* All times are based on Europe/Rome CET.
9:00 AM
Europe/Rome
9:45 AM
Europe/Rome
Roundtable - Perspectives of economists at IP offices
Chair: Nicola Searle. Speakers: Carsten Fink (WIPO); Nathan Wajsman (EUIPO); Brent Lutes (US Copyright Office); Andrew Toole (USPTO); Emilie Gallois, (Responsable du pôle Etudes, INPI France); Bernard Ong (Group Director of Policy and Engagement, Strategic Planning & Policy, IP Office of Singapore)
11:40 AM
Europe/Rome
7 parallel sessionsGenerative AI and the regulatory interplay between the CDSM Directive and the AI Act
Chair: Thomas Margoni (KU Leuven)
Health data governance: the struggle between access and IP exclusivity
Chair: Ingrid Schneider (University of Hamburg)
Remunerating creators: recent reforms and policy recommendations
Chair: Martin Kretschmer (University of Glasgow)
Special Session - The uneven geography of standards
Chair: Emilio Raiteri (Eindhoven University of Technology)
Strategic patenting and the impact of litigation
Chair: Justyna Ozegalska-Trybalska (Jagiellonian University)
Themed session - Circular Economy: the Need for a Paradigm Shift in IP Law
Chair: Irene Calboli (Texas A&M University School of Law)
WIPO Special Session - The impact on new technologies on creativity and new content supply in the age of AI
Chair: Brent Lutes (US Copyright Office)
2:30 PM
Europe/Rome
7 parallel sessionsCopyright and culture: access, heritage, diversity, education
Chair: Justin Jütte (University College Dublin)
Data and (trade) secrets
Chair: Rachel Bae (USPTO)
Exploring the links between patents, science and innovation
Chair: Markus Simeth (Copenhagen Business School)
The 1001 faces of design
Chair: Heidi Härkönen (University of Turku)
Themed session - Intellectual property governance in times of global crises
Chair: Felipe de Andrade, Esther van Zimmeren (University of Antwerp)
Themed session - Upcycling and Intellectual Property Law: policy and interdisciplinary considerations
Chair: Peter Mezei (University of Szeged)
WIPO Special Session - How can IP contribute to industrial and innovation policymaking?
Chair: Julio Raffo (WIPO)
4:30 PM
Europe/Rome
5:00 PM
Europe/Rome
Roundtable - Blurred lines: data governance, data ownership and intellectual property rights
Chair: Tanya Aplin Speakers: · Martin Kretschmer - Professor of Intellectual Property Law, University of Glasgow · Niva Elkin-Koren - Professor of Law, Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law · Maria Savona - Professor of Applied Economics, LUISS University, Rome; Professor of Economics of Innovation, SPRU, University of Sussex · Luis Aguiar- Associate Professor of Management and Economics of Digital Transformation, Department of Business Administration at the University of Zurich