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Shanghai IPR Workshop 2004


Proposed Workshop Agenda
(As of October 14, 2004)

 Day One - October 28 (Thursday)

8:30 - 9:30 a.m.  Opening Ceremony (Foyer II, 2nd Floor) - Hotel Equatorial Shanghai

Douglas Spelman, US Consul General in Shanghai 
Chen, Zhi Xin, Shanghai City IP Administration
Stephen Smith, American International Education Foundation
 

9:30 am Round Table Discussions

Closed sessions for Chinese and U.S. representatives, including U.S. Federal Trade Commission, American Chamber of Commerce in China, AmCham-Shanghai and International Council on Intellectual Property Rights.
 

9:30 - 12:30 Session 1 - Updates on IPR Formulation (Hua Xia 1, 2nd Floor)
Session Chairs:
Sharon Mann, Director, Trade Facilitation Office, U.S. Embassy in Beijing
William O. Hennessey, Professor of Law and Chair, Intellectual Property Graduate Program, Franklin Pierce Law Center
 
9:30 - 12:30 Session 2 - Technology Transfer in China (Hua Xia 2, 2nd Floor)
Session Chair - Larry Gilbert, Senior Director, Technology Transfer, California Institute of Technology
 
10:45 -11:15 a.m
 
 Coffee Break (Foyer II, 2nd Floor)
12:30 - 1:45 p.m. Buffet Lunch - (Coffee Shop, 1st Floor).
 
2:00 - 5:30 p.m. Session 3 - Judicial System and IPR Enforcement in China  (Hua Xia 1, 2nd Floor)
Session Chair - Jacques de Lisle, Professor of Law, 
University of Pennsylvania Law School
 
2:00 -5:30 P.M. Session 4 - Academic Training Needs in Shanghai (Hua Xia 2, 2nd Floor)
Session Chair - Harold J. Krent, Dean & Professor, 
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
 
3:30 - 4:00 p.m.  Coffee Break (Foyer II, 2nd Floor)
 
6:00 p.m. VIP Dinner Party (Han Room 3, 3rd Floor)
 

 Day Two - October 29 (Friday)

Workshop Sessions A - Shanghai University, Baosan Campus - For Chinese Audience
 
8:30 - 10:00 a.m. Session 1 - Economic Development and IPR Enforcement 
Keith Maskus, Professor and Chair, Department of Economics,  University of Colorado at Boulder 
William O. Hennessey, Professor of Law and Chair
Intellectual Property Graduate Program, Franklin Pierce Law Center
 
10:00 - 11:30 a.m.  Session 2 - IPR Conflict Resolutions and International Contracts
Harold J. Krent, Dean & Professor, Chicago-Kent College of Law,  Illinois Institute of Technology
Andy Sun, Executive Director, the Asia Pacific Legal Institute
 
 Workshop Sessions B - East China Institute of Politics and Law - For Chinese Audience
 
8:30 -10:00 a.m. Session 3 - Enforcement of Trade-Related Aspects of intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) in the United States
Instructors:
The Honorable Bruce Lehman, Chairman, International Intellectual Property Institute
Jacques de Lisle, Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School

 

10:00 - 11:30 a.m. Session 4 - Technology Dissemination and Antitrust Laws
Instructors:
William Cohen, Assistant General Counsel for Policy Studies, U.S. Federal Trade Commission
Larry Gilbert, Senior Director, Technology Transfer, California Institute of Technology
 
Workshop Sessions CHotel Equatorial Shanghai - For American and International audience
 
8:00 a.m. Registration (Foyer II, 2nd Floor)
 
8:30 - 10:15 a.m. Session 1 - Protecting Your Company’s IP Assets in China (Hua Xia 1, 2nd Floor)
Instructors:
William D Fisher, Lovells, Shanghai Office
Jonathan Heimer, Director, Commercial Center  U.S. Consulate General in Shanghai
 
10:15 - 10:30 a.m. Coffee Break (Foyer II, 2nd Floor)
 
