Open Standards Update: Standards Activity Review

Date: 17-18th, April, 2007
Venue:Beijing International Hotel, Beijing, PRC
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Hosted by:
Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM)
State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO)

Supported by:
National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC)
Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST)
Ministry of Information Industry (MII)
The State Administration of Radio Film and Television(SARFT)
State Council Legislative Affairs Office (SLAO)
State Council Information Office (SCITO)

In Cooperation With:
Sun Microsystems
Standards Edge (The Bolin Group)
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Date: 17th, April, 2007

8:00～8:30 Registration
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8:30-8:35 Welcome Speech by Moderator, Mr. Zhang Xiangcheng（张向晨）,Director General, Department for WTO Affairs, MOFCOM:

8:35-8:40 Speech by Mr. Yi Xiao Zhun(易小准), Vice Minister, MOFCOM
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9:05～9:25 IPR Issues In Standardization
Keynote by Manuel Fernando Lousada Soares, Director of Technology Policy and Vice-Secretary of Industrial Technology, Brazil

9:25～9:45 Keynote by Zhang Qin(张勤)，Director General, State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO), People’s Republic of China

9:45～10:05 IPR Open Drives Progress: Winning in the Participation Age
Keynote by Scott McNealy，Chairman and Co-Founder, Sun Microsystems, Inc.

10:05～10:25 Tea Break

10:25～10:45 Do Standards Matter? A UK Perspective
Keynote by Frank Post，Group Communications Director, BSI

10:25～10:45 The IPR in Standards and the Strategy of China Enterprises
Keynote by Ni GuangNan(倪光南), Member, China Academy of Engineering

10:45～11:05 Keynote by Patrick John Rata, Counselor, Trade and Environment Division, World Trade Organization (WTO)

11:05～11:25 IEC, ISO, ITU Patent Rights –A common policy
Keynote by Jack Sheldon, Counselor, Trade and Environment Division, World Trade Organization (WTO)
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11:30～13:30 Lunch
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13:30-13:35 Welcome Speech by Moderator, Ms. Chai Xiaolin（柴晓林）,Deputy Director General, Department for WTO Affairs, MOFCOM
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13:30-15:00: Panel 1: Current Infrastructure: Reality vs. Myth

* Qin Hai, Director General, Policy Planning Department, State Council Information Technology Office (SCITO)
* John Ketchell, Director, European Committee for Standardization/Information Society Standardization System (CEN/ISSS)
European standardization in the ICT area - why regional standards are important
* Richard P. Suttmeier, Professor, Political Science, University of Oregon
WTO Questions
* Zhang NaiGen(张乃根), Director of the International Law Study Center and Director of the Intellectual Property Study Center, Fudan University
Triangle Relation Theory of Patent License, Standardization and Anti-trust
*Andrew Updegrove, Attorney, Gesmer Updegrove LLP
Reality vs. Myth
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15:00～15:30 Tea Break
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15:30-17:00: Panel 2: Standardization for Collaborative Advantage

* Crawford Beveridge, Executive Vice President and Chairman, Sun, EMEA, APAC and the Americas
Standardizing for Collaborative Advantage:A Path Forward
* Audrey Winter, USTR
* Michael Fröhlich, Legal Adviser, Attorney-at-law, European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)
The interface between Standards and IPRs
* Ren YingJu, Attorney, ZTE
Standardization Boosting The Overall Industry Development

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Date: 18th, April, 2007
9:00 Registration
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09:00-10:30 Panel 3: The Way Forward

* Randall Radar, Judge, US Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
* Wang Xiao Ye, Professor of Law, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Competition Strategy About IPRs in Technology Standards
* Goh Seow Hiong, Director of Software Policy (Asia), Business Software Alliance (BSA)
TECHNOLOGY STANDARDS AND INTEROPERABILITY IN SOFTWARE: Future of Innovation?
* Zhang Ping, Professor, Beijing University
Patent Pool and IPR in Standardization
* Hu CaiYong, Professor, Beijing University
Standards Strategy, Government Lead

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10:30～10:45 Tea Break
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10:45～12:15
Panel 4: Standardization Leadership

* Shang Ming, Director General, Department of Treaty and Law, MOFCOM
Protection of IPR and Preventing the Abuse of IPR
* Wen Ku, Director General, Department of Treaty and Law, MOFCOM
Introduction of ICT Standardization in China
* Yin Xintian, Director General, State Intellectual Property Organization (SIPO)
Patents and Standards
* David Vivas-Eugui, Program Manager, Intellectual Property, Technology and Services, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, (ICTSD)
Concerns over Patents and Standars
* Frank Post，Group Communications Director, BSI
Standardization Leadship
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12:15-12:30 Closing Speech by Moderator, Mr. Zhang Xiangcheng（张向晨）,Director General, Department for WTO Affairs, MOFCOM:
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12:30 Conference Adjourns
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