EWIPO/SMEs/ROM/09/2 Prov.ORIGINAL: DATE: December 9, 2009

WORLD INTELLECTUALPROPERTY ORGANIZATION

CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELL’ECONOMIA E DEL LAVORO

REPUBLIC OF ITALY UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

WIPO – ITALY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

AND COMPETITIVENESS OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES (MSMES)

organized bythe World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

andConsiglio Nazionale dell’Economia e del Lavoro (CNEL)

supported by

the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

the Ministry of Economic Development

and

the United States Patents and Trademark Office (USPTO)

Rome, December 10 and 11, 2009

PROVISIONAL LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

prepared by the International Bureau of WIPO

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I. STATES(in the alphabetical order of the names of the States)

ALGERIA

Abdelkrim BOUGHADOU (Mr.), Director, Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises, Alger

Rachid MOUSSAOUI (Mr.), Director General, National Agency of SMEs Development, Alger

Zaim BENSACI (Mr.), President, National Council for SMEs Promotion, Alger

Yahia SAHRAOUI (Mr.), Expert, CACI, Alger

ANGOLA

Barros B.J. LICENÇA (Mr.), Director General, Angolan Institute of Intellectual Property, Luanda

ARGENTINA

Mario Roberto ARAMBURU (Mr.), Director General, Instituto Nacional de la Propiedad Industrial, Buenos Aires

Sebastian Gabriel BERNASCONI (Mr.), General Manager, Argentinean Chamber of Commerce, Buenos Aires

BANGLADESH

M. S. SHEKIL CHOWDHURY (Mr.), Senior Vice President, Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI), Dhaka

BELARUS

Viachaslau TRAFIMAU, Deputy Director of Unitary Enterprise Belpatentservice, Chamber of Commerce of Belarus, Minsk

BELGIUM

Matteo Carlo BORSANI (Mr.), Adviser, Confindustria Belgium, Brussels

BENIN

François ADANDE (Mr.), Director, National Industrial Property Center (CENAPI) Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Cotonou

BHUTAN

Tshering WANGMO (Ms.), Senior Intellectual Property Officer, Intellectual Property Division, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Thimphu

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BOTSWANA

Norman MOLEELE (Mr.), President, Chamber of Commerce of Botswana, Gaborone

CAMBODIA

Rady OP (Mr.), Deputy Director of Department of Intellectual Property Rights, Ministry of Commerce of Cambodia

Phe CHANTRAVUTH (Mr.), Deputy Director, Ministry of Trade and Industry of Cambodia, Phnom Penh

CAMEROON

Abega MARTIN (Mr.), Executive Secretary, Groupement Inter-Patronal du Cameroun (GICAM), Douala

Mahnikang Chefuh FRU HENARDENS (Mr.), Consultant, Project Leame Cameroon, Douala

Alain Romeo TAKA (Mr.), Consultant, Project Leame Cameroon, Douala

CZECH REPUBLIC

Vladimira HEJSKOVA (Mr.), Representative of MICEP, Charles University in Prague, Medical Information Centre for European Project (MICEP), Prague

Miloslav SPUNDA (Mr.), Representative of MICEP, Charles University in Prague, Medical Information Centre for European Project (MICEP), Prague

CHINA

Liang SEN (Mr.), Principle Service, Trademark Office, State Administration for Industry and and Commerce, Beijing

COLOMBIA

Nicolle ROJAS TAMAYO (Mrs.) Asesora, Despacho Superintendente de Industria y Comercio Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio, Bogotà

Ivan GUTIÉRREZ RESTREPO (Mr.), Executive Director, Cenired, Bogotà

CONGO

Gabriel OYOUKOU (Mr.), Head of Patent Information Service, Antenne Nationale de la Propriété Industrielle, Brazzaville

COSTA RICA

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Randal Salazar LOZANO (Mr.), Member of the Board, Registro Nacional de Costa Rica, St. Jose

