The launch will feature the first public discussion of “The Journey to the WIPO Treaty on Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge” by Wend Wendland, former Director of the Traditional Knowledge Division at the World Intellectual Property Organization with comments by Ambassador H.E. Guilherme de Aguiar Patriota, Permanent Representative of Brazil to the World Trade Organization, and will be followed by a panel discussion on the future of knowledge governance in the multilateral system featuring Ruth L. Okediji, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, Ellen ‘t Hoen, Director, Medicines Law & Policy, and Sean Flynn, Director of the Geneva Centre on Knowledge Governance.

The Centre on Knowledge Governance, an associated programme, conducts research and provides technical support and training from offices at the Geneva Graduate Institute, in partnership with the South Centre, the Access to Knowledge Coalition of research, education and cultural heritage organizations, and a network of leading academic research centers. The focus areas of the Centre include:

For more information and to register, please visit the event page on the Centre for Knowledge Governance website.