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Harnessing intellectual property protection for investment promotion
The implications for entrepreneurship, innovation, research and technology transfer
Joint National Conference on IPR policy-making for business competitiveness organised by the
Malta Business Bureau and the
Parliamentary Secretariat for Small Business and Land
Venue: MFCC Ta’ Qali
Date: Friday, 14th October 2011
Time: 08.00hrs-13.30hrs
Chair: Ms Michelle Bonello (Director IP Registrations Commerce Department)
08.00-08.30
Registration & Welcome Coffee
08.30-08.40
Welcome Address
Mr. John A. Huber
President, Malta Business Bureau
Part I
Intellectual Property and Development
08.40-09.10
The link between IP creation and Economic Performance – a global
perspective
Mr. Nikolaus Thumm, Chief Economist,
European Patent Office (EPO)
09.10-09.40
A national Intellectual Property strategy to enhance business
competitiveness
Mr. Godwin Warr, Director General,
Commerce Comptroller of Industrial Property
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Part II
An EU Patent addressing business needs
09.40-10.00
The creation of an EU unified common patent system
Latest developments to-date
Mr. David Woolf, Policy Officer
EU Commission DG Internal Market and Services
10.00-10.20
A competitive EU patent – the European small business’ perspective
Mr. Vincent Tilman, Senior Adviser,
Eurochambres
10.20-10.30
Questions & Answers
10.30-10.50
Coffee Break
Part III
Discerning an intellectual property policy for Maltese business
10.50-11.10
Balancing patenting rights and exceptions to benefit national industry
Mr. Claude Vella Bonanno, Plant Manager,
Solea Pharma Ltd. Malta
11.10-11.30
An IPR policy for enhancing R&D and technology transfer for Maltese
business
Ms. Martina Pace, Science & Technology Officer
Malta Council for Science and Technology
11.30-11.50
Which jurisdictional system for users? – the practitioners point of view
Dr. Jeanine Rizzo, Associate
Fenech & Fenech Advocates
11.50-12.00
Questions & Answers
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12.00-12.15
Concluding Address
Hon. Jason Azzopardi
Parliamentary Secretary for Small Business and Lands
12.15-13.30
Networking Aperitif & Stand-up Reception
For more information kindly contact:
Malta Business Bureau - Mr. Daniel Debono, on info@mbb.org.mt or 21251719/21224415
Parliamentary Secretariat for Small Business and Land – Ms. Kirsten Miller, on kirsten.miller@gov.mt or
22985229