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SLOVENIAN INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY OFFICE
REGIONAL CONFERENCE
WIPO/CCM/LJV/14/INF/1 PROV.
ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
DATE: AUGUST 2014
Collective Management of Copyright and Related Rights Organisations
– Transparency, Accountability, Governance and Supervision
organised by
the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
in cooperation with
the Slovenian Intellectual property Office (SIPO)
Ljubljana, October 8 and 9, 2014
PROVISIONAL PROGRAM
prepared by the International Bureau of WIPO
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Wednesday, October 8, 2014
(Open to public)
8.30 – 9.00
Registration
OPENING CEREMONY
Welcome addresses by:
– Vesna Stanković Juričić, Director, Slovenian Intellectual Property
Office (SIPO), Ljubljana
– David Uwemedimo, Director, Copyright Infrastructure Division, World
Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva
9.00 – 10.00
Topic 1
Impact of the Directive 2014/26/EU on Collective Management
of Copyright and Related Rights and Multi-Territorial Licensing
of Rights in Musical Works for Online Use in the Internal
Market
Speaker:
Agata Gerba, Policy Officer – Legal Adviser, Copyright,
Directorate General Internal Market and Services, European
Commission, Brussels
10.00 – 10.30
Coffee Break
10.30 – 12.00
Topic 2
The TAG of Excellence − A New International Quality
Assurance Standard for Collective Management Organizations
Speaker:
David Uwemedimo
Topic 3
Presentation of the Principles of Good Practice for Collective
Management Organizations in the United Kingdom (UK)
Speakers:
Nadia Vally, Head, Collective Rights Management Team,
Copyright and Enforcement Directorate, UK Intellectual
Property Office
12.00 – 12.30
Owen Atkinson, CEO, Authors’ Licensing and Collecting
Society (ALCS), London
12.30 – 13.30
Lunch Break
13.30 – 16.00
Topic 4
Initiatives by Civil Society to Improve Transparency,
Accountability and Governance − Round Table
Moderator: David Uwemedimo
Speakers:
The representatives of Slovenian CMOs, representative of
CLA, representatives of Slovenian user groups, authors,
associations of rightholders, internationally renowned
copyright experts and regulators (tbd)
16.00 – 17.00
Conclusions
17.00
End of Session
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Thursday, October 9, 2014
(Closed session, for regulators and supervisors only)
9.00 – 10.30
Topic 5
National Supervisors’ and Regulators' Competencies and
Authorities in Supervision over CMOs (Type and Extent of
Supervision)
Moderator: Vesna Stanković Juričić
10.30 – 11.30
Speakers:
The representatives of National Copyright Authorities in the
Region, of the German Patent and Trademark Office and the
UK IP Office
Topic 6
Best Practice Presentations (Tour de Table)
Moderator: Vesna Stanković Juričić
Speakers:
The representatives of National Copyright Authorities in the
Region and of the German Patent and Trademark Office
11.30 – 12.00
Coffee Break
12.00 – 13.00
Topic 7
Regulators' Roles in Setting the Tariffs
Speakers:
The representatives of National Copyright Authorities in the
Region, of the German Patent and Trademark Office and the
UK IP Office
13.00 – 14.30
Lunch Break
14.30 – 15.30
Topic 8
Cross Border Cooperation among Various Supervisory
Authorities
Speakers:
The representatives of National Copyright Authorities in the
Region, of the German Patent and Trademark Office and the
UK IP Office
15.30 – 17.00
Conclusions
17.00
CLOSING SESSION
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Hearing on Copyright Reform

Madam Woo

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