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CropLife International
Annual Conference 2005
2 June 2005, Hotel Sheraton, Brussels, Belgium
Innovation and intellectual property: serving society, securing the future?
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CropLife International held its fifth annual conference in Brussels on 2 June. This year, the conference brought together a diverse range of stakeholders from academia, governments, research institutes, and NGOs to debate the question: how will innovation and intellectual property best serve society and secure a better future?
Presentations of each of the speakers are available and can be downloaded by clicking on the name of the speaker below. To view the photos please click here. To access the summary of the conference please click here
07h30-08h30
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Roadmap to Hong Kong: EU and US perspectives on trade
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08h30
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Registration and coffee
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09h00
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Introduction and welcome by Christian Verschueren, Director General of CropLife International
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SESSION 1:
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RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION: DRIVERS OF CHANGE
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09h10 – 09h40
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Keynote lecture:
The future of innovation
- Charles Leadbeater, independent strategist and advisor to Tony Blair on innovation
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09h40 – 10h00
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The value of innovation in today's society
- Chad Evans, US Council of Competitiveness
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10h00 – 10h20
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Research and development: driving economic change
- William Masters, Purdue University
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10h20 – 10h50
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Coffee break
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10h50 – 11h10
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Increasing competitiveness through research and development
- Jane Royston, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
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11h10 – 11h30
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Research priorities in agriculture: an historic perspective and a future outlook
- Piet Boonekamp, Wageningen University and Research Centre
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11h30 - 11h50
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The culture of innovation in the plant science industry
- Hans Reiners, President Agricultural Products Division, incoming President, CropLife International (for full speech, click here)
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11h50 - 12h30
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Panel discussion and questions from the audience
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12h30 – 13h30
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Lunch
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SESSION 2:
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND WRONGS?
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13h30 - 13h50
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Setting the scene: current debates and issues
- Geertrui van Overwalle, University of Leuven
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13h50 - 14h10
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The importance of intellectual property for business in developed and developing countries
- Maria Livanos Cattaui, International Chamber of Commerce
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14h10 - 14h30
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A developing country perspective
- Francisco Sagasti, Agenda: Peru
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14h30 – 15h00
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Coffee break
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15h00 - 15h20
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Intellectual property: in the public interest?
- Graham Dutfield, Queen Mary, University of London
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15h20 - 15h40
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Global challenges in the intellectual property arena
- Richard Kjeldgaard, World Intellectual Property Organization
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15h40 - 16h00
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Experiences in managing intellectual property in public-private partnerships for development of ‘neglected’ health products
- Roy Widdus, formerly from Initiative on Public-Private Partnership for Health
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16h00 – 16h50
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Panel discussion and questions from the audience
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16h50 – 17h00
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Concluding remarks
- Christian Verschueren, Director General, CropLife International
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Conference moderator: Patricia Kelly, writer and broadcaster, former CNN international correspondent and bureau chief
CropLife would like to thank the sponsors