CROATIA

Zoran BARISIC (Mr.), Assistant Director General, Croatian Chamber of Commerce, Zagreb

CUBA

María DE LOS ANGELES SÁNCHEZ TORRES (Mrs.), Presidente, Cuba Intellectual Property Office, Cuba

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Lesly FRANCO (Mrs.), Assisnt of the Director General, Intellectual Property Office of the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo

Johnny PAULINO (Mr.), Training Subdirector, Consejo Nacional de Promoción y Apoyo a PYMES, Santo Domingo

ECUADOR

Andres YCAZA MANTILLA (Mr.), Presidente, Instituto Ecuatoriano de Propiedad Industrial, Quito

Renato CARLÒ (Mr.), President, Federaciòn Nacional de Pequeñas Industrias (FENAPI), Quito

Gina ALLIERI (Mrs.), Advisor, Federaciòn Nacional de Pequeñas Industrias (FENAPI), Quito

EGYPT

Tarek KAPIEL (Mr.), Supervisor of the Technology Development, Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University

Mohamed HEGAZY (Mr.), Manager, Intellectual Property Department, Information Technology Industry Development Agency, Cairo

EL SALVADOR

Diana HASBUN (Mrs.), Director, Registro de Propiedad Intelectual, San Salvador

ESTONIA

Mait PALTS (Mr.), Head, Policy and Legal Department, Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Tallinn

Kelly LAINE (Mrs.) Coordinator of Aktiva.ee Enterprise Estonia, Tallin

ETHIOPIA

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Eyesus WORK ZAFU (Mr.) President, Addis Abbeba Chamber of Commerce & Sectoral Associations

Teshome BEYENE (Mr.), Secretary General, Addis Abbeba Chamber of Commerce & Sectoral Associations

Fekadu Bekele YGEZU (Mr.), Advocacy Department Manager, Addis Abbeba Chamber of Commerce & Sectoral Associations

Kelali TEKLE (Dr.), Director General, Tigray National Regional State Science and Technology Agency, Mekelle

FRANCE

Louis CAPUCINE (Mr.), Expert, French Embassy, Rome

GEORGIA

Jemal INAISHILI (Mr.); President, Chamber of Commerce of Georgia

GERMANY

Hans Wirth, Expert, Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, Berlin

GUATEMALA

Erasmo VELAZQUEZ (Mr.), Viceministro, Ministerio de Economia de Guatemala, Guatemala City

GUINEA BISSAU

Daniel Augusto ESTEVES (Mr.), Chambre de Commerce, d’Industrie et de l’Agriculture, Bissau

HAITI

Undrick CEUS (Mr.), President, Promocom, Port-au-Prince, Haiti

INDIA

Chandni RAINA (Ms.), Director, Department of Industrial Property, Ministry of Trade and Industy, New Delhi

Asha RAI (Mrs.), K& S Partners, Gurgoan, India

Anil KUMAR (Mr.), Doctor, Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi

INDONESIA

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Utama KAJO (Mr.), Chairman for Permanent Standing Committee on Public Policy, Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

ISRAEL

Yotam WERSANSKY ORLAND (Mr.), Partner, Bressler, Drori, Wersansky Orland & Co., Ramat Gan

Inbar CHEN MEIRI (Mrs.), Sector Manager, Federation of Israeli Chambers of Comemerce, Tel-Aviv

ITALY

Antonio MARZANO, President, National Council of the Economy and Labour (CNEL), Rome

Vincenzo SCOTTI (Mr.), Secretary of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Italian Republic, Rome

Adolfo URSO (Mr.), Under Secretary, Minister for Economic Development, Italian Republic, Rome

Loredana GULINO (Mrs.), Director General, Directorate General for Combating Counterfeiting and Italian Patent and Trademark Office (UIBM), Rome

Laura MIRACHIAN (Mrs.), Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations Office, Geneva

Giandomenico MAGLIANO (Mr.), Minister Plenipotentiary, Director General for Multilateral Economic and Financial Co-operation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rome

