Note:  PIJIP has announced the Fifth Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest, to be held at American University in Washington, D.C. in September, 2018. Click here for the full announcement.

Washington College of Law
American University, Washington, DC
August 25-27, 2011

UPDATE:   The Washington Declaration on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest has been released by a group of over 170 policymakers and advocates from approximately 35 countries who met August 25-27 at American University Washington College of Law.  It provides a series of specific recommendations for action by the international intellectual property public interest community.

The full text is available here:  http://infojustice.org/washington-declaration

The global intellectual property landscape has witnessed important changes in recent years. Most notably, the public interest dimension of intellectual property has emerged as a paramount concern. Though there seems to be a fairly broad agreement on the need for a more balanced intellectual property system which effectively promotes innovation, views diverge on how to best achieve it.  The Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest brought together scholars, policymakers, and policy advocates to discuss and to deliberate about the opportunities for constructing a positive policy and research agenda.  Following the Congress, participants continued to collaborate online to produce the Washington Declaration.

The Global Congress wa co-organized by American University Washington College of Law’s Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, Fundação Getulio Vargas’s Center for Technology and Society (Brazil), the American Assembly at Columbia University and the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (Geneva), with additional sponsorships from Google Inc., the International Development Research Centre, Open Society Foundation, the Institute for Global and International Studies at George Washington University, Seattle University School of Law, Institute for Information Law and the American University International Law Review.

Thursday, August 25

10:00 Media Briefing: EU Green Party Draft Analysis of ACTA;
Public Interest Analysis of the TPP
Media Advisory | Library
1:30 Framing the Positive Agenda
Abstract | Library
4:15 Toward Positive Agendas in International IP Law
Abstract | Library

Friday, August 26

Track: Open Access and Limitations & ExceptionsReporters:  Peter Jaszi, Michael Carroll
Notes (private)
Enforcement, Trade, and DevelopmentReporters: Ahmed Abdel Latif, Pedro Mizukami, Sean
Flynn, Joe Karaganis | Notes (private)

9:15 Limitations and Exceptions for Cultural Institutions
Chair: Peter Jaszi
Abstract | Library
IP and Human Rights
Chair: Larry Helfer
Abstract | Library
11:00 Break Break
11:30 Limitations and Exceptions for Special Subjects
and Objects
Chair: Peter Jaszi
Abstract | Library
Development Agendas In a Changing World
Chair: Ahmed Abdel Latif
Abstract | Library
1:00 Lunch Lunch
2:05 Open Access and the Public Domain
Chair: Michael Carroll
Abstract | Library
Enforcement and the Internet
Chair: Pedro Mizukami
Abstract | Library
3:45 Break Break
4:00 Limitations & Exceptions and Open Access for Education
Chair: Michael Carroll
Abstract | Library
Incentives, Remuneration, and Collective Management
Chair: Joe Karaganis
Abstract | Library
5:30 Ways and Means
Chair: Peter Jaszi
Abstract | Library
Consumer Protection, Regime Shifting, Participation
Chair: Sean Flynn
Agenda | Library

Saturday, August 27

9:30 Concurrent Workshops:ACTA and Beyond
Chair: Sean Flynn
Abstract | LibraryAccess to Medicines, Session I – Trade Agreements and Enforcement
Chairs: Brook Baker, Peter Maybarduk
Abstract | LibraryMethodologies for Studying Digital Media Practices
Chair: Joe Karaganis
Abstract | LibraryGlobal IP Architecture: Challenges and Strategies for Development
Chairs: K.M. Gopakumar, Sangeeta Shashikant, Viviana Munoz Tellez
Abstract | LibraryOpen Business Models
Chair: Oona Castro and Pedro Mizukami
Abstract | LibraryPatent Reform
Chair: Jorge Contreras
Abstract | LibraryDomestic Institutional Innovation
Chair: Susan Sell
Abstract | Library

Creative Commons Roundtable
Chair: Michael Carroll
Library

11:30 Pick up boxed lunches
11:45 Concurrent Workshops:Amending TRIPS Workshop
Chairs: Amy Kapczynski, Annette Kur
Abstract | LibraryAccess to Medicines II: Positive Agenda Campaigns
Chairs: Brook Baker, Peter Maybarduk
Abstract | LibraryFixing the 1971 Appendix to the Berne Convention
Claudio Ruiz, Chair
Abstract | LibraryDevelopment Agenda for Industrialized Countries
Chair: Magaret Chon
Abstract | LibraryTrack and Session Chairs Meeting
Chair: Peter Jaszi
LibraryWorks in Progress I
Chair: Jason Schultz
LibraryWorks in Progress II
Chair: Evelyn Gray
Library

Works in Progress III
Chair: Balázs Bodó
Library

2:00 Conference Declaration Roundtable I: Enforcement, Trade and Development
Webcast (private)
3:30 Coffee
3:45 Conference Declaration Roundtable II: Open Access and Limitations and Exceptions
Webcast (private)
5:10 Closing:  Michael  Carroll
Webcast (private)
5:35 Light Reception