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Invitation to WSIS Panel on WIPO and IPRs: 16 Nov at Kram (15:00-17:00)



IP JUSTICE PRESENTS:

Please join us at a parallel event at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Tunis

"THE ROLE OF WIPO AND NGO'S TO BALANCE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS"

16 November 2005, Wednesday (15:00 - 17:00)
in Salle GOULETTE of Kram Exhibition Center at WSIS in Tunis

Moderator:
ROBIN GROSS, IP Justice Executive Director

Speakers:
~ PHILIPPE PETIT, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Deputy Director General
~ JAMES LOVE, Consumer Project on Technology (CPT) Director
~ ALEX BYRNE, International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) President
~ GEORG GREVE, Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) President


Questions the panel will explore include:
~ What is the role of WIPO to determine international intellectual property rights?
~ How are Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO's) influencing the debate at WIPO?
~ Does digital technology alter the traditional balance between creators and the public?
~ What are the important issues that WIPO will address in 2006?
~ Why are poorer nations calling for a "Development Agenda" at WIPO?


Questions regarding this WSIS parallel event should be directed to robin@ipjustice.org.

This announcement may be freely redistributed in its entirety and is available online at http://www.ipjustice.org/WSIS/WIPOpanel.shtml