FREE WIPO Forum
Tuesday 18 December 2007
10am - 12pm
The Arts Law Centre of Australia and the Australia Council for the Arts presents a FREE forum on the World Intellectual Property Organisation’s current work on the protection of Traditional Cultural Expressions
Where
Australia Council for the Arts
Patrick White Room
372 Elizabeth Street (cnr Cooper Street)
Surry Hills NSW
Speakers
Antony Taubman: Director (a/g) and Head Global IP Issues Division (former Traditional Knowledge Division) and Life Sciences Program WIPO, Geneva
Antony will provide insight into WIPO’s current work through the Intergovernmental Committee (IGC) on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore
Terri Janke: Principal of Indigenous law firm Terri Janke & Co
Terri will outline her work on the WIPO project, Minding Cultures: Case Studies on Indigenous Intellectual Property and Cultural Expressions (2003).
Patricia Adjei: Indigenous solicitor for Artists in the Black, Arts Law Centre of Australia
Patricia will discuss her participation in last WIPO ICG meeting in July 2007, both her presentation on the Indigenous panel of experts about the work of Artists in the Black and through the intervention process during the 1st week of the meeting.
NO NEED TO BOOK! EVERYBODY WELCOME TO ATTEND!
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