Justice in Focus Series: Regulating access to genetic resources and traditional knowledge: implementing the Nagoya Protocol
This forum brings together a panel of experts to discuss issues and critically review existing Biodiscovery schemes, particularly in terms of the extent to which they protect Indigenous interests, speakers will also consider the issues that Federal and State governments need to address in order to effectively implement the Nagoya Protocol in Australia.
Expert panellists:
Ms Elizabeth Evans-Illidge
Research Director, Australian Institute of Marine Science at James Cook University (AIMS@JCU)
Professor Robert Henry
Director, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland
Professor Ron Quinn AM
Director, The Eskitis Institute, Griffith University
Dr Brendan Tobin
Research Fellow, Australian Centre for Intellectual Property in Agriculture, Griffith University
This forum is brought to you by the Griffith Law School with funding from the Australian Research Council through the ARC Discovery Project Securing Australia's Food and Fibre Futures: Intellectual Property and Access to Plant Genetic Resources.
The Justice in Focus Series is a collaboration with Caxton Legal Centre Inc, UQ Law School, Queensland University of Technology Law School and Griffith Law School. Established in 2013, the Series brings together a panel of experts to discuss topical legal and socio-legal issues.
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RSVP on or before Thursday 14 August 2014 , by email Please register online using link above , or by phone 07 3735 3747
Event contact details
- Madonna Adcock
- http://goo.gl/Q05AWa
- 07 3735 5747