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  • November 2026

  • Mon 9

    IPC Union – IPC Revision Working Group (56th session)

    November 9 - November 13
    WIPO Geneva, Switzerland
    Patents, PCT, IPC
  • Mon 16

    Committee on Development and Intellectual Property, CDIP (37th Session)

    November 16 - November 20
    WIPO Geneva, Switzerland
    Development, CDIP
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    Committee on WIPO Standards (14th session)

    November 23 - November 27
    * All WIPO Meetings
  • Mon 30

    Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights, SCCR (49th session)

    November 30 - December 4
    WIPO Geneva, Switzerland
    Copyright, SCCR
  • January 2027

  • Tue 26

    Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Working Group (19th session)

    January 26, 2027 @ 12:00 am - January 28, 2027 @ 11:59 pm CET
    WIPO Geneva, Switzerland
    Patents, PCT, IPC

    The PCT Working Group was established by the PCT Assembly to do preparatory work on matters requiring submission to the Assembly, in particular proposals to amend the Regulations under the […]

  • February 2027

  • Tue 9

    Working Group on the Development of the Lisbon System (Appellations of Origin) (8th session)

    February 9, 2027 @ 12:00 am - February 11, 2027 @ 11:59 pm CET
    WIPO Geneva, Switzerland
    Trademarks, GIs, AOs, Design

    The Working Group on the Development of the Lisbon System was established by the Lisbon Union Assembly to consider improvements to the international registration of appellations of origin and geographical […]

  • Tue 16

    IPC Union – Committee of Experts (58th session)

    February 16, 2027 @ 12:00 am - February 18, 2027 @ 11:59 pm CET
    WIPO Geneva, Switzerland
    Patents, PCT, IPC

    The Committee of Experts of the IPC Union governs the International Patent Classification (IPC), the language-independent hierarchical system established under the Strasbourg Agreement for classifying patents and utility models by […]

  • March 2027

  • Tue 2

    Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications (50th session)

    March 2, 2027 @ 12:00 am - March 5, 2027 @ 11:59 pm CET
    WIPO Geneva, Switzerland
    Trademarks, GIs, AOs, Design

    Current discussions address trademark protection, including country names and geographical names of national significance in the domain name system, as well as industrial designs, including graphical user interfaces, icons and […]

  • Mon 15

    Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore, IGC (54th session)

    March 15, 2027 @ 12:00 am - March 24, 2027 @ 11:59 pm CET
    WIPO Geneva, Switzerland
    Traditional Knowledge, IGC

    The IGC continues to work towards international legal instrument(s) ensuring balanced and effective protection of genetic resources (GRs), traditional knowledge (TK) and traditional cultural expressions (TCEs), following the adoption of […]

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  • Mon 12

    Committee of Experts of the Nice Union (37th session)

    April 12, 2027 @ 12:00 am - April 16, 2027 @ 11:59 pm CEST
    WIPO Geneva, Switzerland
    Trademarks, GIs, AOs, Design

    The Committee of Experts of the Nice Union, made up of representatives of the states party to the Nice Agreement, decides on all changes to the Nice Classification of goods […]

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    Advisory Committee on Enforcement (19th session)

    April 13, 2027 @ 12:00 am - April 15, 2027 @ 11:59 pm CEST
    WIPO Geneva, Switzerland
    * All WIPO Meetings

    Key issues include the exchange of national experiences on public campaigns aimed at fostering respect for IP, consideration of national policies and enforcement mechanisms, and presentation of training programs supported […]

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    IPC Union – IPC Revision Working Group (57th session)

    April 19, 2027 @ 12:00 am - April 23, 2027 @ 11:59 pm CEST
    WIPO Geneva, Switzerland
    Patents, PCT, IPC

    The IPC Revision Working Group carries out the technical work of revising the International Patent Classification, examining revision requests and preparing amendments for adoption by the IPC Committee of Experts. […]

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The Geneva Centre on Knowledge Governance

The Centre on Knowledge Governance is a project of American University’s Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property (PIJIP) and the Geneva Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies with the support of the Arcadia Fund. The Centre continues the long history of PIJIP’s work promoting the public interest in international IP law. The Centre also draws on the Geneva Graduate Institute’s position as a pioneering provider of research and training for diplomats, development officials and students seeking international careers.

