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WIPO
STANDARDS
WORKSHOP
ON tion, Mr. Kevin Fournier, Counsel, Intellectual Property Law, IBM,
and Mr. Nelson Yang, Acting Director, International Patent Busi-
ness Solutions, International Work Sharing Planning and Imple-
BLOCKCHAIN mentation, USPTO their speech for two days.
According to yearly participation of IFIA members in a different
workshop, IFIA representative Mr. Masoud Tajbakhsh the Aca-
demic sector coordinator along Mr. Masoud Shafaghi the strate-
WIPO standards workshop on blockchain gic planning and coordination manager who participated in this
organized by the World Intellectual Prop- workshop.
erty Organization was held on the head-
quarters of WIPO, Geneva on April 29 to 30,
2019. These topics were discussed during two days’ workshop:
Shashank Rai, Rai , Senior Strategic Tech- Workshop on blockchain
nology Specialist, United Nations Interna- 1-Blockchain technology – opportunities and challenges
tional Computing Centre, Dr. Jean-Marc 2-Blockchain technologies at our fingertips
Seigneur, Director of the Blockchain Cer- 3-Blockchain and public services
tificate of Advanced Studies, University of 4-Blockchain and Standardization
Geneva, Ms. Emmanuelle Shashank Rai, 5-Blockchain applications for Intellectual Property
Senior Analyst, Economic Research and 6-Blockchain – Opportunities and challenges for IP ecosystem
Statistics Division, World Trade Organiza- 7-Blockchain – Standardization for Intellectual Property Data
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