Pasquale D’AVINO (Mr.), Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations Office, Geneva

Maurizio REALE (Mr.), Director, International Affairs Coldiretti, Bruxelles

Marco FANTI (Mr.), Colonel, Guardia di Finanza, Rome

Borinka JACOBSEN (Mrs.), Consultant, Innova S.p.a., Rome

Angela BARBIERI (Ms.), Expert, Dainese Spa, Vicenza

Margaret NUNES DA SILVA, Legal Representative before the OHIM, Studio Margaret Nunes da Silva, Trieste

Gianpietro GIANROCCO (Mr.), Engineer, Studio Brevetti & Marchi, Conversano (Bari)

Roberto SANDRINI (Mr.), Expert, Chamber of Commerce of Venice, Venice

Magda BENITES (Ms.), Attorney, University of Milan, Milan

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Alessandro BIANCHI (Mr.), Professor, University of Pisa, Pisa

Vittorio RAGONESI (Mr.), Representative of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rome

Gian Maria PICCINELLI (Mr.), Professor, University of Naples Federico Secondo, Naples

Paolo BELLOMIA (Mr.), President, Italian Industries Federation for Aerospace, Defence and Security, Rome

Gustavo OLIVIERI, Professor, Luiss University, Rome

Francesca DI GIOVANNI (Mrs.), Intern, University of Pisa, Pisa

Paola CACCIATORI (Mrs.), Expert, Patent Research Department, University of Pisa, Pisa

Aldo CAMMAROTA (Mr.), Expert, European Commission, Rome

Niccolo’ INVREA (Mr.), Lawyer, Barzanò & Zanardo, Rome

Paolo ORLANDI (Mr.), Expert, Ermenegildo Zegna Holditalia S.p.a., Trivero

Michela LAPENNA (Mrs.), Expert, Studio Legale Sevardi, Rome

Francesca ANDÒ (Mrs.), Expert, Studio Legale Sevardi, Rome

Marina GIANGRANDE (Mrs.), Responsible, Project for IP Protection, Istituto Nazionale Commercio Estero, Rome

Francesca FALSI (Mrs.), Expert, Project for IP Protection, Istituto Nazionale Commercio Estero, Rome

Giuseppe CASCELLA (Mr.), Patent Agent, Compodinamic Communication Sas, Cava dei Tirreni (Salerno)

Giulia PIVA (Mrs.), Expert, CENSIS, Rome

Vittoria PRIMICERI (Mrs.), Lawyer, Studio Cavattoni-Raimondi, Rome

Luca Roberto SEVARDI (Mr.), Lawyer, Studio Legale Sevardi, Rome

Silvia SABA (Mrs.), Lawyer, Rome

Angela DI BLASIO (Mrs.), Trademark Attorney, Bugnion S.p.a., Rome

Paolo BELLOMIA (Mr.), Patent and Trademark Attorney, Bugnion S.p.a., Rome

Mauro MALLONE (Mr.), Head Innovation Unit, IPI-Institute of Industrial Promotion, Rome

Giuseppe INZIATARI (Mr.), Architect, Prato

Aldo PERROTTA (Mr.), Expert, LP1 e Parco Scientifico della Calabria, Santo Stefano

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Paolo PROVVISIONATO (Mr.), Patent Attorney, Administrator, Provvisionato & Co. S.r.l, Bologna

Francesca PERRI (Mrs.), Expert, Tonucci & Partners, Rome

Helene THIBAULT (Mrs.), Senior Associate, Tonucci & Partners, Rome

Roberto SANTOLAMAZZA (Mr.), Managing Director, Treviso Tecnologia-Patlib, Lancenigo di Villorba (Treviso)

Sabrina CORRIERI (Mrs.), Student, Tor Vergata University, Rome

Ernest DI CHIO (Mr.), Professor, University of Bari, Bari

Alessia EDIFIZI (Mrs.), Expert, Fondazione Giacomo Rumor Centro Produttività Veneto, Vicenza