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Research Coordinator: Luca Schirru

 

Luca has a PhD from the UFRJ Graduation Program on Public Policy, Development and Strategies (PPED/UFRJ) with a thesis on ‘Copyright and AI Generated Works’ and is a Director of the Brazilian Copyright Institute. He is a research fellow at the Centre for IT & IP Law (KU Leuven) and a post-doctoral researcher at the National Institute of Citizen Science in Brazil. He is a guest professor at the Graduation Program on Public Policy, Development and Strategies (PPED/UFRJ) and professor at the Specialization Program on Intellectual Property Law at PUC-RJ.

 

 

Counsel: Susan Isiko Štrba

 

Dr. Susan Isiko Štrba combines teaching and research with providing policy and legislative advice and technical training to governments, intergovernmental organizations and civil society. She focuses mainly on human rights, intellectual property (IP), trade and development. Dr Isiko Štrba is the author of International Copyright Law and Access to Education in Developing Countries: Exploring Multilateral Legal and Quasi-Legal Solutions, a leading guide to the functioning of international copyright law for the public interest in developing countries. She has also published numerous journal articles in the field of human rights, trade, IP and development.

She currently researches the interface of technology, intellectual property and the African Continental Free Trade Area. She is a member of the International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property (ATRIP) and a member of the Executive Council of the Society of International Economic Law (SIEL). Dr Isiko Štrba has taught Intellectual property, competition law and human rights in various institutions including: the Boston University (Geneva International Campus), The Graduate Institute, Trade Policy Training Centre in Africa (TRAPCA), the International University in Geneva, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa and the WIPO Academy.

 

 

Counsel: Andrés Izquierdo

 

Andrés Izquierdo is Senior Research Analyst for our project on the Right to Research in International Copyright. He conducts high-impact research, provides training to a global network of change-makers, and connects a global academic network to the work of global and domestic organizations that represent researchers, libraries, museums, archives, educational and research institutions.

Before joining PIJIP, Andrés Izquierdo practiced law through his award-winning intellectual property and cyber law practice in Colombia. He has been named one of the best entertainment law attorneys in Colombia by the publications Best Lawyers (2020), and top Intellectual Property practitioner by Chambers and Partners (2014-2020), and is author of the book Cyberlaw by Wolters Kluwer. Izquierdo was previously Business and Legal Director for Sony Music Entertainment in the Andean Region, and litigation partner in Palacio, Izquierdo & Ballesteros, an intellectual property law firm in Colombia. He has LLM degrees in Intellectual Property from American University Washington College of Law and from the University of Turin – WIPO, and a law degree from Universidad de Los Andes.

 


Communications Director: Ben Cashdan

 

Ben Cashdan is a economist and television producer in South Africa.  He was an economic advisor in the South African Presidency under President Nelson Mandela, focusing on capacity building and local economic development. Since 2000 Ben has served as executive producer of a number of television series on democracy and development for global broadcasters. In 2015 Ben co-founded ReCreate South Africa, a coalition of creators and users of copyrighted material in South Africa, working together for fair and balanced copyright reform and access to knowledge.

Ben has a masters degree in Social and Political Sciences from Kings College Cambridge and a Postgraduate Certificate in Economics from the London School of Economics. Ben also continued his postgraduate studies at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland in the Department of Economic Geography.   He  was South African producer for Harry Belafonte’s biographical documentary Sing Your Song. Ben has also produced 4 episodes of The World Debate on BBC World News. He developed and produced the first season of South2North on Al Jazeera English, the first global talk show to be produced in Africa for a major global broadcaster. In December 2013 Cashdan produced an episode of BBC Question Time on South Africa after Mandela.

Ben has directed a number of broadcast media projects on democracy and development in partnership with agencies including the World Economic Forum, the United Nations Development Programme and the African Leadership Academy.

 



Director:  Sean Michael Flynn

 

Professor Flynn researches and teaches on the intersection of intellectual property, international law, and human rights. Professor Flynn designs and manages a wide variety of research and advocacy projects that promote the public interest in intellectual property and information law. Professor Flynn Chairs the Global Expert Network on Copyright User Rights and is a founding member of the Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest.

He is Editor in Chief of Infojustice.org, a leading public interest law and policy blog. He is a special faculty appointment at American University Washington College of Law, visiting Scholar at the University of Amsterdam’s Institute for Information Law (IViR), and Senior Research Associate at the University of Cape Town’s Intellectual Property Unit.  Prior to joining WCL, Professor Flynn completed a Fulbright Fellowship, was clerk to Chief Justice Arthur Chaskalson, South African Constitutional Court and Judge Raymond Fisher, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, practiced law at Spiegel & McDiarmid and the Consumer Project on Technology, and served on the policy team advising then Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Deval Patrick.

 

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