IFPMA @WIPO General Assembly
Date
25 September 2018
Time
13:00 to 15:00
Location
WIPO Headquarters, Room A, Geneva, Switzerland
Attendance
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Bringing together experts working in the field, including procurement
agencies, international organizations and industry, participants will learn
how this new tool helps procurement agencies to determine the existence
of patents on products relevant to their health programs. Ms. Claire Doole,
former BBC journalist, will moderate the event.
Program
Lunch and registration
Welcome and opening remarks
Mr. Francis Gurry, Director General, WIPO
Mr. Thomas Cueni, Director General, IFPMA
Ms. Alicja Adamczak, President, Patent Office of
the Republic of Poland
Pat-INFORMED overview – How does
it work?
Mr. Thomas Bombelles, Head, NGO and
Industry Relations, WIPO
Pat-INFORMED – What difference
will it make?
Panel discussion moderated by
Ms. Claire Doole
Mr. Wesley Kreft, Director, Global Supply Chain, i+solutions, The Netherlands
Dr. Issaka Sondé, Executive Director, Association Africaine des Centrales d’Achats de Médicaments Essentiels (ACAME) /Procurement agency, Burkina Faso
Ms. Alisa Harbin, Head, Global Intellectual Property, Novartis
Open Q&A and discussion
Concluding remarks
Speakers