Goffredo CARBONELLI (Mr.), Doctor, Pisa

Daniele SOBRINI (Mr.), Director of Marketing & Communications, Gorapco

Andrea CIONCOLONI VALENTE (Mr.), Studio Consulenza Brevetti S.r.l., Rome

Antonio SCUTIERO (Mr.), Expert, Fildata S.r.l., Rome

Luciano Andrea CATALANO (Mr.), Professor, Politecnico di Bari, Bari

Serena MORETTI (Mrs.), Responsible Legal Affairs, Milan

Barbara DE ANGELIS (Mrs.), Expert, Department for Enterprise and Internationalization, Ministry of Economic Development, Rome

Mariagrazia CAVALLO (Mrs.), Expert, MGC Marks, Rome

Luisa SACCO (Mrs.); Head of Unit, IPI, Rome

Antonio BIANCO (Mr.), Expert, Ministry of Economic Development, Rome

Manuela GUARISE (Mrs.), Expert, TPA S.r.l., Mussolente (VI)

Fabio AZZOLIN (Mr.), Expert, TPA S.r.l., Mussolente (VI)

Maurizio MASTROLEMBO (Mr.), Expert, CENSIS, Rome

Vincenzo CARROZZINO (Mr.), Technical Coordinator, Ministry of Agricultural and Food, Rome

Michael Louis STIEFEL (Mr.), Partner, Studio Legale Stigi & Stiefel, Rome

Andrea STIGI (Mr.), Partner, Studio Legale Stigi & Stiefel, Rome

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IVORY COAST

Konate FATOUMATA (Mrs.), Notary Public Lawyer, FI-PME

JORDAN

Khaled ARABEYYAT (Mr.), Director, Ministry of Industry and Trade

KENYAJoan MWANGI (Ms), Chief Executive Officer, Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and

Industry, Nairobi

LAO

Phutthasone PHOMVISAY (Mr.), Chief of Trade Investment and SME Promotion; Lao Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Vientiane

LEBANON

Carla WEHBE ALNOUWAR (Mrs.), Trademark Attorney, Ministry of Economy and Trade, Beirut

Omar HALABLAB (Mr.), Director General, Ministry of Culture, Beirut

LESOTHO

Mampoi TAONA (Mr.), Attorney, Registrar General, Maseru

LIBERIA

Mr. Robert Y. Mezzeh, Acting Director, Liberian Industrial Property Office, Monrovia

MALAWI

Geoffrey NKHATA (Mr.), Director, Department of the Registrar General Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Lilongwe

MALAYSIA

Shamsiah KAMARUDDIN (Mrs.), Head of Patent Formality, Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia (MyIPO), Kuala Lampur

MALI

Mamadou Minkoro TRAORE (Mr.), President, Assemblée Permanente des Chambres de Métiers du Mali, Bamako

MAURITIUS

Poobarlen PILLAY VYTHILINGUM(Mr.) Manager, Legal and Business Facilitation Division, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Mauritius, Port-Louis

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MEXICO

Josefina MORENO (Mrs.), Director of International Relations Department, Mexican Institute of Industrial Property, Mexico D.F.

Theodore SCHULTZ; Director West Regional Office, Director of International Relations Department, Mexican Institute of Industrial Property, Mexico D.F.

