UPOV Symposium on Contracts in Relation to Breeders' Rights
Geneva, October 31, 2008
PROVISIONAL PROGRAM
| 9.00 - 9.30 | Registration |
| 9.30 - 9.45 | Welcome and opening remarks by the Secretary-General of UPOV |
| Session I: Legal framework in selected UPOV members: relevant laws and jurisprudence | |
| Chairman: Mr. Rolf Jördens, Vice Secretary-General, UPOV | |
| 9.45 - 10.15 | Mr. Doug Waterhouse, Chief, Plant Breeders' Rights Office, Australia (word) (ppt) |
| 10.15 - 10.45 | Mrs. Carmen Gianni, Coordinator of Intellectual Property Area, Instituto Nacional de Semillas (INASE), Argentina (word) (ppt) |
| 10.45 - 11.15 | Mr. Nobuyoshi Takahashi, Deputy Director (Legal Advisor), Plant Variety Production and Seed Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan (word) (ppt) |
| 11.15 - 11.30 | Coffee break |
| 11.30 - 12.00 | Mr. Martin Ekvad, Head of the Legal Unit, Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO), European Community (word) (ppt) |
| Session II: Experiences of breeders: role of contracts in the exercise of breeders' rights | |
| Chairman: Mr. Rolf Jördens, Vice Secretary-General, UPOV | |
| 12.00 - 12.30 | Mr. Antonio Villarroel, Managing Director, GESLIVE, Spain (word) (ppt) |
| 12.30 - 14.00 | Lunch |
| 14.00 - 14.30 | Mr. John Grace, Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc., United States of America (word) (ppt) |
| 14.30 - 15.00 | Mrs. Dominique Thevenon, AIGN®, France (word) (ppt) |
| 15.00 - 15.30 | Mr. Chris Green, Senova Limited, United Kingdom (word) (ppt) |
| 15.30 - 15.45 | Coffee break |
| 15.45 - 16.45 | Panel discussion (all speakers) |
| 16.45 - 17.00 | Closing Remarks by the Chairman |
