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International Telecommunication Union
(ITU) organized a joint side-event with World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on "The effective use of ICTs and the
IP system for mitigating climate change" where top decision-makers
from governments, international organizations and industry shared their
views and solutions on how ICTs can help to adapt and mitigate the effects of
climate change and will debate over the potential role and impact of the
intellectual property (IP) system in promoting the development of new
technologies, and in leveraging access to technology.
Draft Programme:
Opening Remarks
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Mr.
Malcolm Johnson, Director of the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau,
ITU
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Mr.
Carlos Mazal, Senior Counsellor, WIPO
Keynote speaker:
His Excellency, Mr. Lumumba Stanislaus Di-Aping,
Ambassador Deputy Permanent Representative of the Republic of Sudan to the
United Nations*
Panel:
Moderator:
Mr.
Kunihiko Shimada, Principal International Negotiator, Global Environment Bureau, Ministry
of the Environment, Japan
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Mr.
Antony Taubman, Director, Intellectual Property Division, World Trade Organization
(WTO)
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Dr. A. Tyagi, Director of Climate and Water Department, World Meteorological
Organization (WMO)
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Mr. Thaddeus Burns, General Counsel for Intellectual Property, General Electric
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Mr. Rob Bernard, Chief
Environmental Strategist, Microsoft
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Mr. Luis Neves, Chairman, Global
e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI)
A reception was sponsored by
GeSI and Telefonica |
