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WIPO/EC/AMM/00/INF.1
ORIGINAL: English
DATE: August 2000
THE HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF JORDAN / WORLD INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY ORGANIZATION

UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF
HIS MAJESTY KING ABDULLAH ii
WIPO ARAB REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON ELECTRONIC COMMERCE AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

organized by
the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
in cooperation with
the Ministry of Industry and Trade
and the assistance of
the Information Technology Association of Jordan (Int@j)

Amman, September 18 to 20, 2000

PROGRAM

prepared by the International Bureau of WIPO

Monday, September 18

8.30 to 9.00 Registration

9.00 to 9.30 Opening Statements

The Representative of the Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

The Representative of the Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

9.30 to 10.30 Topic 1 Electronic Commerce: Its Emergence and Growth

Speakers: Mr. Don Heath, President, CEO, Internet Society (ISOC), Reston, Virginia

Mr. Latif Hamlani, Internet Business Manager for the Gulf and Eastern Mediterranean, Microsoft Corp., Dubai

Mr. Karim Kawar, President, Information Technology Association of Jordan (Int@j), Amman

10.30 to 11.30 Topic 2 The Digital Divide

Speakers: Mr. Raafat Radwan, Chairman, The Cabinet Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC), Cairo

Mr. Mustafa Nasereddin, Executive Director, Management Consulting and Information Technology Services, Talal Abu-Ghazaleh International (TAGI), Amman

Mr. Greg Wrenn, Associate General Counsel, International, Yahoo Inc., Santa Clara, United States of America

11.30 to 12.00 Coffee Break

12.00 to 13.30 Topic 3 Electronic-Business: Practical Concepts for Online Businesses

Speakers: Mr. Benedict Davies, Head of Electronic Content, Virtual Internet/Net Searchers, London

Mr. Don Heath

Mr. Latif Hamlani

Mr. Karim Kawar

Engineer Abdel Karim Freihat, Director, Al-Teif Company for Communication Services, Amman

13.30 to 14.30 Topic 4 Electronic Commerce in the Legal Context: Institutional, Legal and Policy Responses

Speakers: Mr. Victor Nabhan, Consultant, Cooperation for Development Bureau for Arab Countries, WIPO, Geneva

Ms. Jennifer Clift, Legal Officer, Secretariat of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), Vienna

Tuesday, September 19

9.00 to 10.00 Topic 5 Emerging Intellectual Property Issues in Electronic Commerce

Speakers: Mr. Christopher Gibson, Head, Electronic Commerce Section, WIPO, Geneva

Mr. Abdel Halim Zeidan, President, International Consultant Group, Beirut

10.00 to 11.00 Topic 6 Virtual Identifiers and Branding on the Internet

Speakers: Mr. Benedict Davies

Mr. Abdel Halim Zeidan

Mr. Christopher Gibson

11.00 to 12.00 Topic 7 The Domain Name System: Administration, Best Practices and Registration Guidelines

Speakers: Dr. Youssef Nusair, Secretary General, National Information Center, Supreme Council for Science and Technology, Amman

Mr. Christopher Gibson

12.00 to 12.30 Coffee Break

12.30 to 13.30 Topic 8 Electronic-Commerce Dispute Resolution: Domain

Names and Other Electronic-Commerce Disputes

Speakers: Mr. Christopher Gibson

Ms. Ola Zahran

13.30 to 14.30 Topic 9 The Protection of Literary and Artistic Works on
the Internet

Speakers: Mr. Victor Nabhan

Mr. Eric Smith, President, International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA), Washington, D.C.

Wednesday, September 20

9.00 to 10.00 Topic 10 Music and Software on the Internet: Changing Methods of Delivery and Protection

Speakers: Mr. Lauri Rechardt, Legal Adviser, Legal Policy Department, International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), London

Mr. Nasser Khasawneh, Vice-President, Business Software Alliance (BSA), Istanbul

Mr. Murad Boushnak, President, Jordanian Association for Intellectual Property Rights, Amman

10.00 to 11.00 Topic 11 Piracy on the Internet: Its Forms, Magnitude, and Effect on the Copyright Industry

Speakers: Mr. Eric Smith

Mr. Lauri Rechardt

Mr. Nasser Khasawneh

11.00 to 11.30 Coffee Break

11.30 to 12.00 Topic 12 Issues of Service Provider Liability and Private International Law

Speaker: Mr. Christopher Gibson

Mr. Greg Wrenn

12.00 to 13.30 Topic 13 Electronic Commerce in Arab Countries; What Lies Ahead?

Roundtable of speakers from the Region

Moderator: Mr. Sherif Saadallah, Director, Cooperation for Development Bureau for Arab Countries, WIPO, Geneva

13.30 Closing Ceremony

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