International IFIA Conference: „ The Future” – Suzhou, 2008

 

 

Date: 18 October, 14:00 - 17:50 hours

Venue: 5D Hall Meeting Room of Suzhou International Expo

 

 

Program

 

14:00-14:05 Opening by András Vedres (President, IFIA)

 

14:05 – 15:30 Keynote lectures:

 

  1. Geoffrey Onyeama (Assistant General Director, WIPO): "Global Intellectual Property Challenges: WIPO and the Future".
  2. Guo Tie Chen, (Vice President, China S &T Promote are Development Research Institute): “Innovation in China
  3. Eric Dong (Senior Marketing Manager, Microsoft China): “Touch the future of computing”
  4. András Vedres (President, IFIA): “The Society of the Intellectual Property

 

15:50 - 16:40 Film presentation:

The Property of the Intellect” Portrait film of Árpád BOGSCH (Chinese speaking, English caption. Film producer: Zoltán BONTA)

 

16:40 – 16:50 Coffee brake

 

16:50. - 17:50 Short presentations:

 

Romania:

Gábor VARGA: Industrial Property in the context of the Romanian economy”

 

UK:

Ambrus Jankó: Creators and Mortals”

 

Slovenia:

Ana Hafner: “Slovene model of organization of individual inventors and micro inventive enterprises”

 

Niger:

Idrissa Hassane SOULEY: “The role of IFIA in the promotion of Invention in Africa

 

Israel:

Oleg Figovsky and Yu. Magarshak: “Innovation and Culture – Yinyan of the Modern Civilization”