an ef- fective IP system.

Professor Shamnad Basheer, Honorary Research Chair Professor of IP Law, Nirma University, and Visiting Professor of Law, National Law School, Bangalore, India

Founder of the popular Indian IP blog Professor Keith E. Maskus, Arts and SpicyIP, Shamnad Basheer was named Sciences Professor of Distinction and one of the top 50 IP international per- Professor of Economics, Department sonalities of 2014-15 by the information of Economics, University of Colorado, provider Managing Intellectual Property. Boulder, United States of America Apart from SpicyIP, he has also launched several other initiatives including a project Since obtaining a PhD in Economics from to train underprivileged students for ad- the University of Michigan, Professor mission to the leading law school, IDIA – Maskus has held many different positions in Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access, the economic and academic world, includ- and a synergistic collaboration between ing Lead Economist in the Development legal academia and the legal profession Research Group at the World Bank, to promote public interest goals, P-PIL. WIPO International Conference on Intellectual Property and Development

Professor Basheer has worked both as a lawyer and as an academic. He led the telecommunication and technology prac- tice at Anand & Anand IP law firm and also served for two years as an expert on the IP global advisory council (GAC) of the World Economic Forum (WEF). He has held several academic positions related to IP law and has written exten- Dr. Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan, sively on Indian patent law. He has also Lecturer in Intellectual Property engaged with the courts routinely on pub- Law, University of Cambridge, lic interest issues, presenting arguments United Kingdom before the Supreme Court of India in the Novartis patent dispute in his capacity Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan is a University as academic intervenor-amicus. In 2015, Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law at he was awarded the Infosys Prize in the the University of Cambridge, a Fellow Humanities category for his various con- of King’s College and a Fellow of the tributions to IP law and to legal education. Lauterpacht Centre for International Law and the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law. He also lectures at Theme 2: the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Economic Development and the Role Property and Competition Law in Munich, of IP the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law at McGill University, Under this theme, the panelists will con- Montreal, and the Centre for International sider how the IP system can be used to Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI) in foster progress and development. They Strasbourg. Formerly a legal expert on IP will examine how SMEs can benefit from and development for the World Intellectual the strategic exploitation of IP and the Property Organization, Dr. Grosse Ruse- impact of the enabling environment on Khan currently advises international and enterprise growth; how IP can play a role non-governmental organizations as well in supporting innovation and creativity, as governments of both developed and encouraging effective technology transfer developing countries on IP, world trade and stimulating competition; how coun- and investment law issues. tries can benefit from flexibilities in the global IP system; and how IP contributes to their national economies. WIPO International Conference on Intellectual Property and Development

Dr. Carlos Maria Correa, Director, Dr. Ivan Bliznets, Rector, Russian Center for Interdisciplinary State Academy of Intellectual Studies on Industrial Property and Property (RGAIS), Moscow, Russian Economics and of the Postgraduate Federation Course on Intellectual Property at the Law Faculty, University of Buenos Ivan Bliznets is the Head of the Chair Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina of Copyright and Related Rights at the Russian State Academy of Intellectual Carlos Maria Correa has served as a Property and also a lecturer on civil legis- consultant to various regional and inter- lation, copyright and related rights. He has national organizations as well as advising held several important positions within several governments on IP, innovation pol- Russian public institutions, including Head icy and public health. He was a member of the Legal Department of the Ministry of the UK Commission on Intellectual of Press of the Russian Federation, Vice- Property, the World Health Assembly’s Chair of the Russian Authors’ Society and Commission on Intellectual Property, Legal Advisor to the Office of Assistants Innovation and Public Health and the of the President of the Russian Federation. Food and Agriculture Organization’s Panel In the IP field, he acted as Deputy Director of Eminent Experts on Ethics in Food and General of the Russian Agency for Agriculture. Mr. Correa is a visiting pro- Patents and Trademarks for four years fessor in postgraduate courses of several before being appointed to his current universities and the author of numerous position. Furthermore, he is the Head of publications. the Committee on IP in the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation, a member of the Russian Union of Journalists and has written a large number of publications dealing with civil legislation and intellectual property. WIPO International Conference on Intellectual Property and Development

Theme 3: Cultural Development and the Role of IP

Under this theme, panelists will share their perspectives on the policy frameworks and other elements that are needed to ensure that the IP system can play an ef- fective role in cultural development, help- ing countries to protect and preserve their Mr. Mihály Ficsor, Chairman, Central culture and derive economic benefits. and Eastern European Copyright Alliance (CEECA), Budapest, Hungary

