Time Content Speakers Opening Ceremony 09:00-09:15 Opening Address Mr. LI Yuguang, Deputy Commissioner of State Intellectual Property Office of China Ms. WANG Binying, Deputy Director General of World Intellectual Property Organization Ms. ZHAO Wen, Vice Mayor of Shanghai Municipality Session I The IP System towards the Future Moderator: Mr. WU Kai, Director of International Cooperation Department, State Intellectual Property Office of China 09:20-09:35 Speech Ms. Rauni Hagman, Director General of National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland Topic: Challenges of Future IP System, Experience of Finland 09:35-09:50 Speech Mr. Günther Schmitz, Vice-President of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office Topic: Challenges to the System of Industrial Property from the Perspective of the DPMA 09:50-10:05 Speech Mr. Peter KF CHEUNG, Director of Hong Kong Intellectual Property Department Topic: IP System at the Crossroads: the Hard or the Soft Way? 10:05-10:20 Speech Mr. LU Guoqiang, Secretary General of Shanghai Intellectual Property Joint Committee, Director General of Shanghai Intellectual Property Administration Topic: Boosting Innovation and Building Shanghai into the IP Central City in Asia-Pacific Region 10:20-10:30 Q&A
10:30-10:45 Tea Break
Session II The Capacity Building for IP Creation Moderator:Mr. Alban RENAUD, Avocat au Barreau de Paris, Partner of ADAMAS – Attorneys-at-law 10:45-11:00 Speech Mr. Lee Soowon, CFO & Director General of the Bureau of General Administration, Seoul National University, Former Commissioner of Korean Intellectual Property Office Topic:Boosting Regional Competitiveness Strength through Intellectual Property 11:00-11:15 Speech Prof. WU Handong, President of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, China Topic: Intellectual Property - Power for the Innovative Development of Cities 11:15-11:30 Speech Mr. Elliot Papageorgiou, Executive and Partner at Rouse Shanghai Topic: Growth in IP Creation - Important Factors Encouraging Private Sector IP Growth 11:30-11:45 Speech Mr. Kok Kitt Wai, Acting Director, Enterprise Development Department, Intellectual Property Office of Singapore Topic: Capacity for IP Creation and Soft Power of Cities - Singapore's Perspectives 11:45-12:05 Panel Discussion Above moderator / speakers 12:05-12:15 Q&A
12:20-13:20 Luncheon
Session III The Infrastructure Up-grading for IP Services Co-Moderators: Mr. Philip Griffith, Professor of Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney, Australia Mr. George Q. Fu, Managing Partner, Watson & Band Law Offices Shanghai 13:30-13:45 Speech Ms. Alicja Adamczak, President of the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland Topic: The Infrastructure Up-grading for IP Services 13:45-14:00 Speech Mr. Herb Munsterman, Director and Lecturer, Master of IP Management & Markets Program at Chicago Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology, US Topic: The Soft Power of Cities - IP in Chicago 14:00-14:15 Speech Mr. David Liu, Managing Director, China, Thomson Reuters Topic: Intelligent Information Empower the Regional IP Development 14:15-14:30 Speech Mr. Jared William Ragland, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office IPR Officer Topic: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office – IP Services at Home and Abroad 14:30-15:10 Panel Discussion Above moderator / speakers and Dr. Can Huang, Senior Research Fellow, United Nations University-MERIT and Maastricht University, The Netherlands 15:10-15:20 Q & A
15:20-15:40 Tea Break
Session IV The Environment Improvement for IP Protection Co-Moderators: Mr. Wu Po Chi, Adjunct Professor, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Mr. Herb Munsterman, Director and Lecturer, Master of IP Management & Markets Program at Chicago Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology, US 15:40-15:55 Speech Mr. MA Weiye, Director of Patent Administration Department, State Intellectual Property Office of China Topic: The IP Culture - Soft Environment of Intellectual Property Protection 15:55-16:10 Speech Mr. Philip Griffith, Professor of Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney, Australia Topic: Soft Power and Intellectual Property in the City of Sydney- the Harbour and the Bridge 16:10-16:25 Speech Ms. Tshepo Shabangu, President of South Africa Institute of IP Law Topic:Soft Power of South Africa and the Environment of IP Protection 16:25-16:40 Speech Mr. Alain Strowel, Professor of Saint-Louis University, Belgium Topic: City Branding and IP Enforcement in Europe 16:40-17:20 Panel Discussion Above moderator / speakers and Mr. Albert L. Jacobs Jr., Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP, US 17:20-17:30 Q & A
Closing Remarks
17:30-17:35 Closing Remarks Mr. LU Guoqiang, Secretary General of Shanghai Intellectual Property Joint Committee, Director General of Shanghai Intellectual Property Administration