Chair: Heike BAUMULLER, ICTSD
Update on developments in CBD-WIPO cooperation
and recent work of the IGC on genetic resources
Shakeel BHATTI, Senior Program Manager Genetic Resources, Biotechnology
& Associated Traditional Knowledge Section, Traditional
Knowledge Division, Sector of the PCT, Patents and Global IP
Issues, WIPO
COP-8 Meeting: Reviewing decisions on ABS
and current status.
Valerie NORMAND, CBD Secretariat
Standard setting at FAO: The implications
of the Standard MTA for providers and users of genetic resources.
Mr. Clive STANNARD, Assistant Secretary, Commission on Plant
Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, FAO
Biodiversity-related provisions in recent US
FTAs
Alejandro NEYRA
Biodiversity-related provisions in recent EU
FTAs and upcoming EPAs
Preeti RAMDASI, ICTSD