A former Assistant Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in charge of copyright and relat- ed rights, Mihály Ficsor has held several important positions throughout his ca- reer, including Director General of the Hungarian Authors’ Society (ARTISJUS) (1977–1985) and Vice Chairman of the Ms. Irini Stamatoudi, General Executive Bureau of the International Director, Hellenic Copyright Confederation of Societies of Authors Organization, Athens, Greece and Composers (CISAC). Mr. Ficsor played a crucial role in Irini Stamatoudi is the General Director of the preparation, negotiation and adop- the Hellenic Copyright Organization un- tion of the so-called “Internet treaties”, der the ambit of the Hellenic Ministry of the WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT) and Culture and Sports. A lawyer by training, the WIPO Performances and Phonograms she holds a degree from the University Treaty (WPPT). of Athens (Ptyhio Nomikis) and an LLM At present, Mr. Ficsor is Member and PhD from the University of Leicester, of the Board and Honorary President of United Kingdom. She worked as a lec- the Hungarian Copyright Experts Council, turer at the University of Leicester until Honorary Chairman of the Hungarian 2001 when she returned to Greece. Since Copyright Association, a member of the then she has delivered lectures on vari- Executive Committee of the International ous academic courses in Europe and has Intellectual Property Association (ALAI) published an extensive series of books and Chairman of the Central and Eastern and academic articles on copyright and European Copyright Alliance (CEECA) cultural heritage law. She was appointed with permanent observer status at WIPO. by Greece as President of the EU Council Mr. Ficsor holds a doctoral de- IP (Copyright) Working Group during the gree in Law and Political Sciences from Greek Presidency of the EU. the Law Faculty of the Eötvös Lóránd WIPO International Conference on Intellectual Property and Development

University of Budapest and has written gal practice in Australia and the United numerous articles and books on IP issues. Kingdom, he worked for many years in the IP departments of law firms in Melbourne and London. He is a former Fulbright Theme 4: Senior Scholar and has held appoint- Designing a Dynamic IP System: ments at the University of Cambridge, Sharing Practices, Developing Duke University, the National University Strategies of Singapore and the University of Toronto.

Under this theme, the panelists will share successful practices in the strategic man- agement of copyright and related rights as well as industrial property rights in order to help inform the design of a dynamic IP system.

Mr. Maximiliano Santa Cruz, Director, Chile’s National Institute of Industrial Property (INAPI), Santiago de Chile, Chile

A lawyer and former diplomat, Maximiliano Santa Cruz has turned INAPI into a ref- Professor Andrew Christie, Davies erence institution in Latin America, with Collison Cave Chair of Intellectual a special focus on technology trans- Property, University of Melbourne fer and innovation. Since 2014, INAPI Law School, Melbourne, Australia has been working as one of the 20 International Searching Authorities (ISA) Andrew Christie was appointed the foun- and International Preliminary Examining dation Chair of Intellectual Property at Authorities (IPEA) within the Patent Melbourne Law School, University of Cooperation Treaty (PCT) system, the Melbourne, in 2002. He has degrees in only such Authority in America working Science and in Law from the University of in Spanish. Melbourne, an LLM from the University of Prior to becoming head of INAPI, London and a PhD from the University of Mr. Santa Cruz served as a diplomat at Cambridge. From 2002 to 2008, he was the Mission of Chile to the World Trade the founding Director of the Intellectual Organization (WTO) and WIPO (2005– Property Research Institute of Australia 2009) and at the Chilean Ministry of (IPRIA), a national center for multidisci- Foreign Affairs, where he was a negotiator plinary research on IP. Admitted to le- for IP issues in the free trade agreements WIPO International Conference on Intellectual Property and Development

(FTAs) with the European Union (EU), the Theme 5: United States of America, South Korea Global Cooperation for IP and and the European Free Trade Area (EFTA) Development: The Role of WIPO and among others. He served two terms as Other Key Actors Chair of WIPO’s Standing Committee on the Law of Patents, and currently Under this theme, representatives of dif- chairs the Expert Advisory Group of the ferent intergovernmental organizations Medicines Patent Pool. (IGOs), non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and industries will explain their role in global cooperation for IP and de- velopment and present the benefits of an effective IP system for economic growth.

