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Public Conference: September 27-29
The American University Washington College of Law (AUWCL) Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property (PIJIP) convened of the Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest. The Congress will take place the week of September 24, 2018.
The Global Congress is the main convening of a global network of over 800 researchers, activists, and practitioners who work on the intersection of intellectual property and promotion of the public interest. The core goal is to promote evidence-based policy-making by fostering partnerships between academics and policy advocates from around the world.
Agenda
The Global Congress spanned six days, beginning with capacity-building workshops and trainings for a selected group of international policy advocates, building to a large public international conference with plenary sessions webcast to the world.
| Pre-Congress | Circulation of Polis Questionnaire* |
| Mon, September 24 | Training: Introduction to IP & Trade* Networking Reception @ Georgetown Law |
| Tues, September 25 | Advocacy & Engagement* Networking Reception @ Capitol Hill |
| Wed, September 26 | Training and Workshops* Networking Reception @ K Street |
| Thurs, September 27 | Congress Day One Keynote Forum Networking Reception |
| Fri, September 28 | Congress Day Two Scholarly Proposals Series IP Development Symposium Networking Reception |
| Sat, September 29 | Congress Day Three Workshops & Panels (some require application) General Assembly Party |
For more information on the means and ends of the Congress, see our pages on Background and Organization and Planning Partners.
Previous Global Congress Highlights
[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.90″][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_blurb title=”Fourth Global Congress, Dehli, 2015″ url=”http://americanassembly.org/events/fourth-global-congress-intellectual-property-and-public-interest” url_new_window=”on” image=”http://infojustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Global-Congress-5-Logo.jpg” _builder_version=”3.0.90″]The Fourth Congress was hosted by the Center for Internet and Society in Delhi, India, with the goal of taking stock of ‘Three Decades of Openness; Two Decades of TRIPS.’ The event attracted 400 researchers, activists, and practitioners.[/et_pb_blurb][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_blurb title=”Third Global Congress, Cape Town, 2013″ url=”http://americanassembly.org/events/third-global-congress-intellectual-property-and-public-interest-0″ url_new_window=”on” image=”http://infojustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Nagla-Rzk-in-Cape-Town2.jpg” _builder_version=”3.0.90″]The Third Global Congress was held in Cape Town, South Africa, December 9-13, 2013. Over 250 researchers, practitioners, and policymakers discussed new work and policy developments around users’ rights and development-centered IP policy. The event was held jointly with the capstone conference for the OpenAIR project, which brings together researcher on innovation policy in Africa.[/et_pb_blurb][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.90″ custom_css_main_element=”a {color: #1e73be;}||a:visited {color: #1e73be;}||li a:visited {color: #1e73be;}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_blurb title=”Second Global Congress, Rio de Janeiro, 2012″ image=”http://infojustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/second-global-congress.png” _builder_version=”3.0.90″ custom_css_blurb_content=”a:link {color: #1e73be;}||li a {color: #1e73be;}||a:visited {color: #1e73be;}”]The Second Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest brought 250 researchers and activists from 40 countries to Rio de Janeiro in December, 2012, to promote the development of a “positive agenda” for public-interest intellectual property policy.- Global Conference Report:
- Keynote videos
- The Washington Declaration on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest
- Keynote Addresses:
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- Peter Jaszi, American University Intellectual Property Expansion and Public Interest Responses
- Pamela Samuelson, Berkeley Law Changing Technology & Public Interest Legal Reform
- Bernt HugenHoltz, Univeristy of Amsterdam Framing the Public Interest Agenda in Copyright
- Professor Carlos Correa, University of Buenos Aires Perspectives from the South on IP and Innovation
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