Addressing an audience comprising a mixture of diplomats, NGOs and think tankers, Serageldin will give a presentation on “Intellectual Property, Food Security and Rural Development: Collaboration and Partnership”. The seminar takes place at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) headquarters in Geneva, on 16 November, at 13:30 pm, as part of a new series of seminars that focuses on “Global Challenges” – health, climate change, and food security. The Seminar is also open to the public interested in the subject or working in this area. Serageldin will be introduced by Anatole Krattiger, the Director of the Global Challenges Division in WIPO. Time is reserved for open discussion after the presentation.
WIPO is the United Nations agency dedicated to the use of intellectual property (patents, copyright, trademarks, designs, etc.) as a means of stimulating innovation and creativity.
Click here to go to WIPO announcement of the seminar on their website