Time

Activity

Speeches and speakers

Venue

08:20-08:50

Registration

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Mandarin Hall,

1^st Floor

09:00-09:30

Opening Ceremony

Address by Chen Zhixing, Director General of Intellectual Property Administration of Shanghai Municipality;

Address by Ms. Cynthia Cannady, representative from World Intellectual Property Organization;

Address by Li Yuguang, Deputy Commissioner from State Intellectual Property Office of PRC;

Address by Huwei, Vice Chairman from the Standing Committee Shanghai Municipal People’s Congress

Announce the winners of the articles solicited for 2006 The 4th Shanghai International Forum on Intellectual Property and give out the awards

09:30-10:00

Topic speech 1

Ms. Cynthia Cannady, Director of the Intellectual Property and New Technologies Division at the World Intellectual Property Organization

10:00-10:30

Topic speech 2

Mr. Hu Zhijian, Deputy Director Of Policy, Regulations and Reform Department, Ministry of Science and Technology

10:30-10:40

Tea break

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10:40-11:25

Session A

Group A: Intellectual property system and constructing a country of innovation

Presided by Tao Xinliang, Dean of IPR College, Shanghai University

Mr.Albert L. Jacobs, Jr., Esq, representative from American Intellectual Property Lawyers Association

Mr. Szabolcs Farkas, head of the Chemistry and Biotechnology Patent Section，National Patent Bureau, Hungary

Mr. Thomas Pattloch,
Intellectual Property Officer of Delegation of the European Commission

11:25-11:45

Q&A

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11:45-13:00

Buffet

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Riverside Hall,

1^st Floor

13:00-13:30

Topic speech 3

Mr. Timo Kekkonen, Director, Confederation of Finnish Industries EK, Innovation Environment and Competences

Mandarin Hall,

1^st Floor

13:30-14:00

Topic speech 4

Mr. Su Xiaoxi, Director of Law Department, Haier Group

13:45-14:45

Session B

Group B Intellectual property and league of industry, university and research institutions

Presided by Shan Xiaoguang, Dean of Intellectual Property College, Tongji University

Mr. Mike Walker, Director of Intellectual Property Service Office, National Research Council of Canada

Mr. Richard Buttrick, Vice President of Philips Intellectual Property & Standards, Netherlands

Mr. Jaani Heinonen,
Counselor of Science and Technology, Cousulate General of Finland

14:45-15:10

Q&A

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15:10-15:20

Tea break

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15:20-15:50

Topic speech 5

Mr. Naoto Kuji, Director of Intellectual Property Department, Honda, Japan

15:50-16:50

Session C

Group C Self-innovation and industrialization of patented technology

Presided by Chen Naiwei, ViceDirector of Intellectual Property Research Center, Fudan Unidersity

Mr. David Llewelyn, Director of the IP Academy Singapore

Mr. Wang Xiaoxia,

Leagal Director, Tencent

Mr. Ari van der Steenhoven, Consultant, Benelux Business Association

16:50-17:15

Q&A

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17:15-17:30

Closing ceremony

Address by Dong Jianping, Deputy Director of Intellectual Property Administration of Shanghai Municipality

18:00-19:30

Reception Banquet

Distinguished Chinese and foreign guests (Names to be listed separately)

Asia Hall,

7^th Floor