Wednesday 8 June
08.00-20.00
Registration
09.00-11.00 11.30-13.30
ECTA Committee Meeting
15.00-18.00
ECTA Council Meeting
18.30-21.30
Welcome by Lord Woolf, the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales Concert and Reception at St Johns Smith Square
Thursday 9 June
08.00-18.00
Registration
09.30-11.00
Annual General Meeting
11.30-13.00
Conference: PAST, PRESENT AND THE FUTURE
Welcome by
ECTA, 25 years caring for a balance of rights
Role of ECTA in the early years and its evolution
Florent Gevers
What is the expected role of ECTA in the future?
Max Oker-Blom
Role of ECTA and other NGOs in the legislative process
14.30-17.30
The evolution of the European system, have promises and compromises been kept?
Chairman: Luis-Alfonso Durán
Could any external non-European features be imported into the European system?
19.00-midnight
Evening at the Café Royal near Picadilly Circus
Friday 10 June
08.00-18.00
Registration
09.30-12.30
Update of the present situation (Part 1)
Chairman: Michael Harison
Case law review
The Madrid Protocol: Sharing experiences
European viewpoint:
Emanuele Montelione
US viewpoint:
Paul Fields
Enforcement of IP Rights: Customs and Anticounterfeiting
14.00-17.00 Update of the present situation (Part 2)
Chairman: Stephen James
The new Internet Top Level Domain “.eu”
ADR – a solution for future IPR conflicts?
19.30-midnight
Gala dinner at the London’s Guildhall in the heart of the City of London.
Saturday 10
Excursion – Blenheim Palace