Morning

8:30 – 9:00

REGISTRATION

9:00 – 9:30

OPENING SESSION

• Ambassador Javier Paulinich, Permanent Secretary of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA).
• Leonardo Uribe, Director-General of the Industrial Property Registry of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of Panama.
• Ph. D. Selina Baños. Spanish. General Director for International Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Panama.

9:30 – 9:45

OFFICIAL PHOTO

9:45 – 11:00

INTRODUCTORY SESSION

Moderator: Javier Gordon Ruiz, Director (a.i.) of Relations for Integration and Cooperation of the Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)

PRESENTATION OF THE STUDY:

Achievements in cooperation initiatives in the field of Intellectual Property, Industrial Property, Copyright, Trademarks and Patents in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Speaker: Sary Levy-Carciente, Consultant of the Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA). Presentation (Spanish)

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

11:00 – 11:30

COFFEE BREAK

11:30 – 12:30

SESSION I: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: OPPORTUNITIES FOR COOPERATION IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

Moderator: Samuel Moreno, Director of Legal Affairs of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of Panama.

Panel with representatives of regional and international intellectual property organizations

• Álvaro Atilano, Coordinator of the Regional Initiative of Technological Patents of CAF-development bank of Latin America
• María del Pilar Troncoso, President of the Inter-American Intellectual Property Association (ASIPI)

GENERAL DEBATE 

12:30 – 2:00 

LUNCH

Afternoon

2:00 – 3:20

SESSION II: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN: IMPACT ON PRODUCTIVE DEVELOPMENT, INNOVATION AND PROGRESS

Moderator: Leonardo Uribe, Director-General of the Industrial Property Registry of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of Panama

Speakers: Representatives of intellectual property authorities in the region:

• Intellectual property in Latin America and the Caribbean: impact on productive development, innovation and progress. Spanish. Fernando Portugal. Mexican Institute of Intellectual Property (IMPI).  
• The National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) of Argentina. Spanish. María Gerde. INPI - National Administration of Patents. 
• Intellectual property in Latin America and the Caribbean: impact on productive development, innovation and progress. Adrienne Thompson. Intellectual Property Office of Jamaica (JIPO).

GENERAL DEBATE 

4:00 – 4:20 

3:20 – 4:30 

(CONTINUATION)

• Intellectual property in Latin America and the Caribbean: impact on productive development, innovation and progress from INAPI´s perspective. Spanish. Denisse Pérez Fierro. National Institute of Intellectual Property (INAPI) of Chile.
• Intellectual Property: opportunities for cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean. Spanish. Rocío Molina. Registry of Intellectual Property of Guatemala.  
• Intellectual property in Latin America and the Caribbean: impact on productive development, innovation and progress: a vision from INDECOPI. Spanish. Rosa Cabello. Peruvian Institute of Intellectual Property and Competence Defense (INDECOPI).

GENERAL DEBATE

Wednesday, 8 November 2017

Morning

9:00 – 10:40

SESSION III: SUCCESSFUL INITIATIVES OF COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

Moderator: Octavio Espinosa, Lawyer and Consultant on Intellectual Property

Speakers: Representatives of successful initiatives in the field of intellectual property 

• Lalloo Ramlal, Representative of the Intellectual Property Office of Trinidad & Tobago
• Renata Monteiro, Expert in Bilateral Relations of the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) of Brazil
• Miguel Rojas, Advisor to the Directorate-General of the National Copyright Directorate of Colombia
• Ruth Lockward, Director-General of the National Office of Industrial Property (ONAPI) of the Dominican Republic 

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

COFFEE BREAK

11:00 – 12:30

SESSION IV: OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: IDENTIFICATION OF SYNERGIES

Moderator: Sary Levy-Carciente, Consultant of the Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)

Panel I: Representatives of governmental focal points for intellectual property in Latin America and the Caribbean 

• Leonardo Uribe, Director-General of the Industrial Property Registry of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of Panama
• Marissa Longsworth, Counselor of the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• Ruth Lockward, Director-General of the National Office of Industrial Property (ONAPI) of the Dominican Republic
• Fernando Portugal, Director of the International Affairs Division of the Mexican Institute of Intellectual Property (IMPI) 

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

LUNCH

SESSION IV (Continuation)  

Moderator: Javier Gordon Ruiz, Director (a.i.) of Relations for Integration and Cooperation at the Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) 

Panel II: Representatives of governmental focal points for international cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean 

• Ph. D. Selina Baños, Director-General for International Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Panama
• Felipe Ortiz, Deputy Director of the Uruguayan International Cooperation Agency

• Brazilian international cooperation (Portugues). Celso Franca, Counselor of the Brazilian Cooperation Agency (ABC)

• International cooperation system in Guatemala (Spanish). Michelle Prieto, Deputy Secretary of International Cooperation of the Planning and Programming Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic of Guatemala (SEGEPLAN)
• José Chaple Hernández, Director-General of Policies for Latin America and the Caribbean of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment of Cuba

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

CONCLUSIONS 

Moderator: Javier Gordon Ruiz, Director (a.i.) of Relations for Integration and Cooperation at the Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) 

• Sary Levy-Carciente, Consultant of the Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)
• Octavio Espinosa, Lawyer and Consultant on Intellectual Property

CLOSING SESSION

• Ambassador Javier Paulinich, Permanent Secretary of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)
• Ph. D. Selina Baños, Director-General for International Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Panama