The European industry wants to enforce the protection of intellectual "property" (IP), the European Commission says IP protection is the key for jobs and growth in the EU, and the German Presidency of the EU and the G-8 in 2007 will put IP issues high on the political agenda. But what is the real economic value of intellectual property? What are the effects of IP enforcement on innovation and knowledge flows? Who gains, who pays? Which role plays the TRIPS agreement (Trade-Related Intellectual Property) of the World Trade Organisation (WTO)? Will innovation and inventive activities stop, if there is no gratification through patents? Are their alternatives promoting the sharing of knowledge?
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Monday 4 December 2006
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| 15:00-15:30 |
Introduction |
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Welcome by Eva Lichtenberger, Vice-President of the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament, Austria
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| 15:30-17:00 |
Panel 1: The TRIPS economics of "Intellectual Property" and its effects on the flow of knowledge |
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Chair: Frithjof Schmidt, Green MEP, Germany
Guest speakers:
- James Love, Director of Consumer Project Technology (CPTech), Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue, Washington DC
- Harvey Bale, Director General of the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturer Association (IFPMA), Geneva
Discussion
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| 17:00-18:30 |
Panel 2: Knowledge Ownership and Sustainable Development |
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Chair: Alain Lipietz, Green MEP, France |
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Guest speakers:
- Alejandro Neyra, Permanent Mission of Peru at the WTO, Geneva
The effects of patents on the use of traditional knowledge and the protection of biodiversity
- Peter Einarsson, GRAIN affiliate and Consultant, Sweden
The development impact of "Access and Benefit Sharing"
Discussion |
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Tuesday 5 December 2006
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| 09:30-11:00 |
Panel 3: The Policy of Intellectual Property |
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Chair: Alain Lipietz, Green MEP, France
Guest speakers:
- Neth Dano, Third World Network (TWN), The Phillipines
The Paradigm clash on ownership between the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and TRIPS
- Graham Dutfield, Senior Research Fellow in Intellectual Property Law, University of London, United Kingdom
International Intellectual Property Governance: Is it democractic enough?
Discussion
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| 11:00-13:00 |
Roundtable: Towards an economy of knowledge sharing
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Chair: Eva Lichtenberger, Vice-President of the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament, Austria
Lead question:
How can we imagine a system of incentives that is promoting innovation and access to knowledge, while at the same time providing protection of knowledge and opportunities for the economic marketing of innovations?
Practitioners from different fields as participants:
- Séverine Dusollier, Creative Commons Belgium, Professeur at University of Namur, Belgium
- Pieter Hintjes, CEO, iMatix, Belgium
- Philippe Aigrain, CEO, Sopinspace, France
- Thomas Gebauer, Executive Director, Medico International, Germany
- Paolo Severi, General Manager, Specchiopiuma SaS, Italy
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