Science and Technology in the New World of International Intellectual Property:
A Public Briefing

What do international IP standards mean for science and technology? How does the globalization of international trade agreements impact public access to the benefits of science? Join distinguised national and international experts as they assess the implications of international IP for science and technology, offer new solutions for reform, and answer your questions.

4 September 2003
8:30am-1:00pm
Carnegie Institution
1530 P Street, NW
Washington, DC

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Featuring:

• John Barton, Stanford University
• Sandy Thomas, The Nuffield Council on Bioethics
• Carlos Correa, University of Buenos Aries, Argentina
• Jamie Love, Consumer Project on Technology

Topics to be discussed:

• WTO's Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS) Agreement and S&T
• Major findings of UK Commission on Intellectual Property Rights (CIPR)
• Technology transfer
• Doha, compulsory licensing, and access to medicine
• Reforming TRIPS and international IP