10:30 - 12:15 Session 2 - China’s Current Patent Application Process (Hua Xia I, 2nd Floor)
Instructor:
Wang, Qilin, President, Shanghai IPR Association
 
12:30 - 1:45 p.m. Lunch (Hua Xia 2, 2nd Floor) 
 
2:00 - 3:45 p.m. Session 3 - China’s Current Trademark Laws (Hua Xia I, 2nd Floor)
Instructor
Xing, Dongsheng, Direct, Shanghai City Trademark Registration Department
 
3:45 - 4:00 p.m. Coffee Break (Foyer II, 2nd Floor)
 
4:00 - 5:45 p.m. Session 4 - China’s Judicial Process and IPR Enforcement (Hua Xia 1, 2nd Floor)
Instructor: Horace Lam, Lovells, Shanghai Office
 

Day Three - October 30 (Saturday)

Panel discussions chaired by industry representatives for Chinese, U.S. and International audiences - 2nd Floor, - Hotel Equatorial Shanghai

8:00 a.m. Registration - (Foyer I, 2nd Floor)
 
8:30 - noon Session 1 – Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology (Tang Room, 2nd Floor)
Session Chairs
Cheryl Xu, Sr. Director, Economic Policy, R&D-based Pharmaceutical Association in China; Chinese Representative, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
Shawn Li, Chair, Intellectual Property Working Group, R&D-based Pharmaceutical Association; Senior Counsel, Johnson & Johnson Law Department (Shanghai office)
 
8:30 - noon Session 2– Information Technology  (Ming Room, 2nd Floor)
Session Chair:
Anne Stevenson-Yang, Managing Director, U.S. Information Technology Office
Session Speakers:
Maggie Xu, Legal Vice President, Eachnet/eBay
Pryor Garnett, Assistant General, IBM World Trade Asia
John Sullivan, Asia Counsel, Texas Instruments
David Ben Kay, General Counsel, Microsoft China
Jay Chen, Vice Director, Shanghai Nanotechnology Promotion Center
Li Tingwei, Senior Director-Business Development, Qualcomm China
Eric Lin, Senior Director-ASIC, IPCore Technologies
 
10:15 -10:45 a.m.  Coffee Break (Foyer I, 2nd Floor)
 
12:00 - 1:30 Luncheon (Hua Xia Room, 2nd Floor)
Keynote Speaker – The Honorable Bruce Lehman
Chairman, International Intellectual Property Institute
 
1:45 -5:15 p.m. Session 4 – Entertainment (Ming Room, 2nd Floor)
Session Chairs:
Sam Ho, Director of Operations Greater China, Motion Picture Association of America
Douglas Clark, Entertainment Software Association; Partner, Lovells (Shanghai)
Session Speakers:
Molly Kellogg, Vice President, Warner Home Video
Rodney Tsui, IFPI Asia Pacific
Mark Cohen, USPTO
Michael Fong, Vivendi
Mr. Zhu Yongde, Chairman, China Film Producers Association
Mr. Yuan Wenqiang, Deputy General Manager, China Film Import & Export
 
3:15 -3:45 p.m. Coffee Break (Foyer I, 2nd Floor)
 
5:30 - 6:00 p.m.
 
Press Conference (Tang Room)

Program schedule and activities may be subject to change in the event of unforeseen circumstances.

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AmCham-China to Sponsor Shanghai IPR Workshop
Motion Picture Association to Sponsor Shanghai IPR Workshop
AmCham-China to Sponsor Shanghai IPR Workshop
Air China to Sponsor Shanghai IPR Workshop
ESA to Support AIEF's 2004 Shanghai IPR Workshop
UScampus, Inc. to Support AIEF's 2004 Shanghai IPR Workshop
MCBC to Support AIEF's 2004 Shanghai IPR Workshop
PPG Industries Corporate to Support AIEF's 2004 Shanghai IPR Workshop
USITO Support AIEF's 2004 Shanghai IPR Workshop