MOLDOVA

Dorian CHIROSCA (Mr,), Director General, Chamber of Commerce of Moldova

MONGOLIA

Tsendmaa ERDENECHIMEG (Ms.), Head of Patent and Trademark Office & Geographical Indications Division, Mongolian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Ulanbataar

MOROCCO

Sofia KCHIRI (Mrs.), Financial Executive, OMPIC, Casablanca

MOZAMBIQUE

Odete TSAMBA (Mrs.), Director General, Chamber of Commerce of Mozambique, Maputo

NEPAL

Durgesh KUMAR (Mr.), Senior Economist, Ministry of Industry, Commerce and SuppliesDepartment of Industries, Kathmandu

NAMIBIA

Monica  HAMUNGHETE (Mrs.), Principal Economist: Subdivision: Franchise and E-Commerce, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Windhoek

Linus INDONGO (Mr.), Examiner of Trade, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Windhoek

NICARAGUA

Eduardo FONSECA (Mr.), Executive Director, Chamber of Commerce of Nicaragua, Managua

NIGERIA

J.K. AHMADU-SUKA, Registrar of Trademarks, Patents & Designs, Commercial Law Department, Federal Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Abuja

Augustine Alewo AMODU (Mr.), Expert, Nigerian Copyright Commission, Abuja

Victor Uqua IYANAM (Mr.), Director, Centre For Advancement Of Intellectual Property

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Rights, Lagos

Olubolajo Oluwadamilare OGUNTUYO (Mr.), Director, Centre For Advancement Of Intellectual Property Rights, Lagos

Ime Nya ASANGA (Mr.) Director General, Centre For Advancement Of Intellectual Property Rights, Lagos

Chiniyere ACHOLONU (Mrs.), Director, Social Enterprise Nigeria, Owerri

Florence Chinasa AJOKU (Mrs.), Director, Social Enterprise Nigeria, Owerri

Ben Adebanjo AWE (Mrs.), Director, Barnabus Trust International, Abeokuta

Aleoc KOMOLAFE (Mr.), Expert, National Centre, Beuari

Ibrahim AUDU (Mr.), Senior Research Officer, National Centre, Beuari

Innocent OBI (Mr.), Senior Research Officer, National Centre, Beuari

Scholar OKHALE (Mr.), Head, National Centre, Beuari

OMAN

Saif AL RASHIDI (Mr.), Director, Department of Direction and Guidance of SMEs, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Muscat

Amina AL-JELANI (Mrs.), Director, IP Department, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Muscat

PAKISTAN

Shahid RASHID (Mr.), CEO, Small & Medium Enterprises Development Authority (Smeda) Government Of Pakistan, Lahore

Muhammad NAEEM KHAN (Mr.), Managing Director, Muhammad Akram & Sons Trading & Investment, Rawalpindi

Rashid Nawaz ABBASI (Mr.), Managing Director, Dintex Trading Company, Rawalpind

M Shahid IMRAN KHAN (Mr.), CEO, Ali Shah Trading Company, Peshawar

PALESTINE

Baker HIJIAZI (Mr.), First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Palestine, Geneva

PANAMA

Alessandro FAVALLI (Mr.), CEO, Zernike Group, Ciudad del Saber, Panama City

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PERU

Carlos Franco CUZCO (Mr.), CEO, Credinka, Lima

PHILIPPINES

Jesus B. VARELA (Mr.), Chairman, PCCI Committee on Intellectual Property, Philippine Chamber of Commerce, Makati City

PORTUGAL

David RODRIGUES (Mr.), Project Manager, GAPI-AIMMAP, Porto

POLAND

Magdalena MACIEJSKA-SLAPS (Ms.), Senior Expert in Promotion and Innovation Support, Polish Patent Office

ROMANIA

Dan Lucian MOGOS (Mr.), Vice President, Dolj County Council, Craiova

RUSSIA

Tatiana RTISHEVA, Principal Specialist, Federal Service for Intellectual Property and Patents and Trademarks (ROSPATENT), Moscow, Moscow

Oleg STRELKOV (Mr.), Deputy Director, Federal Service for Intellectual Property and Patents and Trademarks (ROSPATENT), Moscow

RWANDA

Basemera PEACE (Mrs.), Trade Negotiator in Ministry, Permanent Mission of Rwanda, Geneva

SENEGAL

Diop YOUSSOUPHA, Confédération Nationale des Employeurs du Sénégal (CNES), Dakar

SERBIA

Branka TOTIC (Mr.), Director, Intellectual Property Office of Serbia, Belgrade

Danica MICANOVIC (Mrs.), Secretary of Board for Technological Innovation, Serbian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Belgrade

