The Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has circulated to Member States and observers a draft calendar of meeting dates for 2027. The circular covers the principal committees and bodies of WIPO and of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV), together with WIPO’s principal working groups and expert groups. All meetings are to be held at WIPO headquarters in Geneva.
The dates are provisional and may change before WIPO publishes its final meeting schedule. We have added every meeting to the Centre on Knowledge Governance events calendar, where each entry will be updated as agendas and documents become available.
Before then: WIPO meetings still to come in 2026
The 2027 calendar follows a busy final quarter of 2026. Eight WIPO meetings remain on this year’s schedule, beginning with the IGC next week and closing with SCCR/49 at the start of December. Each links to its entry in our events calendar, where agendas and CKG analysis will be posted as they become available.
- Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore, IGC (53rd session), September 16–25
- Working Group on the Legal Development of the Madrid System (24th session), October 5–9
- Working Group on the Legal Development of the Hague System (15th session), October 26–28
- Standing Committee on the Law of Patents, SCP (38th session), November 2–6
- IPC Union – IPC Revision Working Group (56th session), November 9–13
- Committee on Development and Intellectual Property, CDIP (37th session), November 16–20
- Committee on WIPO Standards (14th session), November 23–27
- Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights, SCCR (49th session), November 30 – December 4
Highlights of the 2027 calendar
- Copyright (SCCR). The Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights will hold its 50th session on April 26–30 and its 51st session on November 15–19, continuing the text-based work on limitations and exceptions and the broadcasting treaty launched at SCCR/48.
- Development (CDIP). The Committee on Development and Intellectual Property meets for its 38th session on May 24–28 and its 39th session on November 29 – December 3.
- Traditional knowledge (IGC). The Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore holds a single ten-day session, its 54th, on March 15–24.
- Budget. 2027 is a budget-planning year, so the Program and Budget Committee meets twice, on May 10–14 (41st session) and June 14–18 (42nd session), ahead of the adoption of the 2028/29 Program and Budget.
- Assemblies. The 69th series of meetings of the Assemblies of the Member States of WIPO is scheduled for July 6–15.
Full list of draft 2027 meeting dates
Source: WIPO circular note communicating the calendar of meetings for 2027. The Centre on Knowledge Governance will publish analysis and agenda briefings ahead of the key meetings during the year.
