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WIPO/IP/MUS/06/INF/1
ORIGINAL: English
DATE: April 13, 2006 | |
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|SULTANATE OF OMAN |WORLD INTELLECTUAL |
| |PROPERTY ORGANIZATION |
wipo INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON THE STRATEGIC USE
OF intellectual property FOR ECONOMIC
AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
ORGANIZED BY
THE WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION (WIPO)
in cooperation with
the Ministry of Commerce and Industry,
Sultanate of Oman
Muscat, April 29 to May 3, 2006
PROVISIONAL PROGRAM
DOCUMENT PREPARED BY THE INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF WIPO
Saturday, April 29, 2006
| 8.30 - 9.00 |Registration | |
| | | |
| 9.00 – 9.30 |Opening Ceremony | |
| | | |
| |Welcome addresses by: |Representative of the Government of the Sultanate of Oman |
| | | |
| | |Mr. Sherif Saadallah, Executive Director, Office of Strategic Use of Intellectual |
| | |Property for Development, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva |
| | | |
| 9.30 – 10.00 |Coffee Break | |
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|10.00 – 11.00 |Topic 1 |The Conceptual Framework: Intellectual Property and its Interface with Economic |
| | |Development |
| | | |
| |Chair |Dr. Jaber bin Marhoun Flaifil Al-Wahaiby, Advisor to the Minister of Commerce and |
| | |industry, Muscat |
| | | |
| | |(i) Historical Framework |
| | | |
| |Speaker: |Mr. Nuno Pires de Carvalho, Acting Director, Division for Legislation, Public Policy|
| | |and Development, WIPO |
| | | |
|11.00 – 12.00 |Topic 1 (contd) |(ii) Paradigm Shift |
| | | |
| |Speakers: |Mr. Doru Romulus Costea, Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission |
| | |of Romania to the United Nations and Specialized Institutions in Switzerland, |
| | |Cologny, Switzerland |
| | | |
| | |Mr. Pushpendra Rai, Acting Director, Intellectual Property and Economic Development |
| | |Division, WIPO |
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|12.00 – 12.30 |Coffee Break | |
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|12.30 – 13.30 |Topic 2 |Software Industry in the Arab Region: Challenges and Opportunities |
| | | |
| |Chair: |Dr. Abdullah bin Ali Zaher Al-Hinai, Director General, Directorate of Organizations |
| | |and Commercial Relations, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Muscat |
| | | |
| |Speakers: |Dr. Sherif El Kassas, Deputy Director, Center for Academic Computing, The American |
| | |University in Cairo, Cairo |
| | | |
| | |Mr. Nasser Ali Khasawneh, Regional Counsel for the Middle East and North Africa, |
| | |Business Software Alliance (BSA), Dubai |
| | | |
|13.30 – 14.30 |Topic 3 |Pharmaceutical Industry in the Arab Region: Current Situation and Future |
| | |Perspectives |
| | | |
| |Chair: |Mr. Nuno Pires de Carvalho |
| | | |
| |Speakers: |Mrs. Hiba Zarour, Intellectual Property Counsel, Hikma Pharmaceuticals Plc., |
| | |Corporate Division, Amman |
| | | |
| | |Dr. Batool Bint Ja’far Bin Sulieman, Director, Rational Drug Use Directorate, |
| | |Ministry of Health, Muscat |
Sunday, April 30, 2006
| 8.30 – 10.30 |Topic 4 |Update on WIPO Intergovernmental Discussions of Relevance to Developing Countries |
| | | |
| |Chair: |Mr. Yahya Al-Riyami, Director, Intellectual Property Department, Ministry of |
| | |Commerce and Industry, Muscat |
| | | |
| |Speakers: |Mr. Enrique A. Manalo, Ambassador and Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of|
| | |the Philippines to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in |
| | |Geneva, Geneva |
| | | |
| | |Mr. Nuno Pires de Carvalho |
| | | |
| | |Mr. Pushpendra Rai |
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|10.30 – 11.00 |Coffee Break | |