Jasna D NIKOLIĆ (Mrs.), Patent and Trademark Attorney, Attornnika Patent, Patent & Law Office, Beograd

SINGAPORE

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Kevin LIM (Mr.), Deputy Director, Legal Policy & International Affairs, Intellectual Property Office of Singapore, Singapore

SLOVENIA

Tatiana JERSAN (Mrs.), Senior Patent Examiner, Slovenian Intellectual Property Office, Ljubljana

SLOVAK REPUBLIC

Marian MICHALOVSKY (Mrs.), Head of Section for Client Technical Support, Banska Bystrica

SOMALIA

AbdirahmanAbdullahi DIRIE (Mr.), Director, Somali Vision N.G.O, Mogadiscio

SOUTH AFRICA

Kadi PEJE (Mr.), Expert, Companies and Intellectual Property Registration Office, Pretoria

SOUTH KOREA

Mi YOUNG HAN (Mrs.), President, Korean Women Association, Seoul

SPAIN

Alessandro RUO (Mr.), Expert, Ruo Patentes y Marcas, Alicante

Mary DESMOND (Mrs.), Expert, Ruo Patentes y Marcas, Alicante

SRI LANKA

Geekiyanage Varuni Chamindika SILVA (Ms.), Manager Legal, The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, Colombo

SWITZERLAND

Hansueli STAMM (Mrs.), Economic Counsel, Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property, Bern

Reza ETEMAD-SAJADI (Mr.), Maitre-Assistant PhD, Unine Institut de l’Enterprise, Pully

Francesca CIULLI (Ms.), PhD Student, University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel

Sam BLILI(Mr.), Professor of Management, Institute Director, University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel

Yolanda GIBB (Mrs.), Collaboratrice Scientifique, UNINE Institute de l’Enterprise, Neuchâtel

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Zeynep Cengiz (Ms.), PhD Student, University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel

SYRIA

Iyad ALLOUSH (Mr.), Head of Department, Directory IP Protecion, Damascus

Ghassan ALKASEM (Mr.), Chairman, Kasem Group for Engineering Industries, Damascus

TANZANIA

Justine Kanute KIMARYO (Mr.), Corporation Secretary, SIDO, D’Salaam

THAILAND

Chumpon SIRIVUNNABOOD (Mr.), Assistant Director General, Department of Intellectual Property, Ministry of Commerce, Nonthaburi

TUNISIA

Makram ESSAFI (Mr.), Scientist and IP Issues Expert, Ministry of Scientific Research, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunis

TURKEY

Fatih KARAHAN (Mr.), Director, Turkish Patent Office, Ankara

UGANDA

Patricia Magara Bazighe MWEHEIRE (Mrs.), State Attorney, Ministry of Justice and Institutional Affairs, Kampala

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Elisabeth L. DIBBLE (Mrs.), Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Unites States of America, Rome

URUGUAY

Rosario MOREIRA (Mrs.), Advisor International Relations, Dirección Nacional de la Propiedad Industrial, Montevideo

Javier PEÑA CAPOBIANCO (Mr.), Head, IP Department, Cámara Nacional de Comercio y Servicios del Uruguay, Montevideo

UZBEKISTAN

Bokhitiyor AMONOV (Mr.), Director General, State Patent Office of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent

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Nodir SULTAN-MUKHAMEDOV (Mr.), Head of Business Development Department, Chamber of Commerce of Uzbekistan, Tashkent

VIETNAM

Tran VIET-HUNG (Mr.), Director General, National Office of Intellectual Property of Vietnam, Hanoi

Vu Thien Huong BUI (Mrs.), Deputy Manager of Legal & Trademark Department

YEMEN

Taha Ahmed ALFUSAIL (Mr.), Ministry of Industry and Responsible of Trade Sector, Sana’a

