Moving, Shaking, Changing

What are the events and new research that is shaping international discussions and policy-making on development-related issues? See our selection below.

January 2009

• TransAtlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD) Workshop on ”Patents, Copyrights and Knowledge Governance: The Next Fours Years”: January 12 - 13, 2009 in Washington D.C., U.S.A. Read more…
• New WTO Database on “Regional Trade Agreements” launched: January 14, 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland. Read more…
• 56th Assembly of the Student’s United Nations (SUN): January 14 - 16, 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland. Read more…
• KEI, HAI,Oxfam, UAEM and IQsensato Roundtable on “Designing Innovation Inducement Prizes for New Diagnostics, Drugs and Vaccines for TB and Chagas: January 16 - 17, 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland. Read more…
• Resumed Seventh Session of the Assembly of the Member States Parties to the Rome Statute on the International Criminal Court: January 19 - 23, 2009 in New York, U.S.A. Read more…
• Inaugration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the U.S.A.: January 20, 2009 in Washington D.C., U.S.A. Read more…
• Arab Economic and Social Development Summit: January 19 - 20, 2009 in Kuwait City, Kuwait. Read more…
• 124th Session of the Executive Board of the World Health Organization (WHO): January 19 - 27, 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland. Read more…
• 12th Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (Summit): January 26 - February 3 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Read more…
• Wolrd Economic Forum (WEF) 39th Annual Meeting - “Shaping the Post-Crisis World”: January, 28 - February 1, 2009 in Davos, Switzerland. Read more…
• World Social Forum 2009: January 28 0 February 1, 2009 in Belem, Brazil. Read more…

February 2009

• WTO General Council Meeting: February 3 - 4, 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland.
• Global Ministerial Environment Forum: February 16 - 20, 2009 in airobi, Kenya. Read more…
• OECD Eighth Global Forum on Competition: February 19 - 20, 2009 in Paris, France. Read more…

March 2009

• 10th Session of the Human Rights Council: March 2 - 27, 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland. Read more…
• WIPO Information Meeting on Intellectual Property Financing: March 10, 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland. Read more…
• Fifth World Water Forum: March 16 - 22, 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey. Read more…
• WIPO’s Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks enters into force: March 16, 2009. Read more…
• Thirteenth Session of the WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP): March 23 - 27, 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland. Read more…
• WIPO Audit Committee, Twelfth Meeting: March 23 - 26, 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland. Read more…
• ITU - World Telecommunication Policy Forum (WTPF-09): Mrch 25 - 27, 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland.
• UNESCO “World Conference on Education forSustainable Development”: March 31 - 2 April, 2009 in Bonn, Germany. Read more…

April 2009

• Second G20 Summit: April 2, 2009 in London, UK. Read more…
• Spring Meetings of the World Bank and IMF: April 25 - 26, 2009 in Washington D.C. Read more…
• Third Session of the WIPO Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP): April 27 - May 1, 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland. Read more…

May 2009

• Sixty Second World Health Assembly (WHA): May 18 - 27, 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland.
• WIPO Information Meeting on the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations: May 25, 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland. Read more…
• WTO General Council Meeting: May 27 - 28, 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland.

June 2009

• WIPO Academy’s Interregional Intermediate Seminar on Industrial Property: June 10 - 12, 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland. Read more…
• WIPO Coordination Committee Meeting on Staffing Matters including Nomination of Deputy and Assistant Directors General: June 15 - 16, 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland. Read more…
• WIPO Program and Budget Committee meeting on the 2010/11 Program and Budget and Medium-Term Strategic Plan for 2010 - 2015: June 17 - 19, 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland. Read more…
• Twenty First Session of the WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications: June 22 - 26, 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland. Read more…
• Fourteenth Session of the WIPO Intergovenmental Committee on Intellecual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore: June 29 - July 3, 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland. Read more…

July 2009

• Second Global Aid for Trade Review: July 6 - 7, 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland. Read more…
• WIPO Summer School on IP: July 6 - 17, 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland. Read more…
• WIPO Conference on “Intellectual Property and Global Challenges”: July 13 - 14, 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland. Read more…
• WTO General Council Meeting: July 28 - 29, 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland.

August 2009

• Fifty Ninth Session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa: August 31 - September 4, 2009 in Kigali Rwanda.

September 2009

• Sixty Second Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South East Asia: September 7 - 10, 2009 in Kathmandu, Nepal.
• Sixty Fourth Session of the UN General Assemmbly: September 15 - December 2009 in New York, U.S.A.
• Fifty Ninth Session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe: September 14 - 17, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
• WIPO Global Symposium of IP Authorities: September 17 - 18, 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland. Read more..
• Sixtieth Session of the WHO Regional Commitee for Western Pacific: September 21 - 25, 2009
• Forty Seventh Series of Meetings of WIPO General Assemblies: September 22 - October 1, 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland. Read more…
• WTO Public Symposium 2009 titled “Global Problems, Global Solutions: Towards Better Global Governance”: September 28 - 30, 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland. Read more…
• Sixty First Session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Americas: September 28 - October 2, 2009.

October 2009

• Fifty Sixth Session of the WHO Regional Committee for Eastern Mediterranean: October 5 - 9, 2009.
• Annual Meetings of the World Bank and IMF: October 6 - 7, 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey. Read more…
• WTO General Council Meeting: October 13 - 14, 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland.

November 2009

• Fourth Session of the WIPO Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP): November 16 - 20, 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland. Read more…

December 2009

• WTO General Council Meeting: December 17 - 18, 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland.