Executive Course on Intellectual Property, Diplomacy and Global Public Health

Geneva, 15-17 February 2012. Seton Hall Law School and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies announce an Executive Course in Intellectual Property and Global Public Health:

Intellectual property issues have come to play an increasingly important role in discussions of national and global health problems. Yet, individuals whose primary expertise is health or diplomacy may find these discussions inaccessible because they lack a sufficient understanding of basic intellectual property concepts and their relationship to global public health. To fill this gap, Seton Hall Law School and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva have joined together to offer an executive course on health-related aspects of intellectual property from a global public health perspective. A key goal of the course will be to develop concrete tools for implementing the World Health Organization’s Global Strategy and Plan of Action on Public Health, Innovation, and Intellectual Property.  Course faculty will include key representatives from the World Health Organization, the World Trade Organization, the World Intellectual Property Organization, academia, industry, and nongovernmental organizations. The course will be held on the Graduate Institute's campus in Geneva, Switzerland on February 15-17, 2012.

Application submission deadline: 13 January 2012. The Graduate Institute is a member of the Network Medicus Mundi Switzerland.

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