PROGRAMME
IPR AT THE CROSSROADS
- Evaluation, Regulation and Enforcement in the European Union
Wednesday, 6 September 2006
16.00 – 19.00 Registration
18.40 Transportation to the Reception
Hilton Helsinki Strand, John Stenbergin ranta 4, Helsinki
19.00 – Reception at the Design Forum
Hosted by Mr Erkki Virtanen, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Finland
Thursday, 7 September 2006
Conference Venue: Hilton Helsinki Strand, John Stenbergin ranta 4, Helsinki
The Conference is chaired by Ms Satu Ikäheimo, Communications Officer, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Finland.
8.00 – 9.00 Registration
9.00 - 9.30 Opening of the Conference
Mr Erkki Virtanen, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Finland
Mr Thierry Stoll, Deputy Director General, DG Internal Market and Services, European Commission
Mr Matti Alahuhta, Chairman of the Board, Technology Industries of Finland Centennial Foundation
9.30 - 11.00 Economic value of IPR for business in the internal market
Professor Ove Granstrand, Chalmers University of Technology
Mr Erik Nooteboom, Head of Industrial Property Unit, DG Internal Market and Services, European Commission
Mr Chris Allen, Deputy Head of Industrial Policy Unit, DG Enterprise and Industry, European Commission
- Comment from Industry
Mr Timo Vuorimies, Vice President, Intellectual Property Rights Metso Paper, Inc.
11.00 - 11.30 Coffee Break
11.30 - 13.00 Current and future patent system
Ms Mirjam Söderholm, Deputy Head of Industrial Property Unit, DG Internal Market and Services, European Commission
- European Patent System
Professor Alain Pompidou, President, European Patent Office
- National point of view
Mr Jesper Kongstad, Director, Danish Patent and Trademark Office
- Global point of view
Professor Jerome H. Reichman, Duke University School of Law
13.00 - 14.30 Lunch
14.30 - 16.00 Innovation policy and IPR
- Introduction
Mr Francis Gurry, Deputy Director General, WIPO
- Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SME)
Mr Reinhard Büscher, Head of Unit of Innovation Policy Development, DG Enterprise and Industry, European Commission
Comment from SME
Mr Mikko Armila, CMO, Sulake Corporation
16.00 - 16.30 Coffee Break
16.30 – 18.00 Innovation policy and IPR
- Co-operation between Industry and Academia
Mr Heinz Zourek, Director General, DG Enterprise and Industry, European Commission
Mr Urho Ilmonen, Chief Security Officer, Nokia Corporation
Professor Niklas Bruun, IPR University Center
20.00 – Dinner at the Restaurant Boathouse HSS
Hosted by Mr Martti Enäjärvi, President of the National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland
Friday, 8 September 2006
Conference Venue: Hilton Helsinki Strand, John Stenbergin ranta 4, Helsinki
The Conference is chaired by Ms Satu Ikäheimo, Communications Officer, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Finland
9.00 - 10.30 Other future challenges in the EU
- Trade Mark – Trade Name
Professor Annette Kur, Max Planck Institute
- Sports and IPR
Mr Andrew Moger, Managing Director, MMC Media-Mojos Consultancy Ltd
- Forum Virium Helsinki cluster – Accelerating innovation processes
Mr Jarmo Eskelinen, Director, Forum Virium Helsinki
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee Break
11.00 - 12.30 How should EU proceed in the next five years?
Mr Charlie McCreevy, European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services
- Panel discussion
Chaired by Mr Martti Enäjärvi, President of the National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland
Mr Thierry Stoll, Deputy Director General, DG Internal Market, European Commission
Dr Ilkka Rahnasto, Vice President, IPR, Nokia Corporation
Mr Heinz Zourek, Director General, DG Enterprise and Industry, European Commission
Professor Annette Kur, Max Planck Institute
Ms Marja-Leena Rinkineva, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Finland
12.30 - 13.00 Closing of the conference
Mr Mauri Pekkarinen, Minister of Trade and Industry, Finland
13.00 - Lunch
