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We in Colombia are really looking forward to welcoming you to Cartagena for the 6th Global Congress on IP and the Public Interest, August 13-15.

From this week on the registry and call for session proposals is open! It includes the request for scholarships. We will have 3 main tracks on medicines, digital rights, and copyright reforms and open policies. We will also have two cross-cutting tracks: Traditional Knowledge and Trade Agreements (the topic needs to be tied to one of the main ones).

All information can be found on the webpage:  http://www.globalcongressip.org/
 
Please take note that this year the Global Congress will have a methodology that will prioritize sessions that have participants from at least two countries, that are diverse (eg, gender, ethnicity) in their composition and that put into dialogue the work that academics and activists carry out. The inclusion of Latin American perspectives will be valued. The session formats that you can present will be:

• Workshop: an interactive session where they seek to address solutions around a problem.Discussion table: discussion about a specific topic that involves various interests, for example, presentation of research results around the same topic. No more than 25 attendees.
• Panel: presentation of a topic from different experiences that invite discussion.
• Global Talks: TED Talk conference with a duration between 5 and 15 minutes, a single person presents the exploration of an idea, initiative or challenge.
• Strategic meetings: an informal meeting on a particular topic. This format allows participants to establish contacts, connect and forge partnerships.
• Fireside chat: An informal, yet structural dialogue between moderator and speakers on an issue of interest, which engages the audience, through questions and answers
• Advocacy Bootcamp: an intensive course of training aiming to give participants the knowledge and analytic tools to contribute to the advocacy debates.

To include your session proposal, you must first register, submit your session proposal or include the session number when another person has included it (if applicable) and finally if you wish, submit the scholarship application at My Profile.

In general, panel sponsors are expected to ensure the travel and other funding of their session participants. We are striving to raise the funding needed to ensure that all session participants are given a registration scholarship to attend the Congress but might not be able to do so.