ZAMBIA

Patience SAKURINGWA (Mrs.), Expert, Patent and Registration Office of Zambia

II. SPEAKERS

Enrico GIOVANNINI (Mr.), President, National Institute of Statistics, (ISTAT), Rome

Young in KIM (Mr), Director General, Korean Intellectual Property Bureau (KIPO), Seoul

Vittorio DONATI (Mr.), Director, Intellectual Property Department, Ermenegildo Zegna, Trivero

Stanley KOWALSKI (Mr.), Director, International Technology Transfer Institute, Franklin Pierce Law Center, New Hampshire, USA;

Paola MANACORDA (Mrs.), Expert, National Council of the Economy and Labour (CNEL), Rome

Giorgio GOBBI (Mr.), Head, Financial and Structure Department, Central Bank of Italy, Rome

Alberto SANGIOVANNI-VINCENTELLI (Mr.), University of California-Berkeley, USA

Eric FAVRE (Mr.), CEO, Monodor, Lausanne, Switzerland

Bob HODGSON (Mr.), Managing Director, Zernike Group, United Kingdom

Karen WILSON (Mrs.), Senior Fellow, Kauffman Foundation, Paris

Beate SCHMIDT (Mr.), Director, Cancellation and Litigation Department, Office for the Harmonization of the Internal Market (OHIM), Alicante

Sandrine PITACCOLO BARTOLOMEI (Mrs.), IP Senior Counsel, Head of Rights Acquisition Department, Richemont, Geneva

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Heli PIHLJAM (Mrs.), Lawyer, European Patent Office, Munich

Alessandro PIRAS (Mr.), Industrial Property Program Manager, Dintec, Rome

Jeremy PHILPOTT (Mr.), Unit Manager, Innovation Support, European Patent Academy, European Patent Office, Munich

Patrizia BIANI (Mrs.), Country Coordinator, European Affairs, European Patent Office, Munich

Stefano ZAMBON, Professor, World Intellectual Capital Initiative, Ferrara

Terenzio SCAPOLLA (Professor), Istituto Italiano di Cultura, S. Francisco, USA

Sara GIORDANI, Technology Transfer and IP Valuation Expert, TTP Lab, Vicenza

Lutz BODE (Mrs.), Director IP Bewertungs AG, Hamburg

Alfred RADAUER, Expert, Technopolis Group, Wien

Francesco MORGIA (Mr.), Italian Industrial Promotion Institute (IPI), Rome

Mika WARIS (Mr.) Director, Marketing and Business Services National Board of Patents and Registration in Finland, Helsinki

Anjan DAS, Senior Director Head-Technology, Innovation, IPR & Life SciencesConfederation of Indian Industry (CII)

Cesar PARGA (Mr.), Senior Trade Specialist, Organization of American States, Washington

Yong-WOO PARK (Mr.), Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), Seoul

Kim YOUNG MIN (Mrs.), Director General, Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), Seoul

Ronald ZINK (Mr.), Chief IP Counsel EMEA, Microsoft, Paris

Daphne YONG-D’HERVÉ (Mrs.), Senior Policy Manager, International Chamber of Commerce, Paris

Vittorio FINI (Mr.), Banca Popolare dell’ Emilia Romagna, Vice President National Council of the Economy and Labour, Rome

Aleardo FURLANI (Mr.), CEO, Innova, Rome, Italy

Luigi AMATI (Mr.), CEO, Meta-Group, Rome

James CONLEY (Mr.), Kellogs School of Management, Chicago, USA;

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Sandrine PITACCOLO BARTOLOMEI (Mrs.), IP Senior Counsel, Head of Rights Acquisition Department, Richemont, Geneva

Vinícius BOGÉA CAMARA (Mr.), Advisor, Directorate of Trademarks, Brazilian Institute of Intellectual Property, Brasilia