Ms. Anzhela Plionkina, Deputy Director General, National Center of Intellectual Property of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus Mr. Yi Xiaozhun, Deputy Director- Deputy Director General of the National General, World Trade Organization Center of IP of Belarus since 2015, (WTO), Geneva, Switzerland Anzhela Plionkina has over 15 years of experience in IP-related subjects. In her Yi Xiaozhun has been a Deputy Director- current role, she is responsible for policy General at the World Trade Organization making in the sphere of intellectual prop- since October 2013. erty; drafting, amending and advising on Mr. Yi has extensive experience in national intellectual property legislation; world trade and economics, both as a se- coordinating work on implementation nior government official and subsequently and accession to international treaties as China’s ambassador to the WTO. He and agreements; and supervising patent represented China as a key negotiator in litigation processes. its WTO accession process, making an Ms. Plionkina participated in the important contribution to the negotiations. Diplomatic Conference for the Adoption of Prior to becoming China’s am- the Revised Trade Mark Law Treaty held in bassador to the WTO in 2011, Mr. Yi was Singapore as well as sessions of Standing Assistant Minister and subsequently Committees of WIPO. China’s Vice Minister of Commerce in charge of multilateral and regional trade

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negotiations and cooperation. Besides his and bilateral negotiations with countries contribution to China’s WTO accession, at different levels of development. Prior he played a leading role in negotiating to that, Mr. Reiter held various positions numerous free trade agreements (FTAs), within the Swedish National Board of including the China–ASEAN agreement, Trade, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and China’s first FTA. the Ministry of Industry. He has authored academic articles as well as a book on trade, investment and financial issues.

Mr. Joakim Reiter, Deputy Secretary- General, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Geneva, Switzerland Ms. Barbara Martin Muñoz, Manager, Technical Office of European Affairs, Joakim Reiter took up the position of International Relations Office, ONCE, Deputy Secretary-General on April 1, Madrid, Spain 2015. He has extensive experience of trade negotiations and wide-ranging ex- Barbara Martin Muñoz has worked in pertise in trade and development and in the international department of ONCE dealing with multilateral organizations. (Organización Nacional de Ciegos Immediately prior to joining UNCTAD, Mr. Españoles) since 2007. She plays an Reiter was the Deputy Director General at active role with European institutions the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sweden, in Brussels, monitoring activities and heading the Department for International implementation of rules for people with Trade Policy. From 2011 to 2014, he disabilities in general, and the blind and held the position of Ambassador and partially sighted in particular, such as the Permanent Representative of Sweden Marrakesh Treaty and the Convention on to the WTO in Switzerland. He was the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Minister Counsellor and Head of the Trade (CRPD), among others. She participat- Section at the Representation of Sweden ed in e-Inclusion Ministerial Summits to the EU in Belgium and served at the in Lisbon and Vienna and in seminars EU Directorate General for Trade in the related to employment and new tech- European Commission, where he was in- nologies. She has been the World Blind volved in a number of multilateral, regional Union’s (WBU) Liaison Representative WIPO International Conference on Intellectual Property and Development

with the International Standardization its mandate to tuberculosis and Hepatitis Organization (ISO) since 2010, and in the C medicines. European Blind Union (EBU) she provides intelligence and produces the quarterly EBU Bulletin on actions carried out with- in the framework of the European institu- tions. Since October 2015 she has been the Second Vice-President of the EBU.

Ms. Sherry Knowles, Principal, Knowles Intellectual Property Strategies, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Sherry Knowles is an intellectual property Mr. Greg Perry, Executive Director, attorney with more than 25 years’ experi- Medicines Patent Pool, Geneva, ence in global corporate and private prac- Switzerland tice. Managing IP Magazine singled her out as one the most influential people in IP, Prior to joining the Medicines Patent calling her a “Patent Owner’s Advocate”. Pool (MPP) in January 2013, Greg Perry In 2011 she became the Principal of served as the Founding Director and later Knowles Intellectual Property Strategies, Director General of the European Generic LLC, a legal and consulting firm focused Medicines Association. Previously, he on providing global guidance on complex worked as an EU policy advisor to cor- IP matters, obtaining and protecting the porate organizations and NGOs. Mr. Perry full value of innovation, investor support is a member of the Standing Advisory and monetization of assets. Committee before the European Patent Ms. Knowles is a frequent speak- Office (EPO). In 2004, he was awarded er on legal and policy issues relating to the Golden Cross of Merit of the Republic intellectual property, particularly in the of Poland for his contribution to industry pharmaceutical and biotechnology sec- and European integration, one of only tors. A former Senior Vice President and a handful of non-Polish nationals to be Chief Patent Counsel at GlaxoSmithKline, honored with this distinction. Under his she created and defended the patent direction, the MPP has launched new li- right in one of the most active drugs for censing agreements to improve access HIV, Emtricitabine. Over the years, she to HIV treatment in developing countries has been very active in IP matters in and recently announced the expansion of developing countries, including chair- WIPO International Conference on Intellectual Property and Development

ing a World Bank conference on “The Role of IP in Development” in 2010.

Theme 6: IP for Development: Current Challenges and Future Perspectives

This final panel discussion brings togeth- er all our speakers to address the chal- lenges and future perspectives of IP for Development.