September (2011). Creative Commons Global Summit, legal affiliate meeting, Warsaw 15-18
September, Poland.
August (2011). Key speaker at the conference organized by the American University
Washington College of Law’s Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property,
Fundação Getulio Vargas’s Center for Technology and Society (Brazil), the American
Assembly at Columbia University and the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable
Development (Geneva), with additional sponsorships from Google Inc., the International
Development Research Centre, Open Society Foundation, the Institute for Global and
International Studies at George Washington University, Seattle University School of Law,
Institute for Information Law and the American University International Law Review.
Washington DC, 25-27 August 2011. Presentations on 'IP and Development' and 'National
Institutional Innovation'.
June (2011). Resource person and key speaker, the regional seminar organized by the World
Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and Kyrgyzstan Ministry of Trade, 'THE WIPO
WORKSHOP ON INTEGRATING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INTO
DEVELOPMENT PLANS: THE WIPO DEVELOPMENT AGENDA PERSPECTIVE'.
Presentations titled ''Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and Development: Challenges and
Opportunities at the International Level'', ''The Protection of Intellectual Property Rights and
the Preservation of the Public Domain: Opportunities for Developing Countries'', ''Intellectual
Property and Information and Communication Technologies at the International Level''. (1416) June 2011, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
April (2011). Resource person and key speaker, the regional workshop organized by the
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Kazakhstan Ministry of Economy
on Intellectual Property and Access to Medicines. Presentations titled, ''TRIPS-plus
provisions in negotiation of FTAs. Typical TRIPS-plus provisions impact on access to
medicines. Empirical evidence of the negative impact on access to medicines. The case study
of Ukraine''; ''Enforcement-related flexibilities – the importance to limit border measures and
criminal liability within the minimum requirements of the TRIPS Agreement. Trends in
enforcement of intellectual property rights and their impact on public health''; and ''The
Strategic implementation of Intellectual Property Rights Commitments Under National Law''.
(14-16) April 2011, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
April (2011). Key speaker in the “International Conference on Local Pharmaceutical
Production in Africa” organized by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization
(UNIDO), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the German
International Cooperation (GIZ) and Action against AIDS Germany in south Africa,
presentation titled “Public Health Related TRIPS-plus Provisions in Bilateral Trade
Agreements: A Policy Guide for Negotiators and Implementers in the WHO Eastern
Mediterranean Region”, Cape Town, South Africa, 3-6 April, 2011.
September (2010). Panelist and speaker at the International Conference on
PHARMACEUTICALS IN DEVELOPING AND EMERGING ECONOMIES:
PRODUCTION, INNOVATION, AND ACCESS TO MEDICINES IN THE WAKE OF
TRIPS, presentation titled ''Free Trade Agreements, TRIPS-Plus and Access to Health: The
Arab World's Experience'', panelist ''the EU-India Free Trade Agreement''. Conference
organized by the University of Hyderabad, India and Deakin University, Australia, in
Hyderabad. (17-19) September 2010, Hyderabad, India. http://www.deakin.edu.au/artsed/ccg/events/conferences/pharma-conf10.php
June (2010). Key speaker and facilitator of discussion, national seminar organized by the
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
AND ACCESS RO ESSENTIAL MEDICINES: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
IN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT NEGOTIATIONS, MULTILATERAL INSTRUMENTS,
AND NATIONAL LAWS'. Facilitator of sessions and presentation titled ''Balancing IPR
Protection and Public Health Concerns While Negotiating FTAs. TRIPS-Plus Provisions in
EU FTAs that Impact Public Health Systems and Access to Essential Medicines''. (21-22)
June 2010, Kiev, Ukraine. http://www.undp.org.ua/en/projects-list-all/989
May (2010). Resource person and key speaker, seminar organized by the World Intellectual
Property Organization (WIPO) and the Lebanese Ministry of Economy and Trade, 'THE
WIPO WORKSHOP ON INTEGRATING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INTO
DEVELOPMENT PLANS: THE WIPO DEVELOPMENT AGENDA PERSPECTIVE'.
Three presentations titled ''Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and Development: Challenges
and Opportunities at the International Level'', ''The Protection of Intellectual Property Rights
and the Preservation of the Public Domain: Opportunities for Developing Countries'',
''Intellectual Property and Information and Communication Technologies at the International
Level''. (17-18) May 2010, Beirut, Republic of Lebanon.
November (2009). Resource person and key speaker, seminar organized by the United
Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Open Society Institute (OSI) on `ENSURING
ACCESS TO MEDICINES IN KAZAKHSTAN'. Presentation titled ''The Impact of TRIPSPlus Provisions on Public Health and Access to Medicines''. (18-21) November 2009,
Almaty, Kazakhstan.
November (2009). Guest speaker, seminar organized by the World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO) and the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the AFRICAN-ARAB
SEMINAR ON LIMITATIONS AND EXCEPTIONS: Addressing the Needs of Affected
Constituencies, presentation titled `Dissemination and Use of Copyrighted Works for
Education and Research', Cairo, Egypt, 2 November, 2009.
http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/2009/cr_cai_09/program.html
September (2009). Guest speaker, workshop organized by Bibliotheca Alexandria on
Intellectual Property Rights and Development, presentation titled `the Challenges Facing the
Arab Intellectual Property Protection Regimes', (27-28) September 2009. Alexandria, Egypt.
For more see http://www.bibalex.org/a2k/attachments/Newsletters/August09En_monav.pdf.
May (2009). Participant in Qatar Law Forum: the Rule of Law. Organized in Doha in the
period 29-31 May, 2009. Doha, the State of Qatar.
April (2009). Guest speaker, the League of Arab Nations, the Third Annual Regional
Conference on Intellectual Property: The Challenges facing Arab Counties in the Area of
Intellectual Property Protection. (26-28) April 2009. The League of Arab Nations, Cairo,
Egypt.
April (2009). Resource person and speaker, the United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP) and World Health Organization (WHO) Training Session for Arab States Patent
Offices, `Examining Pharmaceutical Patents from a Public Health Perspective', presentation
on the impact of FTAs on public health and access to medicines. (14-15) April 2009, Cairo,
Egypt.
February (2008). Paper presented with Dr Hamid El Said titled ‘TRIPS-Plus Implications for
Access to Medicines in Developing Countries: Lessons fro Jordan-United States Free Trade
Agreement’ at the ‘International Conference on Globalization, Economic Reforms, Aid and
Democracy in the Arab World’ organized by the Arab Thought Forum, (3-4) February 2008,
Amman Jordan.
January (2008). Participant in the First International Conference of Arbitration, organized by
the Qatar International Centre of Arbitration, (21-23) January 2008, Doha, State of Qatar.
December (2006). Invited as a key speaker to the Regional Meeting on Free Trade
Agreements organized by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Third World
Network (TWN) and Arab NGO Network for Development. Paper on the implications of
TRIPS-Plus agreements on the Arab World, Cairo, Egypt.
September (2006). Presented a paper titled ‘The European TRIPS-Plus Model: From Cooperation to Association - The Implications of Strengthened IPR's Protection for the Arab
World’, at the Society of Legal Scholars, Legal History Conference, Keele University, United
Kingdom.
November (2004). Presented a paper titled ‘TRIPS, Bilateralism, Multilateralism and
Developing Countries: The Case of Jordan’s Pharmaceuticals’, at a conference organized by
Kuwait University, (23-24) November, 2004, Kuwait City, State of Kuwait.