Meetings and Events - 2007
2009 2008 2007
“CAS-IP & the Centres: Leveraging Resources & Building IP Capacity”. A side-event at the CGIAR AGM
December 2nd 2007, Beijing International Convention Center, Beijing, China
How is CAS-IP helping centres and the CG system to deal with the important issue of IP management? The presentation includes “Stories from the front line”, IP management experiences from some of the CG Centres, such as ICARDA, ICRAF, ICRISAT, IWMI & WARDA
Tree Genetic Resources and Intellectual Property Management - Legal and Social Issues of Handling Germplasm
5th November 2007; ICRAF HQ, Nairobi
The objective of the workshop is to introduce IP in the context of small enterprises, discuss the importance of legal issues and agreements/licences and provide examples of the use of trademarks, PVP, and certification systems as tools for marketing and returning value to farmers/producers and germplasm suppliers.
Expert Advisory Committee Meeting (EAC)
3rd - 5th September 2007, Bioversity HQ, Rome, Italy
This is the 9th annual meeting of the CAS-IP, Expert Advisory Committee. This committee is composed of IP professionals both internal and external to the CG who serve as an advisory board to CAS-IP.
IP Managers/Focal Points Meeting & the National Partners Initiative Meeting
17th – 21st May 2007, Bioversity HQ, Rome, Italy
This is a combined meeting. The annual IP Managers/Focal Points meeting is an opportunity for CG centres’ IP managers to meet, report on their year’s activities and share problems and solutions with their peers.
* This workshop is part of the CAS-IP National Partners Initiative. More information can be found by visiting the National Partners Initiative section of this site.
