This is the agenda for an October 17 meeting in Lisbon on the work program of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The event is being organizated by the Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD) and Consumers International. People who want to attend this event should contact Ben Wallis or Lalani de Silva.

9.00 - 9.15 Welcome and introduction, James Love, CPTech and Machiel van der Velde, Consumentenbond

9.15 - 10.30 What is WIPO? What does it do, how is it governed?

• Moderator: Jean Ann Fox, Director, Consumer Federation of America

• Panel:
  • Professor Michael Blakeney, Director of the IP Research Institute, Queen Mary, University of London
  • Sisule Fredrick Musungu, Consultant, South Centre
  • Philippe Baechtold, Head of Patent Law Section, WIPO

10.30-10.45 Break

10:45-12.00 Copyright and related rights, Digital Agenda I: How does WIPO balance the interests of creators, users and right-owners?

• Moderator: Machiel van der Velde, Policy Officer, Consumentenbond
• Panel:
  • Marla Poor, Attorney Advisor, US Copyright Office
  • Rogier Wezenbeek, DG Internal Market, European Commission
  • Manon Ress, Research Associate, Consumer Project on Technology
  • Nick Ashton-Hart, Executive Director, International Music Managers Forum
  • Richard Stallman, President, Free Software Movement

12.00-13.15 Copyright and related rights, Digital Agenda II: What should WIPO do about new technologies?

• Moderator: Michelle Childs, Head of Policy Research, Consumers Association
• Panel:
  • Representative of WIPO, TBA
  • Dr Sothi Rachagan, Regional Director Consumers International Asia Pacific Office
  • Sarah Deutsch, VP & Associate General Counsel, Verizon
  • Volker Grassmuck, Researcher, Humboldt University, Berlin
  • Michael Geist, Professor, Ottawa Law School, Canada

13.15-14.15 Lunch

14:15-15:45 WIPO Patent Agenda I: What is WIPO doing to change patent policy, and why is it doing it?

• Moderator: Louise Sylvan, President of Consumers International (to be confirmed)
• Panel:
  • Philippe Baechtold, Head of Patent Law Section, WIPO
  • Carlos Correa, Professor, University of Buenos Aires
  • Sisule Fredrick Musungu, Consultant, South Centre
  • Ellen T’Hoen, Co-ordinator, Médecins Sans Frontières
  • Diane Terblanche, Manager of Enforcement, South Africa Competition Commission

15:45 to 16:00 Break

16:00-17:00 WIPO Patent Agenda II: What are the views of creators and users on the WIPO patents agenda?

• Moderator: Jean Halloran, Director, Consumers Union
• Panel:
  • Dr Tim Hubbard, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
  • Dr Kumariah Balasubramaniam, Advisor and Co-ordinator, Health Action International Asia - Pacific
  • Richard Stallman, President, Free Software Movement

17:15-18:00 Roundtable: What should WIPO be doing in this century?

• Moderator: Darius Cuplinskas, Director, Information program, The Open Society Institute
• Panel:
  • Carlos Correa, Professor, University of Buenos Aires
  • Sisule Fredrick Musungu, Consultant, South Centre
  • Michelle Childs, Head of Policy Research, Consumers Association
  • Christine Haight Farley, Professor of Law, Washington College of Law
  • James Love, Director, Consumer Project on Technology