SUNDAY |
4:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm | Opening Remarks: Dr. John Kilama (2005 GRC Chair), President, Global Bioscience Development Institute, Wilmington, Delaware USA |
7:35 pm - 9:30 pm | Defining Technology Transfer: Past, Present and Future |
7:35 pm - 7:45 pm | Discussion Leader: Dr. Maria Freire (CEO, TBAlliance, USA) |
7:45 pm - 8:15 pm | Hon. Derek Hanekom MP, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology, Republic of South Africa
"Assessing the Technology Transfer in South Africa and its impact in Southern African Region (SADC)" |
8:15 pm - 8:45 pm | Ms. Lita Nelsen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
"Assessing the impact of technology transfer in American Universities towards US and World Economy" |
8:45 pm - 9:15 pm | Dr. Gill Samuels, CBE, Independent Consultant, Executive Director (retired) Science Policy and Scientific Affairs, Pfizer, Europe
"What is the role of Industry in supporting technology transfer?" |
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Q & A |
MONDAY |
7:45 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Biotechnology Policy & Legislation |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Dr. Robert Horsch, VP Monsanto, USA |
9:15 am - 9:40 am | Holly Vineyard, Deputy Assistant Secretary For Africa, the Middle East and South Asia, U.S. Department of Commerce Washington, DC, USA
"US Policy Perspective: IPR and Developing Countries" |
9:45 am - 10:10 am | Prof. Turner T. Isoun, Hon. Minister of Science and Technology, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria
"Assessing the Technology Policy and Legislation Impact to Technology Transfer in West Africa: The Nigerian Experience" |
10:15 am - 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
10:35 am - 11:00 am | Rita Khanna, Ph.D., J.D., President, International Technology Transfer Management, Bethesda, Maryland USA
"The Bayh-Dole Legislation - A Model for Other Countries?" |
11:05 am - 11:30 am | Professor Katsuya Tamai, Professor for Intellectual Property Law, RCAST, University of Tokyo, Japan
"The current situation in Biotechnology Policy/Patent in Japan as compared with other Asian countries like China, Korea and Singapore" |
11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Q & A |
12:45 pm | Lunch / Photo |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Biotechnology Regulatory & Judiciary |
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm | Discussion Leader: Dianna Derhak, JD, D&A International Consultancy, Kyiv, Ukraine |
7:35 pm - 8:00 pm | Hon. Pauline Newman, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, USA
"The role of the US courts" |
8:00 pm - 8:25 pm | Dr. Philip Grubb, Former Intellectual Property Counsel, Novartis, Basel, Switzerland
"World Trade Organization (WTO) and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD): How will the two treaties affect technology transfer?" |
8:25 pm - 8:50 pm | Dr. Tony Bates, National Health Service, England
"Overview, Evolution and New Developments in IP Management in the National Health Service in England" |
8:50 pm - 9:15 pm | Hon. Bernice B. Donald, Judge, U.S. District Court, Western Tennessee, USA
"The responsibilities of Judges and Lawyers in Technology Transfer Litigation" |
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Q & A |
TUESDAY |
7:45 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Technology Transfer in Developing Countries: Case Studies and Policy Analysis |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Dr. Hanna Kettler, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington, USA |
9:15 am - 9:40 am | Dr. Tony Heher, Director, Univeristy of Cape Town Innovation, Rondebosch, South Africa
"A comparative analysis of Technology Transfer offices in developing and developed countries" |
9:45 am - 10:10 am | Dr. Joachim Oehler, CEO, Concept Foundation, Thailand
"A case study on Technology Transfer in Three Continents: Asia, Africa and Latin America" |
10:15 am - 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
10:35 am - 11:00 am | Dr. Victoria Hale, President, One World Health, San Francisco, USA
"A model for Developing New, Affordable Medicines for Neglected Diseases" |
11:05 am - 11:30 am | Professor José Miguel Flores Acuña, J.D., Jefe de la Unidad de Propiedad Industrial de la Universidad de Concepción, Chile
"Technology Transfer as a Tool for the Development of Biotechnology in Chile and Latinamerica" |
11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Q & A |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | University/Industry/Government Partnerships |
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm | Discussion Leader: Dr. Roy Widdus, Director, IPPPH, Geneva, Switzerland |
7:35 pm - 8:00 pm | Dr. Gerald T. Keusch, MD, Assistant Provost and Associate Dean for Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
"What Can Universities Do to Enhance Global Public Goods?" |
8:00 pm - 8:25 pm | Professor Prabuddha Ganguli, CEO, VISION-IPR & Adjunct Professor, School of Humanities Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai 400101, India
"The Challenges Facing India in Adopting Full IP Practices at Institutional Level to Improve India Trade" |
