The European Union Chamberof Commerce in China is pleased to invite you to participate at a high level discussion on Innovation and IP in China organized by AmCham China, the United States Information Technology Office (USITO) and the Fordham University Law School on 12th March, 2012 at the China World Hotel (member price RMB 1,000, non member RMB 1,200) 

With the participation of an impressive list of speakers and experts including high level representatives of the US Court of Appeals, the Supreme People’s Court of China, the Ministry of Commerce, the Chinese Academy of Social Science and the American Embassy together with leading institutions and business players on intellectual property in China like:

-       Judge Denny Chin, US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit,
-       Chief Judge Kong Xiangjun, Supreme People’s Court of China, IP Tribunal
-       Jiang Fei, Director for the Department of Communication, CASS
-       Yang Guohua, Deputy Director-General, Ministry of Commerce
-       Robert Wang, Deputy Chief of Mission, US EmbassyKindly find below a full program of the event.

For registrations please contact bj_events@europeanchamber.com.cn

We suggest you arrange payment via bank transfer, please click here to download our account details.

Program  

8:15 – 9:00 Registration  

9:00 – 9:10 Introduction: Chris Murck, President, AmCham-China  

9:10 – 9:20 Opening Comments: Robert Wang, Deputy Chief of Mission, US Embassy  

9:20 – 10:30 Keynote  

Introduction: Mark Cohen, Fordham University School of Law  

Keynote: Judge Denny Chin, US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit “Innovation and Intellectual Property in the federal courts in New York”

Commentator: Chief Judge Kong Xiangjun, Supreme People’s Court of China, IP Tribunal  

Break  

10:45 – 12:15 Session 1: Indigenous Innovation: The Current Readout, Including Future Plans  

James McGregor Senior Advisor, APCO; author of ‘China’s Drive for Indigenous Innovation’ (“Recent Developments in Indigenous Innovation, an American Perspective”)  

Jiang Fei, Director for the Department of Communication, CASS; author of ‘China Shanzhai Culture Studies’ (Is Shanzhai Part of China’s Innovation Efforts?)  

Anthony Chen, Partner, Intellectual Property, Jones Day (Innovation in the Life Sciences in China: Where It is Occurring and Why)  

Liu Xielin, Professor in Innovation Study, Associate Dean, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Patenting and Innovation Trends: How Reliable is the Correlation, and What the Statistical Data Doesn’t Show)  

Commentators: Prof. Guo Shoukang, Renmin University School of Law                         
                          Mark Cohen, Fordham University School of Law  

12:30 – 2:00 Luncheon Discussion: Patent Trends and Patent Litigation: What They Show (and don’t show) about China ’s Emerging Environment

Dr. Gao Lulin, Chairman, East IP Law Firm; former Commissioner, SIPO (“How Chinese Industry view the current patent environment and where improvements need to be made”)  

Dr. Wang Qi, Assistant Researcher, Intellectual Property Research Development Center ("Another Landmark: The Third Revision of the Patent Law in China").  

Dr. Zheng Liang, Visiting Fulbright Scholar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Patent data and citation data: What we can learn about weaknesses and strengths of China’s innovation ecosystem from recent trends)  

Zhang Yan, Senior Counsel, IBM Asia Pacific GMU IP Law (Utility Models, Designs, and Validity: Where China is Heading, Including Into the Cloud)  

David Liu, Managing Director, Healthcare & Science, Thomson Reuters China (End of Year Patent Data: Has China Surpassed the US)  

Commentator: Conrad Wong, IP Officer, US Consulate in Guangzhou                        
                        He Jing, Senior Consultant, ZY Partners  

2:00 – 3:30 Session 3: Pathways for Government and Industry Cooperation

Yang Guohua, Deputy Director-General, Ministry of Commerce (Lessons Learned from IPR-2 and Other Bilateral Efforts: How to Raise the Tide for All Countries to Protect IP and Innovate Together)  

Tom Duke, IP Attaché, UK Embassy (UK Efforts on IP and Innovation in China)

Nancy Kremers, IP Attaché, US Embassy in Beijing (PTO’s Role in China: Current Projects and Future Plans, Including PPH and IP Commercialization)  

Paul Ranjard, Chief Representative, UNIFAB; Chair of IPR Working Group, European Union Chamber of Commerce in China  

Erik Roth, Partner, McKinsey & Co (A Management Perspective on Innovation in China)  

Ulrike Tagscherer, Associate Professor at the Institute of Policy and Management, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Research Collaboration between MNCs and Chinese Universities)  

Mark Cohen, Fordham Law School (Training and Outreach on IP and Innovation in China: The Next Set of Challenges) 

Moderator: Matt Roberts, President of USITO

Closing Statement: Mark Cohen, Chris Murck

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