The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) will be conducting a webinar on IP and Women Entrepreneurship. If you are interested in understanding the role Intellectual Property plays in business please register.

Click on the link below to register: https://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/details.jsp?meeting_id=73128

15.00 – 15.05 OPENING SESSION

Moderator: Ms. Ana Gobechia, Senior Program Officer, Section for Coordination of Developed Countries, Division for Transition and Developed Countries (TDC), WIPO

15.05 – 15.10 SUPPORTING FEMALE PERFORMERS ON THE SCREEN: EXPERIENCES AND CHALLENGES

Keynote Message by a Group of Female Performers

15.10 – 15.20 THE ROLE OF COPYRIGHT IN SUPPORTING WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS IN THE CREATIVE SECTOR. WIPO ACTIVITIES IN THIS AREA

Speaker: Ms. Michele Woods, Director, Copyright Law Division, Copyright and Creative Industries Sector, WIPO USING WIPO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (IP) SERVICES: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES OF WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS
15.20 – 15.35 Topic 1 Initiatives for Women Entrepreneurs: Scale-up your IP with the IP Diagnostics

Speaker: Ms. Tamara Nanayakkara, Counsellor, IP for Business Division (IPBD), IP and Innovation Ecosystems Sector, WIPO

15.35 – 15.55 Topic 2 Global IP Systems: Protecting your Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications
Internationally with the Madrid, The Hague and the Lisbon Systems

Speakers: Ms. Debbie Roenning, Director, Madrid Legal Division, Brands and Designs Sector, WIPO

Ms. Aino Morimoto, Partner and Designer, Sumee Ltd., Helsinki
Ms. Amelia Arroquia, Founder & CEO, Minicool TrendBook, Valencia, Spain

15.55 – 16.10 Topic 3 Protecting your Inventions Internationally with the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)

Speakers: Ms. Anjali Aeri, Counsellor, PCT Legal and International Affairs Department, PCT International Cooperation Division, WIPO
Ms. Inna Braverman, Co-Founder & CEO, Eco Wave Power Ltd., Tel Aviv, Israel

16.10 – 16.25 Topic 4 Resolving IP and Technology Disputes through WIPO Mediation and Arbitration

Speakers: Ms. Heike Wollgast, Head, IP Disputes Section, IP Disputes and External Relations Division, WIPO

Ms. Valentina Piola, Licensing and Program Manager, SISVEL Group, Torino, Italy

16.25 – 16.45 Q&A SESSION
16.45 – 16.50 WRAP UP AND CLOSING