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Centre on Knowledge Governance Launch & Reception

December 3 @ 6:00 pm - 9:30 pm UTC+1
Hybrid Event
Free
Why are we the Centre on “Knowledge Governance”?  Is the present system of Intellectual Property working to meet people’s needs, or do we need new approaches to governing knowledge that go beyond the present limits of IP?  Join our book launch, panel discussion to reflect on these questions with some of the finest minds, and celebrate the launch of the Centre with us!  Doors open at 6pm for light refreshments.

 

6.30pm:  Book Launch: “The Journey to the WIPO Treaty on Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge (Policy, Process and People) ” by Wend Wendland

 Wend Wendland
former Director of the Traditional Knowledge Division at WIPO and
former Secretary of the Intergovernmental Committee (IGC) at WIPO

 

H.E. Guilherme de Aguiar Patriota
Permanent Representative of Brazil to the WTO

 

followed by 

7.10pm:  Panel Discussion: Can IP respond to people’s needs in the 21st Century?

Ruth L. Okediji
Jeremiah Smith, Jr., Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Co-Director, Berkman Klein Center and Faculty Director, Center for the Study of African Societies and Economies (CSASE)

 

Ellen ‘t Hoen
Director, Medicines Law & Policy

 

Sean Flynn
Director of the Geneva Centre on Knowledge Governance

 

Moderated by Ben Cashdan
South African TV Producer, Former economic advisor to President Nelson Mandela

followed by 

8.00pm:  Reception: Finger food and drinks

Join us to celebrate the Geneva Knowledge Centre’s launch with a Swiss apéro and a chance to learn about the Centre’s agenda and priorities for 2026.

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Link for online attendance: https://knowledgegov.org/meetings/launch

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