8:25 pm - 8:50 pm | Dr. Ben Prickril, Chief Scientific Officer World Life Sciences Forum, BioVision, Lyon, France
"Improved Technology Transfer Training for Developing Countries" |
8:50 pm - 9:15 pm | Susan Finston, JD, Independent Consultant Washington, DC, USA
"A Tale of Two Sides of the Jordan River: Impact of IP Policies in Israel and Jordan" |
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Q & A |
WEDNESDAY |
7:45 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Global Technology Transfer: Its Impact on Product Development, Trade, Litigation and Bio-Security |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Charles Maynard, J.D., M.P.H., Senior Technology Transfer Specialist, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA |
9:15 am - 9:40 am | Terence Taylor, President and Executive Director, International Institute for Strategic Studies, Washington, DC, USA
"Advancing Technology and Bio-Security" |
9:45 am - 10:10 am | Richard Wilder, J.D., Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood, Washington, DC, USA
"The Role of Intellectual Property in Trade and Development" |
10:15 am - 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
10:35 am - 11:00 am | Jorge Amigo Castañeda, Director General, Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI), Mexico
"Impact of Technology Transfer on Trade and Economic Outlook in Mexico" |
11:05 am - 11:30 am | Silvia Salazar, IP & Technology Transfer Advisor, Technology Transfer Office, University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica
"IP and Product Development: Case Studies in Costa Rica and Central America" |
11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Q & A |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Global Business Market in Technology Transfer |
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm | Discussion Leader: Professor C.P.E. Omaliko, Director General of NABDA, Nigeria |
7:35 pm - 8:00 pm | Douglas Lippoldt, Senior Trade Policy Analyst, OECD Trade Directorate, Paris, France
"Intellectual Property Rights, Technology Transfer and the Developing Countries" |
8:00 pm - 8:25 pm | Dr. Joseph Saba, MD, President, Axios International, Paris, France
"Analysis of Barriers to Technology Transfer for Pharmaceutical Products into Developing Countries: An Axios International experience" |
8:25 pm - 8:50 pm | Dr. Doo-Hyun Ahn, Korean Science and Technology Policy Institute, Seoul, South Korea
"Impact of Technology Transfers to Korean Economy" |
8:50 pm - 9:15 pm | Dr. Simon Best, Chairman of Ardana Plc, Edinburgh, UK
"Analysis of Biopharmaceutical Business Development for Global Health" |
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Q & A |
THURSDAY |
7:45 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | New Paradigms for Assessing Technology Transfer |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Prof. Keith Maskus, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA |
9:15 am - 9:40 am | Prof. Rafael Rangel-Aldao, Director, Research & Innovation, Polar Technology Center, Empresas Pola, Venezuela
"Digital Molecular Medicine: A receptor Mechanism for Technology Transfer World-wide" |
9:45 am - 10:10 am | Dr. Ray Hill, Licensing & External Research, Merck and Co Inc, New Jersey, USA
"The mechanism by which the Pharmaceutical Industry Assesses Technology Transfer" |
10:15 am - 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
10:35 am - 11:00 am | Dr. Sibongile Pefile, CSIR:Group Manager For R&D Outcomes, Pretoria, S. Africa
"A case study of Indigenous Knowledge (IK) Research: The impact of National IK policy, Patent and Biodiversity regulation and institutional IP policy" |
11:05 am - 11:30 am | Ms. Usha R. Balakrishnan, Executive Director, MIHR-USA & Senior Advisor to MIHR Board of Trustees, USA
"Mobilizing IP Managers to Promote Global Health Technology Transfer and Partnerships: Experiences from the MIHR-TMGH Network" |
11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Q & A |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Impact Of Technology Transfer On Diagnostics And Pharmaceutical Development |
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm | Discussion Leader: Dr. Solomon Nwaka, Manager, Genomics and Discovery Research, TDR, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland |
7:35 pm - 8:00 pm | Jianyang Yu, Liu, Shen & Associates Law Firm, Beijing, China
"Intellectual Property Analysis and Challenges in China" |
8:00 pm - 8:25 pm | Anatole F. Krattiger, Mphil; Ph.D, Research Professor, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University; Adjunct Professor, Cornell University;
President, bioDevelopments LLC (International Consultants), USA
"Freedom-to-Operate Strategies: Develop them now or Pay Later" |
8:25 pm - 8:50 pm | Dr. Kulvinder Singh Saini, Director-Biotech & Bioinformatics, Ranbaxy, Research Laboratories, India
"Analysis of the impact of WTO implementation on Drug Discovery and Development in India" |
8:50 pm - 9:30 pm | Dr. Rich Mahoney, Vice Chair Elect GRC 2005
"GRC 2007 AND BEYOND" |
FRIDAY |
7:45 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Depart |