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Scientific program


Day 1 


October 24  2024

I. OPENING

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8.30                    Welcome

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9.00 - 10.00 Opening Speeches

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Frank Gotzen, President of ALAI

Franz Ruz, President of ALAI Chile  

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​Keynote speech: Sylvie Forbin, Deputy Director General, Copyright & Creative Industries Sector, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

 

II. GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE TRADE AGREEMENTS

 

First session: General context. How do International Trade Agreements operate

in the field of copyright and related rights and embrace innovation and creation?

 

 

10.00 - 10.25 Historical Framework of Inclusion of Copyright into Trade Agreements.

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Chair: Pierre Sirinelli (Professor at Panthéon-Sorbonne University, France)

 

Keynote Speaker: 

- Silke von Lewinski (Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Ass.Professor at Zagreb University)

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10:25 - 10:50 Evolvement post-TRIPs: New priorities in content?​

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Chair: Pierre Sirinelli (Professor at Panthéon-Sorbonne University, France)

 

Speaker:

Susy Frankel (Professor at  Te Herenga Waka - The Victoria University of Wellington, Deputy Chair of the Academy Executive Committee and a member of the Society's Council, New Zealand)

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​10:50 - 11:00 Question and answer session

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​11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break

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11:30 - 11:55 Mapping the multilateral and bilateral free trade treaties today: An overview of the treaties, including copyright and related rights worldwide.

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Chair: Jan Rosén (Professor at Stockholm University)

 

Speaker:

Ernesto Rengifo (Professor at Externado University of Colombia; Member of the Arbitration Court of the Arbitration and Conciliation Center of the Chamber of Commerce of Bogotá)

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11:55 - 12.20 Closing Clauses in FTAs and Copyright Protection. Its relation with cultural diversity and innovation.

 

Chair: Jean Cavalli, Avocats & Conseils, Switzerland

 

Speakers: 

- James Parish (Professor at University College London)

- Kim Kyungsuk (Professor at SangMyung University, South Korea)

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12.20 – 12.30 Debate

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12.30 – 14.00 Lunch Break

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2. Second Session: Particular issues of trade treaties as such and in relation to

treaties administered by WIPO and UNESCO

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14.00 - 14.30 CETA, AECG; TPP, PTP, CPTPP, PTPGP; CUSMA, USMCA, T-MEC, (NAFTA 2.0); etc.: Copyright Navigation Through Multiple Trade Agreements.

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Chair: Fabiola Wust, Professor at the International Studies Institute, University of Chile

 

Speaker:

- Ysolde Gendreau, Professor at the Montreal University (Associated Member of the International Academy of Comparative Law and a Member of the  Intellectual Property Institute of Canada)

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14.30 - 15.00 Dispute settlement mechanisms in trade treaties: Overview and current state  of dispute settlement mechanisms in WTO and other trade treaties and their relations. Effectiveness of sanctions.

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Chair: Sofia Boza, Ambassador of Chile to WIPO and WTO. President of the Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)

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Speaker: 

- Antony Taubman, Former Director, Intellectual Property, Government Procurement & Competition Division, World Trade Organization, WTO     

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15.00 – 15.15 Debate

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15.15 - 15.45 Interpretation of copyright rules in trade treaties: Is there a difference to interpretation under copyright treaties?

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Chair: Jane Ginsburg (Professor at University of Columbia)

 

Speaker:

- Mihály Ficsor, Former Director of Division on Copyright and Related Rights at WIPO

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15.45 - 16.05 Coffee break

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16.05 - 16.45 Author’s rights vs copyright in trade treaties.​

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Chair: Carmen Arteaga, Professor at Universidad Autónoma de México (UAM), and President of the Interamerican Institute of Copyright

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Speakers:

- Jorge Mahú Baeza (University of Los Andes, Chile)

- Alejo Barrenechea (Professor at the Law School of the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina)

 

3. Third Session: challenges and opportunities of the Free Trade Agreements

for management of copyright and related rights. Its value from the perspective

of cultural diversity.

