[okfn-za] Anyone going to 3rd Global Congress on IP and the Public Interest, Cape Town, 9-13th December?

Fri Nov 22 08:19:22 UTC 2013

I am not, but I see that you cc-ed two creative commoners. Renata
Avila from CC Guatemala is coming through if you're interested in
chatting with her.

Adi

On 19 November 2013 18:30, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org> wrote:
> Is anyone planning to go to the 3rd Global Congress on IP and the Public
> Interest in Cape Town on 9-13th December?
>
> http://www.openair.org.za/capetown2013
>
> 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: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Pacific_Partnership
>
> J.
>
> ## 3rd Global Congress on IP and the Public Interest
>
> 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.
>
> ## Presentations and Workshops
>
> 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.
>
> [...]
>
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