WIPO Magazine, Issue No. 2, 2002

16WIPO Magazine/February 2002CONFERENCE ONTHE INTERNATIONALPATENT SYSTEMGeneva,March 25 - 27, 2002WIPO will convene a Conferenceon the International Patent Systemin Geneva from March 25 to 27 todiscuss the WIPO Patent Agenda.The objective of this event is tostimulate discussion on the mainissues and challenges confrontingthe international patent system andto receive further inputs and responsesfrom users of the patentsystem. Matters raised in discussionsduring the conference will betaken into account in a paper to beprepared by the Secretariat for presentationto the WIPO General Assemblyand the Assemblies of theParis and PCT Unions in September.The provisional program for theconference is available on WIPO’swebsite, www.wipo.int.The conference is open to any interestedmember of the generalpublic. Online registration is availableat the WIPO website. The feeis 400 Swiss francs. This amountcovers admission to the conferenceplus all conference materials includingspeakers’ papers and presentations.The conference will be held at the Contact details:www.wipo.intInternational Conference Center of World Intellectual Property Tel: 41 22 338 91 64Geneva (CICG), 15 rue Varembé, Organization (WIPO)Fax: 41 22 740 37 001211 Geneva 20, Switzerland. 34, chemin des Colombettes Email: ips.meetings@wipo.int1211 Geneva 20Switzerlandwww.wipo.int