Susana FERNANDEZ MARTIN (Mrs.), IP Director, Inditex, Arteixo

Jane C. GINSBURG (Mrs.), Morton L Janklow Professor of Literary and Artistic Property Law, Columbia University School of Law, New York, United States of America

Luigi CECERE (Mr.), Director, Società Italiana Autori ed Editori (SIAE), Rome

Cristiana SAPPA (Mr.), Researcher, CERDI, Paris

Arti K. RAI (Mrs.), Administrator for External Affairs, USPTO, Washington

Javier MORENO (Mr.), Director, International Relation Department, Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (OEPM), Madrid

Vincenzo FRANCESCHELLI (Mr.), Università Bicocca, Milan

Andrea KLEIN (Mr.), Società Italiana Editori, Rome

Massimiliano CAFORIO (Mr.), Director, IP Department, Natuzzi, Brindisi

Giovanni BRIONI (Mr.), Senior Expert, Ferrero, Italy

Bernardo PETRONI (Mr.), Intellectual Property Attorney, Dainese Spa, Vicenza

Edo VAN HASSELT (Mr.), Manager, Korn Snacks del Perú SAC, Lima

Carlo Alberto DEMICHELIS (Mr.), Vice-President, Indicam, Milan, Italy

Laurence MOREL-CHEVILLET (Mrs.), IP Department, Bulgari, Roma

Vito ALFANO (Mr.), Director, SIAE, Rome

Fabrizio DE BENEDETTI (Mr.), CEO, Italian Patent Society (SIB), Rome

John CALVERT (Mr.), Administrator, USPTO Inventor Assistance Program, United Patents and Trademark Office, Alexandria

Gianluca DINOI (Mr.), Lieutenant Colonel, Head, Counterfeiting and Piracy Section, International Cooperation Department, Guardia di Finanza, Rome

Carlo Alberto GIOVANNETTI (Mr.), SIAE, Rome

Kenneth O'NEILL KECK (Mr.), Executive Director, General Counsel, State of FloridaDepartment of Citrus, Lakeland

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Rajendra KUMAR (Mr.), Attorney, K&S Partners, Gurgaon

Giorgio BOCEDI (Mr.), Expert, Intellectual Property Department, Consorzio del Formaggio Parmigiano Reggiano, Reggio Emilia

Getachev MENGISTIE (Mr.), IP Expert, Addis Abbaba

Fabrizio JACOBACCI (Mr.), Partner, Jacobacci Sterpi Regoli De Haas e Associati, Turin

Christopher STOTHERS (Mr.), Esquire, United Kingdom

Gurmeet JAKHU (Mr.), Lawyer, Hamilton Pratt, Birmingham

Maurizio MONTEMAGNO (Mr.), Head, Ufficio Antifrode Centrale, Agenzia Dogane

Enrico MACRÌ (Mr.), Università di Catania, Catania

Francesco MORGIA, Italian Industrial Promotion Institute (IPI), Rome

III. INTERNATIONAL INTERGOVERNMENTALORGANIZATIONS

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LAW ORGANIZATION

Giulio Cesare ZANETTI (Mr.), Director, Strategic Networks, IDLO, Rome

KOREAN INVENTION PROMOTION ASSOCIATION

Jong-HYUB CHOI (Mr.), President, Korean Industrial Promotion Agency, Seoul

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IV OTHER INSTITUTIONS

ISTITUTO DI PROMOZIONE INDUSTRIALE

Delfina AUTIERO (Mrs.), Head, Office of Intellectual Property Istituto per la Promozione Industriale (IPI), Rome

IV. SECRETARIAT OF THE WORLD INTELLECTUALPROPERTY ORGANIZATION (WIPO)

Francis GURRY, Director General, World Intellectual Property Organization

Guriqbal Singh JAIYA, Director, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Division

Matthew R. BRYAN, Director, Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Legal Division

Andrew CZAJKOWSKI, Head, Information and Technology Support Section

Marco MARZANO DE MARINIS, Program Officer, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Division

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