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|11.00 – 12.30 |Topic 5 |Intellectual Property and Technology Development and Transfer |
| | | |
| |Chair: |Ms. Hilda Al Hinai, Director, Office of the Sultanate of Oman to the World Trade |
| | |Organization (WTO), Permanent Mission of the Sultanate of Oman to the United Nations|
| | |Office, Geneva |
| | | |
| |Speakers: |Dr. B. Vijayaraghavan, Director (IP), Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited, Gurgaon, India |
| | | |
| | |Mr. Sisule F. Musungu, Team Leader, Intellectual Property, Investment and Technology|
| | |Transfer, Programme on International Trade and Development, South Centre, Geneva |
| | | |
| | |Mr. Charles Schofield, Senior Solicitor, Trowers and Hamlins, Muscat |
| | | |
|12.30 – 13.00 |Coffee Break | |
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|13.00 – 14.30 |Topic 6 |Intellectual Property and Software Protection |
| | | |
| |Chair: |Mr. Pushpendra Rai |
| | | |
| |Speakers: |Dr. Sherif El Kassas |
| | | |
| | |Mr. Nasser Ali Khasawneh |
| | | |
| | |Mr. Raza Ashraf, Chief Executive Officer in Total Alignment, Knowledge Oasis of |
| | |Muscat |
Monday, May 1, 2006
| 8.30 – 10.00 |Topic 7 |Intellectual Property and Technical Cooperation |
| | | |
| |Chair: |Mr. Sherif Saadallah |
| | | |
| |Speakers: |Mr. Aziz Bouazzaoui, Director, Industrial Property Office of Morocco, Casablanca |
| | | |
| | |Mr. Sisule F. Musungu |
| | | |
| | |Ms. Ola Zahran, Counsellor, Economic Development Bureau for Arab Countries, WIPO |
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|10.00 – 10.30 |Topic 8 |The Role of the Judiciary in Creating a Balance Between Enforcement of Intellectual |
| | |Property and Economic Development |
| | | |
| |Chair |Mr. Doru Romulus Costea |
| | | |
| |Speaker: |Dr. Yakoop Mohamed Al-Saeedi, Judge, High Court of Justice, Muscat |
| | | |
|10.30 – 11.00 |Coffee Break | |
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|11.00 – 12.30 |Topic 9 |Intellectual Property and Traditional Knowledge |
| | | |
| |Chair: |Mr. Enrique A. Manalo |
| | | |
| |Speakers: |Mr. Nuno Pires de Carvalho |
| | | |
| | |Dr. Jaber Bin Marhoun Flaifil Al-Wahaiby |
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|12.30 – 13.00 |Coffee Break | |
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|13.00 – 14.30 |Group Discussions: |Discussions on Policy Issues by Official Government Delegations in Groups |
Tuesday, May 2, 2006
| 8.30 – 10.30 |Topic 10 |Intellectual Property and Public Health |
| | | |
| |Chair: |Ms. Ola Zahran |
| | | |
| |Speakers: |Mr. Nuno Pires de Carvalho |
| | | |
| | |Dr. B. Vijayaraghavan |
| | | |
| | |Mrs. Hiba Zarour |
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|10.30 – 11.00 |Coffee Break | |
| | | |
|11.00 – 12.30 |Group Discussions: |Discussions on Policy Issues by Official Government Delegations in Groups |
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|12.30 – 13.00 |Coffee Break | |
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|13.00 – 14.30 |Group Discussions: |Discussions on Policy Issues by Official Government Delegations in Groups |
Wednesday, May 3, 2006
| 8.30 – 10.00 | |Presentation and Discussion of Group Reports in Plenary Session |
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|10.00 – 10.30 |Coffee Break | |
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|10.30 – 12.00 | |Presentation and Discussion of Group Reports in Plenary Session (continued) |
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|12.00 – 12.30 |Coffee Break | |
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|12.30 – 13.30 | |Summary and Closing Ceremony |
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