The Law Futures Centre (LFC) and the Australian Centre for Intellectual Property in Agriculture (ACIPA) are holding a free workshop to explore solutions to equitably sharing the benefits of information about genetic resources under the Convention on Biological Diversity (and Nagoya Protocol), the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework.
The purpose of the workshop is to bring together experts and practitioners to share their experiences with access and benefit sharing information about genetic resources with the prospect of improving the efficiency and effectiveness of practices.
The expected audience will be plant and animal breeders, public health practitioners, industry associations, research and development corporations, government departments, seed distributors and their representatives, agricultural sector advisers/consultants, intellectual property lawyers, and academics.
Speakers
Professor John Benzie, Acting Head of Sustainable Aquaculture, WorldFish and Professor of Marine Molecular Biodiversity, University College Cork
Emily Carroll, Agricultural Productivity, Department of Agriculture and Water Resources
Ben Phillips, Director, Protected Areas Policy and Planning, Parks Australia
Dr Fran Humphries, Research Fellow, Law Futures Centre, Griffith Law school, Griffith University
Date: Wednesday 6 December 2017
Time: 8.30am Registrations, 1.00pm Close
Venue: Common Room, University House, The Australian National University, Canberra
Cost: This is a free event
A preliminary draft program can be downloaded here.
Further information can be found on the ACIPA website.
Event categories
Event contact details
- Law Futures Centre
- (07) 373 58480