<div dir="ltr"><div>Is anyone planning to go to the 3rd Global Congress on IP and the Public Interest in Cape Town on 9-13th December?</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.openair.org.za/capetown2013">http://www.openair.org.za/capetown2013</a><br>
</div><div><br></div><div>If so would love to hear about your plans. Particularly interested to see whether there are any sessions/discussions/meetings planned on copyright reform, particularly in light of recent revelations about IP negotiations from the TPP: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Pacific_Partnership">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Pacific_Partnership</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>J.</div><div><br></div><div>## 3rd Global Congress on IP and the Public Interest<br></div><div><br></div><div>From 9 to 13 December 2013, delegates from national and international governmental entities, the private sector, civil society and academia will gather for five days of interconnected events in Cape Town, South Africa. Hosted by the University of Cape Town (UCT), participants will engage with diverse perspectives and future scenarios for intellectual property (IP), innovation and development during the combined 3rd Global Congress on IP and the Public Interest and Open A.I.R. Conference on Innovation and IP in Africa. These concurrent events are being convened at the historic Breakwater Lodge conference centre in Cape Town's Waterfront district.<br>
</div><div><br></div><div><div>## Presentations and Workshops</div><div><br></div><div>The five days of Congress & Conference events will feature a mix of keynote speeches to plenary sessions and specialised presentations to smaller breakaway groups and workshops. Participants will break into thematic tracks in order to receive targetted presentations and conduct in-depth scrutiny of the present status of key current strands of public interest engagement with global and national IP regimes. The five thematic tracks are : (1) user rights; (2) access to medicines; (3) enforcement; (4) openness; and (5) traditional knowledge. Participants will also attend workshops proposed and convened by their fellow participants, so as to ensure that the Congress & Conference address all matters of current concern to the IP experts who make the journey to Cape Town.</div>
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