Subregional Capacity-Building Conference: Commercialization & Enforcement of Intellectual Property

Information Notice
ECE/CECI/CONF.11/1

Opening Plenary Session - The Role of Intellectual Property in Knowledge-based Development and Economic Integration

Ralph Heinrich, Economic Affairs Officer, Economic Cooperation and Integration Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

Lidija Vignjević, Director, Intellectual Property Institute, Bosnia-Herzegovina

Slobodan Marković, University of Belgrade

Enforcement Segment

(i) International Perspectives

Tony Bonnici, Economic Affairs Officer, Economic Cooperation and integration Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

Judith Soentgen, Building Respect for IP Division, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

(ii) Border Enforcement and Product Identification

Ninoslav Babic, Customs Directorate, Ministry of Finance, Croatia

Mirelinda Collaku, Copyright Office, Albania

(iii) Stopping Counterfeits on the Domestic Market

Mirelinda Collaku, Copyright Office, Albania

Zdravka Tomicic, State Inspectorate, Croatia

Vera Despotović, Ministry of Agriculture, Trade, Forestry and Water Management, Market Inspectorate, Serbia

Bogdana Matijević, Tax Administration, Serbia 

Cristina Posavec, Police Directorate, Ministry of the Interior, Croatia

Margarita Mirchevska-Desovska, Intellectual Property Office, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 

Commercialization Segment 

(i) Intellectual Property Management for SMEs in an International Market

Ralph Heinrich, Economic Affairs Officer, Economic Cooperation and Integration Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

Joachim Feldges, Managing Partner, Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP, Germany

(ii) International IPR Protection and Exploitation Strategies for SMEs

Daniela Zlatić Šutić, Intellectual Property Office, Serbia

Irena Daneva, Intellectual Property Office, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Georgi Stoev, Empoyers' Group, EU Economic and Social Committee

Jadranka Sabljak, Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Croatia

(iii) Policy Support for SME IPR Commercialization

Radosav Cerović, Assistant Minister, Ministry of Education and Science, Serbia

Snezana Džuverović, Intellectual Property Office, Montenegro

Lidija Vignjević, Intellectual Property Office, Bosnia-Herzegovina

Biljana Remović, Intellectual Property Office, Serbia

Closing Plenary Session 

Daniela Zlatić Šutić, Rapporteur from the Commercialization Segment