2014 CIOPORA Chronicle

(Innovaplant, Germany). With
the newly elected members, the
CIOPORA Board further enhanced
its geographic representation and
professional expertise. A farewell
and gratitude were expressed to
Mr. Focco Prins, who left the
Board after three years of active
service. Personnel changes were
also reported by the Crop Section
Fruit, who elected Mrs. An van den
Putte (Better3Fruit, Belgium) as its
new Chairwoman and thanked the
founding Chair Mrs. Dominique
Thévenon for her enormous contribution
to the work of the Section.
All hands on deck
The hard work at the day-time
meetings was rewarded by the
AGM Dinner on board the historic
transatlantic ship ss Rotterdam.
The members and special guests
were invited to relax and network
while enjoying a spectacular sunset
on the Maas.
Fresh fodder for the
brain - IP from beyond
our own backyard
Sometimes a brief glance from
outside of one’s box can serve as a
productive source of inspiration.
The main motivation for CIOPORA
to organize the Open Part of its
AGM was to provide the members
and guests with insights into the
IP practices “beyond their own
backyard”. This year the Open Part
touched upon two “close” and one
external topic: the specifics of the
application of the Nagoya protocol
Left to right: Mr. Bart Kiewiet (Vondst Advocaten, past President
of CPVO), Mr. Antonio Villarroel (CIOPORA Board, Geslive) and
Mr. Martin Ekvad (President of CPVO) on board ss Rotterdam.
CIOPORA unites breeders from all parts of the world: (left to right) Mr. Burgert van Dyk (Sapo Trust, South Africa),
Mrs. Wendy Cashmore (Plant & Food Research New Zealand) and Dr. Jan de Riek (CIOPORA Board, ILVO, Belgium).
by Mrs. Anke van den Hurk
(Plantum), the management of an
impressive IP portfolio in the sector
of consumer electronics by Mr. Jan
de Visser (Philips) and the benefits
of FRAND-licensing by Mr. Leo
Melchers (Syngenta).
“Driving Dutchman” -
Fruit & Ornamental tours
On April 3, at 6 a.m., the early
CIOPORA birds boarded the
buses to explore a number of very
interesting locations in the regions
of Aalsmeer and Wageningen. The
business excursion ornamentals
went on a tour through all the
parts of floricultural supply chain,
including the freight forwarder
IPHandlers, the flower auction
FloraHolland and the floral
wholesaler Waterdrinker, whereas
the fruit-interested colleagues
could see and taste the delicious
creations by the strawberry breeder
Fresh Forward and for a brief
moment revisit campus life at
the Wageningen University &
Research Center Plant Breeding.
In the afternoon both groups
rejoined at Naktuinbouw, where
they were warmly welcomed by
the General Manager Mr. John
van Ruiter and his colleagues.
CIOPORA would like to express
its gratitude to all the hosts of the
business tour 2014, which without a
doubt became one of the highlights
of the CIOPORA events 2014.
Left to right: Sheryl and Anthony Tesselaar (Australia)
and Peter Ilsink (Interplant Roses BV), past President of
CIOPORA.
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IP protection for plant innovations and
updates regarding the CIOPORA AGM
2015 in Tel-Aviv. |||
About the author
Anna Kaehne is a Manager Public Relations &
Communications at CIOPORA. She is responsible
for the association’s internal and external
communications including the relations with press,
production of media and marketing materials offline
as well as online. She is the person behind the
CIOPORA Chronicle, association’s newsletter, press
releases, website and other communication projects.
Anna holds a Magister Degree in English and
Slavic Studies from the University of Magdeburg,
Germany. In her homeland – Ukraine – she studied
Inter national Law at the National Law Academy of
Ukraine in Kharkov.
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