This will be a discussion of the WTO's Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual property (TRIPS), on December 1, 1999, from 10AM to Noon.

The location will be the the Madison Room, which is in the 4th floor in the Madison Hotel.

The topics covered will include, but not be limited to:

• Access to Medicinescd
• Electronic Commerce
• TRIPS and the enviroment
• TRIPS and biotechnology

Among those attending this session will be:

Ralph Nader
Carlos Correa, University of Buenos Aires
David Downes, Center for Internatinal Environmental Law
Ellen't Hoen, Médecins Sans Frontières
Bernard Pecoul, Médecins Sans Frontières
Robert Weisman, Essential Action
James love, Consumer Project on Technology
Richard Wilder, WIPO
Yehudah Livneh, International Generic Pharmaceutical Alliance
Jim Keon, International Generic Pharmaceutical Alliance
Mark Raijmakers, Wemos
Mark Silbergeld, Consumers Union and Consumers International
Zafar Mirza, Health Action International

WTO creditials will apparently be required to attend the meeting. For more information, contact Thiru Balasubramaniam, at thiru@cptech.org.