07 September 2015: CEIPI’s conferences in the international press: CEIPI’s international roundtable on the topic “Intellectual property and access to science and culture: convergence or conflict?”, 11th May 2015

The CEIPI had the pleasure of welcoming an international roundtable on the topic: “Intellectual property and access to science and culture: convergence or conflict?”, which was held on May 11, 2015 at CEIPI.

The speakers included: Mr. Christophe Geiger, Director General of CEIPI; Mr. Carlos Correa, Professor at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina; Ms. Rochelle Dreyfuss, Professor at the New York University School of Law, United States; Ms. Lea Shaver, Associate Professor at Indiana University, Robert H. McKinney School of Law, United States; Ms. Rebecca Giblin, Associate Professor at the Monash University, Faculty of Law, Australia; Ms. Frédérique Berrod, Professor at the University of Strasbourg; Ms. Peggy Ducoulombier, Professor at the University of Strasbourg; Ms. Mylène Bidault, Human Rights officer at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), United Nations, Switzerland.

The topic of this roundtable stemmed from the recent Report and ongoing work of the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, Mrs. Farida Shaheed (http://www.ceipi.edu/index.php?id=14302&L=2#c65705). Several speakers at the roundtable have participated in the designing of this Report and they presented the conclusions and follow-up thereof to the many participants who attended the event.

Josephine de Ruyck, journalist for Intellectual Property Watch (IP Watch) and former intern at CEIPI just published an article about the conference on the topic “Finding The Right Balance Between IP And Access To Science”, which can be downloaded from the IP Watch website.

IP Watch is a news and information site very active in the field of intellectual property. Based in Geneva, IP Watch has a global network of professional writers closely following the issues and IP events that shape the policy and legislation in the field of intellectual property.

http://www.ip-watch.org/2015/08/03/finding-the-right-balance-between-ip-and-access-to-science/