Mr. Karl Olov Öster, President of the UPOV Council, Opening Remarks.
Session I: Rolf Jordens, Vice Secretary-General, International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV), Legal and Technological Developments leading to this Symposium: UPOV’S Perspective
Session II: Accessibility of protected inventions and plant varieties for further innovations
Mr. Tim Roberts, Plant Variety Rights-The Breeder’s Exemption
Ms. Victoria Henson-Apollonio, Patent Protection for Plant Material
Discussion: Moderator, Mr. Qiao Dexi, Director General, Department for International Cooperation, State Intellectual Property Office of China
Mr. Tim Roberts, Attorney, United Kingdom
Ms. Victoria Henson-Apollonio, The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), Neatherlands
Session III: Intellectual Property Strategy and Licensing Experience with the Co-existence of patents and plant variety protection systems
Mr. François Desprez, President, French Society of Plant Breeders (SICASOV), France, Intellectual Property for Breeders
Mr. Luiz Antonio Barreto de Castro, Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA), Brazil, Conditions for the Development of Agricultural Biotechnology in Brazil-National and International Context, Biosafety and Legal Aspects of Intellecutal Property Rights
Discussion: Moderator: Mr. Bernard Le Buanec, Secretary General International Seed Federation (ISF), Switzerland;
Mr. François Desprez, President, French Society of Plant Breeders (SICASOV), France;
Mr. Luiz Antonio Barreto de Castro, Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA), Brazil
Session IV: Measures necessary for the balanced co-existence of patents and plant breeders’ rights
Professor Charles McManis, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Are there TRIPS-compliant Measures for a Balanced co-existence of Patents and Plant Breeders’ Rights? Some Lessons from the U.S. Experience to Date.
Professor Joseph Straus, Executive Director, Max Planck Institute, Germany, Measures Necessary for the Balanced Eo-existence of Patents andf Plant Breeder’s Rights-A Predominantly European View
Discussion: Moderator: Mr. Walter Smolders, Head of Biotechnology Patenting, Syngenta Crop Protection AG
Switzerland
Professor Charles McManis, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
Professor Joseph Straus, Executive Director, Max Planck Institute, Germany
Panel Discussion, Chair: Mr. Peter Lange, KWS Saat AG, Germany, Introduction,
Peter Lange, KWS SAAT AG, Einbeck, Germany
