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19 July 2021

Today, the opening ceremony of the Summer School of the World Organization of Intellectual Property (WIPO Summer School) took place.

The welcoming addresses were delivered by the Chairman of the State Committee on Science and Technology Alexander Shumilin, Director General of the National Center of Intellectual Property (NCIP) Uladzimir Rabavolau, Director of the National Institute of Intellectual Property of the Ministry of Justice (Republic of Kazakhstan) Yerbol Ospanov, Head of the Section for Caucasian, Central Asian and Eastern European Countries (TDC, WIPO) Ilya Gribkov, Deputy Director of the Republican Library on Science and Technology Nadezhda Shalygina.

The following topics will be discussed during the first day of the WIPO Summer School: “Intellectual Property System in the Republic of Belarus” (Natallia Novikova, Deputy Head of the Legal and Human Resources Department, NCIP), “Introduction to WIPO and New Developments of Intellectual Property” (Oleksandr Shevchenko, Assistant Program Officer, Department for Transition and Developed Countries, WIPO), “International Copyright and New Developments” (Ivan Bliznets, PhD in Law, Professor, Academic Director of the Scientific and Education Centre on IP and Digital Economy, Head of the Russian Professorship Assembly IP Centre, WIPO expert).

The program will also include a visit to the Industrial Park “Great Stone”.

The WIPO Summer School is held from 19 to July 30, 2021 as part of the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the Republic of Belarus and the World Intellectual Property Organization and in accordance with the Strategy of the Republic of Belarus in the Intellectual Property Sphere. This project will allow university students and young professionals to gain deeper knowledge in this field and better understand the function of intellectual property as a tool for ensuring sustainable development and the role of WIPO in the administrative management of intellectual property rights and provision of global services in this sector.

The event is organized by the National Center of Intellectual Property on cooperation with the World Intellectual Property Organization, the State Committee on Science and Technology, and the Republican Library on Science and Technology.


Photo: V.Volk
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