Standing Committee on Intellectual Property Rights and Biodiversity
| TIME | AGENDA |
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Session on Biodiversity and Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) |
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13.00 – 13.10 |
Opening Remarks Dr. Arvind Kapur, Chair, APSA Standing Committee for IPR & Biodiversity |
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13.10 – 13.40 |
Introduction and update of discussion on access and benefit sharing of genetic resources at ITPGRFA and CBD Ms. Anke van den Hurk, Deputy Director, Plantum and member of APSA SC IPR & Biodiversity (virtual presentation) |
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13.40 – 13.55 |
Background of farmer’s right debate Mr. Francois Burgaud, Co-chair of SC IPR and Biodiversity and Advisor to the President of SEMAE |
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13.55 – 14.10 |
Report from global symposium on Farmers’ Rights meeting in India Dr. Shivendra Bajaj, Technical Advisor, Asia and Pacific Seed Alliance (APSA) |
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14.10 – 14.20 |
Q&A Session |
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14.20 – 14.40 |
Coffee break |
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Session on Intellectual Property Rights |
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14.40 – 15.00 |
Update of UPOV membership and member services Mr. Manabu Suzuki, Technical/Regional Officer (Asia), UPOV |
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15.00 – 15.30 |
The new amendment of Plant Variety Protection Law in New Zealand Dr. Jacquie Broadhead, PVR Examiner, Plant Variety Rights Office, Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, Christchurch |
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15.30 – 15.50 |
Presentation on illegal seeds in Asia Dr. Siang Hee Tan, Executive Director, CropLife Asia |
| 15.50 – 16.05 |
Patent and PVP protection strategy for CRISPR (online) Mr. Fabrice Mattei, Patent attorney & Head of Patent Group, Principal of ROUSE & Co. International (Thailand) Co., LTD and member of APSA SC IPR & Biodiversity |
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16.05 – 16.25 |
A dark horse emerging on the CRISPR patent horizon and beyond Dr. Yoori Kim, Executive VP, General Counsel, ToolGen Inc. |
| 16.25 - 16.45 |
A suite of licensing opportunities on CRISPR for research and product development using CRISPR-Cas 9 Mr. Marc Cool, Global Seed Policy Lead, Corteva Agriscience |
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16.45 – 17.00 |
Session summary and closing remarks Mr. Francois Burgaud, Co-chair of SC IPR and Biodiversity and Advisor to the President of SEMAE |