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WIPO-IDB/IP/RYD/07/INF/2ORIGINAL: English
DATE: May 2007
ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK / MINISTRY OF COMMERCE
AND INDUSTRY / WORLD INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY ORGANIZATION
wipo/IDB REGIONAL SEMINAR FOR ARAB COUNTRIES ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY
organized by
the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
and
the Islamic Development Bank (IDB)
in cooperation with
the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Riyadh, June 4 to 6, 2007
List of participants
prepared by the International Bureau of WIPO
I.PARTICIPANTS
ALGERIA
Ms. Dalila Abed Khanfar, Head of Research Section, Ministry of Finance, Algeria
BAHRAIN
Ms. Lona Al Moataz, Director of Industrial Property, Directorate of Industrial Property, Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Manama
Ms. Awatef Abdulrahim, Senior General Engineer, Patents National Office, Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Manama
EGYPT
Ms. Nadia Ibrahim Abdallah, Director General, Patent Office, Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, Ministry of Scientific Research, Cairo
Ms. Maha El-Demellawy, Mubarak City for Science and Technology, Alexandria
Ms. Maha Bakheit Zaki, Responsible of the Intellectual Property Unit, Cabinet of Secretary General, League of Arab States, Cairo
Mr. Mohamed Al-Shahat Adly, Commercial Agreement Sector, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Cairo
JORDAN
Ms. Nisreen Muneed Abu Samaha, Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Amman
Mr. Khaled Arabeyyat, Director, Directorate of Industrial Property Protection, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Amman
Mr. Fakher Sawalha, Computer Systems Analyst (IP Coordinator), Royal Scientific Society, Amman
Mr. Mohammed Saleem, Saifam Limited Intellectual Property Services (SIPS), Amman
KUWAIT
Ms. Iman Haddad, Economic Researcher, Ministry of Finance, Safat
Mr. Jassem Al-Besharah, Director, Scientific Culture Directorate, Kuwait Inventors Bureau, the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences, Safat
Mr. Faisal Al-Mizel, External Relations Researcher, Ministry of Finance, Safat
Mr. Rashid Al-Enezi, Head of Patent Section, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Safat
LEBANON
Ms. Salwa Rahhal Faour, Director, Intellectual Property Protection Office, Ministry of Economy and Trade, Beirut
LIBYA
Ms. Hanan Al-Turgman, Head, Intellectual Property Division, National Bureau for Research and Development (NBRD), Tripoli
MAURITANIA
Mr. Seyidna Oumar Ould Tfeil Ould El Hadramy, Head, Industrial Property Division, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Nouakchott
MOROCCO
Mr. Adil Al Maliki, Director, Commercial and Industrial Property Office (OMPIC), Rabat
Mr. Tijani Bounahmidi, Vice President, in charge of Research, Cooperation and Partnership, Mohammed V-Agdal University, Rabat
Mr. Yousef Abdelrahman Fadeel, Head, Research and Development Department, Ministry of Industry and Commerce
OMAN
Mr. Saoud Humaid Al-Shoaili, Research Assistant, The Scientific Research Council, Muscat
Mr. Ahmad Al-Saidi, Intellectual Property Researcher, Directorate General of Organizations and Commercial Relations, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Muscat
QATAR
Mr. Abdul Sattar Al-Taie, Director, Qatar National Research Fund, Qatar Foundation, Doha
Mr. Khalid Al-Hajri, Patent Office, Ministry of Economy and Commerce, Doha
SAUDI ARABIA
Mr. Mr. Mohammed bin Saeed Al-Aiyash, Chairman of the Intellectual Property Rights Committee, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Riyadh
Mr. Khalid Alakeel, Director General of Intellectual Property (IP), Directorate General of IP, King Abdulaziz Center for Science and Technology, Riyadh
Mr. Shayea Ali Al-Shayea, Director General, Secretariat General of the Patent Office of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf – Secretariat General (GCCPO), Riyadh
Mr. Abdullah Saleh Almazroa, Director General, GCCPO, Riyadh
Mr. Mohammad Sulaiman Al-Shiha, Patent Specialist, GCCPO, Riyadh
Mr. Yosuf Oraini, DEEF Pharmaceutical Industries Co., Al Badaya
Mr. Falah Redha, King Faisal Specialist and Research Center, Riyadh
SUDAN
Ms. Amal El-Tinay, Registrar General of IP, Ministry of Justice, Khartoum
Ms. Amal Mahjoub Hag Ahmed Rabbah, Assistant Director General, Associate Professor, Industrial Research and Consultancy Center, Khartoum
Ms. Salwa Makki Abou Haraz, General Directorate for Financial International Cooperation, Ministry of Finance and National Economy, Khartoum
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
Ms. Hind Meri, Researcher, Higher Institute for Applied Science and Technology, Damascus
Mr. Mohamed Al-Abdallah, Director, Directorate of Commercial and Industrial Property Protection (DCIP), Ministry of Economy and Trade, Damascus
Mr. Elias Toshan, Vice Dean, Electrical Engineering Faculty, University of Aleppo, Aleppo
TUNIS
Ms. Ghaiet le Mouna Annabi, Director General, INNORPI, Ministry of Energy and Industry, Tunis
Ms. Mubaraka Hasan Taleb, Ministry of Development and International Cooperation, Tunis
Mr. Amine Fourati, Research Director, Groupe Chimique de Tunisie (GCT), Tunis
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
His Excellency Mr. Mohamed Al-Shehi, Under Secretary for Planning Affairs, Ministry of Economy, Abu Dhabi
Mr. Rashed Abdullah Al Mualla, Director, Industrial Property Directorate, Ministry of Economy, Abu Dhabi
Mr. Ghazi Tadmouri, Assistant Director, Center for Arab Genomic Studies, Dubai
Mr. Ahmed Al Bastaky, Director, Administration and Finance, Arab Science and Technology Foundation (ASTF), Abu Dhabi
Mr. Mohamed Bechri, Senior Economist, Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Abu Dhabi
YEMEN
Mr. Abdulghani Mohammed Qassim Al-Dagaf, Assistant Director General of Intellectual Property Protection Rights, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Sana’a
Mr. Shawqi Al-Jaroo, Director, Science and Technology Center, University of Aden, Aden
II.FOREIGN SPEAKERS
Mr. Ali Karaghouli, Consultant, United Nations Environmental Program for West Asia (UNEP/ROWA), Manama, Bahrain
Mr. Bowman Heiden, Deputy Director, Center for Intellectual Property Studies (CIP), Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden
Mr. Jon Sandelin, Senior Associate Emeritus, Office of Technology Licensing, Stanford University, United States of America
Mr. Mohamed Shariff, Director, Innovation and Commercialization Center (CIP), Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia
Mr. Samer Refai, Secretary General, Arab School for Science and Technology, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic
III.WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION (WIPO)
Mrs. Nahla Haidar, Director, Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Bureau for Arab Countries
Mrs. Cynthia Cannady, Director, Intellectual Property and New Technologies Division
Mrs. Fatima Daboussi, Deputy Director, Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Bureau for Arab Countries
Mr. Mansour Ahmed Lo, Counsellor, Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Bureau for Arab Countries
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