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SCHEDULE
Day I
1. INAUGURAL AND KEYNOTE
2. Welcome Address (9.30 am)
Prof Venkata Rao (Vice Chancellor, NLS)
2. Other Welcome Address (9.40 am to 10.20 am)
Prof Shamnad Basheer (SpicyIP)
Prof Ramakrishna (MHRD IP Chair, NLS)
Aditya Singh Chawla (Convenor, Law and Technology Society, NLS)
3. Keynote Address (10.30 am to 11.10 am)
“Open Innovation Cartography: Building an Inclusive and Transparent IP Ecosystem”
Prof Richard Jefferson (Founder, Cambia and Professor, Queensland University of Technology [QUT])
Tea Break (11.10 am to 11.25)
4. Special Address (11.30 am to 11.50 am)
Justice Ravindra Bhat
SESSION I: OPEN INNOVATION
Duration: 11.50 am to 5.45 pm
1. From Software (OSS) to Drug Discovery (OSDD): 11.50 am to 1.20 pm
Mishi Choudhary (SFLC)
Venkatesh Hariharan (i-Spirt)
Dr Tanjore Balganesh (Open Source Pharma Foundation)
Moderator (TBD)
Lunch Break: 1.20 pm to 2.20 pm
2. Open Access Music Video (by SpicyIP): 2.20 pm to 2.30 pm
3. Open Standards and Licensing (SEP issues): 2.30 pm to 4.00 pm
Rajiv Choudhary (IP lawyer)
Sunil Abraham (CIS)
Prof Yogesh Pai (NLU Delhi)
Prof Natasha Nayak (Jindal)
Moderator: Prof Ramakrishna (MHRD IP Chair, NLS)
Tea Break: 4.00 pm to 4.15 pm
4. Compulsory Licensing and a Compensatory Commons: 4.15 pm to 5.45 pm
Prof Srividya Ragavan (Texas A&M University)
Jayashree Watal (WTO)
Dilip Shah (Indian Pharmaceuticals Alliance)
Prof Vivekanandan (NALSAR)
Moderator: Prof Shamnad Basheer (Founder, SpicyIP)
Dinner: 7 pm onwards (sponsored by Texas A&M University)
Day II
SESSION III: OPEN EDUCATION
Duration: 10.00 am to 11.30 am
Lawrence Liang (Founder, ALF)
Prof Dev Gangjee (University of Oxford)
Prof Arul Scaria (NLU Delhi)
Prof Shubha Ghosh (Syracuse University)
Moderator: Swaraj P Barooah (Editor in Chief, SpicyIP)
Tea break: 11.30 am to 11.45 am
SESSION IV: OPEN LAW/POLICY
(Transparency in IP, Open Patent data, Open IP Policy etc)
Duration: 11.45 am to 1.15 pm
Prof (Dr) Richard Jefferson (Cambia and Prof, Queensland University of Technology)
GR Raghavender (Joint Secretary, DIPP, Ministry of Commerce)
Prashant Reddy (IP Consultant)
Prof Prashant Iyengar (Jindal)
Open Access IP Dictionary (Presentation by team of Nirma University/SpicyIP)
Moderator: TBD
LUNCH: 1.15 pm to 2.15 pm
SESSION V: FUTURE OF THE COMMONS (Opportunities and Challenges)
Duration: 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm
Panel Discussion
Zakir Thomas (Former Director, OSDD)
Dr Tabrez Ahmed (Director, UPES, Dehradun)
Murali Neelakantan (IP Consultant)
Arun Mohan (IP lawyer)
Sunita Sreedharan (IP Lawyer)
Moderator: TBD
Tea Break: 4.30 pm to 4.45 pm
VI SUMMARY/CONCLUSIONS
4.45 pm to 5.15 pm
VII CLOSING/VALEDICTORY
5.15 pm to 5.45 pm