 

16.45 - 17.15 ​Rights management and cultural diversity. Real cases and examples.

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Chair: Stephen Edwards, Reed Smith, United Kingdom. 

 

Speakers: 

- Claudio Ossa (Head of the Department of Intellectual Rights at the Chilean National Service of Cultural Heritage)

- Giuseppe Mazziotti (Abreu Professor in Law and Innovation, Católica Global School of Law)


17.15 – 17.45 Effects of negotiations and provisions of Trade Agreements on collective management.

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Chair: Rudolf Leska, STAIDLLESKA 

 

Speakers:

- Rodrigo Águila (General Director of CHILEACTORES)

- Anita Huss-Ekerhult (Secretary General and CEO of IFFRO – International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organizations)

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END OF GENERAL PART

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Day 2

October 25  2024

III. SPECIFIC PART. Approaches by regions and countries.

 

9.00 – 9.30 The case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and its impact on the interpretation of Free Trade Agreements entered into by the European Union.

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Chair: François Le Moine (Règles de l'art, President of ALAI Canada) 

 

Speaker: 

Juan José Marín (Professor of University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain)

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9.30 – 10.00 The UK perspective after Brexit. Characteristics and impact on copyright and related rights, including the interaction with other treaties. The Commonwealth.

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Chair: Annie Morin, General Director of Artisti (Canada)

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Speaker: 

- Alison Firth (University of Surrey)

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10.00 – 10.10 Debate

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10.10 – 10.40 Copyright and International Trade: a perspective from Africa.

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Chair: Nanno Mulder, Head of International Trade, United Nations (UN-ECLAC). 

                         

Speaker:

- Coenraad Visser (Professor at South Africa University, Senior lecturer at the University of the Witwatersrand)

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10.40 – 10.50 Debate

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10.50 – 11.20 Coffee Break

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11.20 – 11.50 The case of Chile: The country with the largest number of Free Trade Agreements signed in the world. 

  • General review and perspective. Legislative development and strategy.

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Chair: Carlos Fernández Ballesteros, Former General Subdirector, WIPO.

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Speaker:

- Santiago Schuster (Professor at the University of Chile)

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11.50– 12.30 Latin America: a practical approach to Copyright and FTA. â€‹

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Chair: Delia Lispzyc (Consulting Professor at the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Honorary Member of ALAI)

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Speakers:

- Rafael Fariñas (Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean at CISAC)

- Hugo Gómez (Principal Judge for the Republic of Peru at the Court of Justice of the Andean Community)

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12.30 – 12.40 Debate​

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12.40 – 14.10 Lunch break

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14.10 – 14.30 U.S. perspective on Free Trade Agreements and its relationship with copyright protection.  

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Chair: Pablo Wegbrait, Professor at University of Buenos Aires

 

Speaker:

Marketa Trimble (Samuel S. Lionel Professor of Intellectual Property Law, S. Boyd university, School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, United States, Remote)

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14.30 – 15.00 The Asian perspective: A practical approach. 

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Chair: Franz Ruz, President of ALAI Chile and Vicepresident of the Interamerican Institute of Copyright

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Speakers:

- Taejin LEE, Senior Director, International & Legal, The Korean Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers(KOSCAP), South Korea

- SUWANO Oki (Departament of Law, Graduate School of Law, Professor Kindai University, Japan)                 

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15.00 – 15.15​ Debate

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15.15 – 15.45​ Coffee Break

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15.45 – 16.05​ The present and  future of  Copyright and International Digital Trade: Artificial Intelligence, Digital Transformation and Cultural Diversity.​

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Chair: Felipe Mujica, CEO of Eurochile Foundation 

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Speaker:

Rodrigo Osorio, President of SCD (Chile)

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END OF SPECIFIC PART

 

IV. CLOSING SESSION

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16.05 – 17.00  ALAI General Assembly

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17.00                  Closing session

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