IFPMA @WIPO General Assembly

WIPO Headquarters, Room A, Geneva, Switzerland

Bringing together experts working in the field, including procurement
agencies, international organizations and industry, participants will learn
how this new tool helps procurement agencies to determine the existence
of patents on products relevant to their health programs. Ms. Claire Doole,
former BBC journalist, will moderate the event.

12:30

Lunch and registration

13:00

Welcome and opening remarks

Mr. Francis Gurry, Director General, WIPO
Mr. Thomas Cueni, Director General, IFPMA
Ms. Alicja Adamczak, President, Patent Office of
the Republic of Poland

13:50

Pat-INFORMED overview – How does
it work?

Mr. Thomas Bombelles, Head, NGO and
Industry Relations, WIPO

14:05

Pat-INFORMED – What difference
will it make?

Panel discussion moderated by
Ms. Claire Doole

Mr. Wesley Kreft, Director, Global Supply Chain, i+solutions, The Netherlands
Dr. Issaka Sondé, Executive Director, Association Africaine des Centrales d’Achats de Médicaments Essentiels (ACAME) /Procurement agency, Burkina Faso
Ms. Alisa Harbin, Head, Global Intellectual Property, Novartis

14:45

Open Q&A and discussion

14:55

Concluding remarks