2010

BOOK LAUNCH

IQsensato and the African Copyright and Access to Knowledge (ACA2K) Project are pleased to invite you to a cocktail reception for the launch of the Book titled "Access to Knowledge in Africa: The Role of Copyright". The Project’s lead researcher, Dr. Dick Kawooya, will be at hand to introduce the book and share information about the Project.

Registration: For security and logistical reasons registration is required. Persons who are not accredited to WIPO will not be allowed in the building unless they pre-register. To register, please send an e-mail to info@iqsensato.org by 16h00 on Monday 22nd November 2010.The first 10 people to register will get a compliementary free copy of the book.

Date: 23 November 2010

Venue: WIPO Main Building, 13th Floor

Programme: The book is licensed under a Creative Commons License and can be downloaded free of charge on the ACA2K website at http://www.aca2k.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=179&Itemid=61&lang=en.

Can we afford the current model of medical innovation? Towards new models of innovation

Date: 18 November 2010

Venue: European Parliament, Brussels

Programme: The event details including the programme are available here…

Workshop on the the proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)

This workshop, which is being convened by Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) and IQsensato, will bring together a range of stakeholders to debate the implications of the proposed agreement.

Date: 28th June 2010

Venue: Salle Gandhi, Maison des Asociations, Geneva (Address: Rue des Savoises 15, 1205 Geneva)

Programme: The Programme and other details are available on the KEI website…

2009

Third Geneva Seminar on Development Research (GSDR 3)

A launch for this twelve-chapter book, edited by Jeremy de Beer with a Foreword by Daniel J. Gervais and an Afterword by Christopher May. Chapter contributors include leading scholars and thinkers from around the world.

Date & Time: 10 July 2009: 14h00–19h30 (includes a cocktail reception)

Venue: Room B, World Meteorological Organization (WMO) building.

Programme: Details have been closed.

Second Geneva Seminar on Development Research (GSDR 2)

Copyright and Access to Educational and Learning Materials in Africa: Evidence from an eight Country Study Project

Date & Time: 20th May 2009: 09h00–13h00

Venue: Room B, World Meteorological Organization (WMO) building.

Programme: Details have been closed.

Roundtable on Designing Innovation Inducement Prizes for Diagnostics, Drugs and Vaccines for TB and Chagas (A co-organized event).

Date & Time: 13 March 2009: 09h00–14h00 (includes lunch)

Venue: MSF Offices in Geneva

Programme: See event details here

First Nairobi Seminars on Development Research (NSDR 1)

National and Regional Action to Implement the WHO Global Strategy on Incentives and Financing for Essential Health Research for Africa

Date: 16–17 January 2009

Venue: Sarova Panafric Nairobi

Programme: The seminar details have been closed