Sustainable Innovation Dialogue:
Exploring the relationship between IP and climate change innovation
June 13. 2023
Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort & Spa | Kona Moku Ballroom A
Honolulu, Hawaii
8:30 – 8:35 a.m. Welcome Remarks
Name, Title, Organization (TBD)
8:35- 8:50 a.m. Keynote Address
Name, Title, Organization (TBD)
8:50 - 9:40 a.m. Session 1: IP5 Perspectives in Climate Change
IP5 Offices[i] present their perspectives on climate change innovation. Offices will address their current and future initiatives, including eco-friendly efforts (paperless, energy efficiency), patent examination initiatives to encourage filings in climate technologies, patenting process initiatives to streamline examination. Offices will also touch on broader government efforts in climate change innovation.
Facilitator: Lisa Jorgenson, Deputy Director General, Patents and Technology Sector, World Intellectual Property Organization (TBC)
Presenters: Antonio Campinos, President, European Patent Office (TBC)
Koichi Hamano, Commissioner, Japan Patent Office
Insil Lee, Commissioner, Korean Intellectual Property Office
Dr. Changyu Shen, Commissioner, China National Intellectual Property Administration
Kathi Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
9:40 - 9:50 a.m. Listening Session A
Local businesses tell their stories about innovations in climate technologies.
Presenter: Name, Title, Organization (TBD)
9:50 - 10:40 a.m. Session 2: Stakeholder perspectives: Bringing climate-related innovation to market
Industry, small and medium- sized enterprises and local start-ups highlight innovative climate technologies and will describe what it takes to bring climate change technologies from research to market.
Facilitator: IP5 Industry Representative (TBC)
Panelists:
Name, Title, Organization (TBD)
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10:40-10:50 a.m. Session 2 Q&A
The audience and IP5 Heads of Offices will have an opportunity to ask questions of the panelists.
10:50–11:00 a.m. Coffee/Break
11:00 - 11:10 a.m. Listening Session B
Local businesses tell their stories about innovations in climate technologies.
Presenter: Name, Title, Organization (TBD)
11:10 - noon Session 3: Stakeholder perspectives: Challenges in climate-related innovation
Industry, SMEs and local start-ups will discuss IP-related challenges for underrepresented groups and specific needs for SMEs and startups in this space. The panelists will also discuss the role of patent offices in climate change innovation.
Facilitator: To be Determined (TBC)
Panelists: Name, Title, Organization (TBD)
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Name, Title, Organization (TBD)
noon-12:10 p.m. Session 3 Q&A
The audience and IP5 will have an opportunity to ask questions of the panelists.
12:10 - 12:30 p.m. Session 4: Final Takeaways
There will be an assessment of existing climate change innovation initiatives against the needs of the innovative sector. Also discussed will be the role that IP5 offices have in addressing climate change.
Discussants:
Name, Kathi Vidal Title, Organization (TBD)
Name, AIPLA Title, Organization (TBD)
Name, IPO Title, Organization (TBD)
[i] IP5 Offices are the five largest patent offices in the world and include the European Patent Office, the Japan Patent Office, the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the China National IP Administration and the United States Patent and Trademark Office. IP5 offices together handle about 80 percent of the world’s patent applications and 95 percent of all the work carried out under the Patent Cooperation Treaty. The overall goal of IP5 is to reduce redundancies and streamline procedures to the extent feasible amongst the offices.
