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Day two - patenting practice and eco-innovation

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Time	Programme
08.30	Registration and coffee
09.00	Keynote address Thomas Homer-Dixon, Professor of Political Science - University of Toronto, Toronto Presentation (PDF, 2 MB)
09.30	Keynote address Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Bonn Presentation (PDF, 59 KB)
10.00	Keynote address John H. Barton, Professor of Law – Stanford Law School, Stanford/CA Presentation (PDF, 123 KB)
10.30	Coffee break
11.00	Results of the breakout sessions (day 1)
11.45	Plenary discussion Are patent rights too strong for eco-innovation? Bernice Lee, Head of Energy, Environment and Development – Chatham House, (The Royal Institute of International Affairs), London Presentation (PDF, 197 KB) Jerome H. Reichman, Professor of Law – Duke University School of Law, Durham/NC George Weyerhaeuser, Senior Fellow – World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Geneva Presentation (PDF, 418 KB)
12.45	Lunch break
14.00	Breakout sessions The IP market place Notes from the discussions Andrew Lee, Managing Director – Good Energies, London Presentation (PDF, 351 KB) Itaru Nitta, Chair – The Green Intellectual Property Project, Rockville/MD Presentation (PDF, 1.3 MB) Ragnar R. Olson, Director, Auctions Business – Ocean Tomo Auctions LLC, Chicago/IL Presentation (PDF, 942 KB) IP tailored to technology Notes from the discussions Jonathan Sage, Governmental Programmes, IP Law Dept., IBM, London Presentation (PDF, 1.6 MB) Eco-Patent Commons Estelle Derclaye, Lecturer in Law – University of Nottingham School of Law, Nottingham Presentation (PDF, 34 KB) Pieter Hintjens, Former President - Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure, Brussels Open innovation Notes from the discussions Alpheus Bingham, President and Chief Executive Officer – InnoCentive Inc., Waltham/MA Presentation (PDF,1.3 MB) Marie Connett Porceddu, Chief Executive Officer – A Rocha International, Cambridge Presentation (PDF, 679 KB) Paul A. David, Professor of Economics – Stanford University, Stanford/CA Presentation (PDF, 147 KB) Do we need patents for eco-innovation? Notes from the discussions Michelle Childs, Head of European Affairs – Knowledge Ecology International, London Presentation (PDF, 104 KB) Julian Morris, Executive Director - International Policy Network, London Suzanne Scotchmer, Professor of Economics and Public Policy – University of California, Berkeley/CA Presentation (PDF, 57 KB)
15.00	Coffee break
15.30	Results of the breakout sessions (day 2)
16.15	Closing remarks Alison Brimelow, President – European Patent Office, Munich Closing remarks
16:30	End of the Forum

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