Conference presentations & invited lectures

 

  1. Open Access and social justice driving African development. UCT-SPARC Open Access Symposium 2019. 5 December 2019, Cape Town
  2. Current financial incentives for innovations, protection and commercialization of IP assets available for SMEs in Africa. WIPO/ARIPO/OAPI Conference on Intellectual Property, Innovation and Value Addition for Business Competitiveness and Sustainable Development in Africa, 7 November 2019, Harare
  3. Mobilizing resources through North-South research collaboration, successes and constraints  WIPO/ARIPO/OAPI Conference on Intellectual Property, Innovation and Value Addition for Business Competitiveness and Sustainable Development in Africa, 7 November 2019, Harare
  4. The role of SMEs in Africa’s economies and the extent to which they contribute to economic growth and in addressing challenge.  WIPO/ARIPO/OAPI Conference on Intellectual Property, Innovation and Value Addition for Business Competitiveness and Sustainable Development in Africa, 6 November 2019, Harare
  5. Intellectual Property fundamentals. Young African Innovators, Creators and Enterpreneurs Workshop: Intellectual Property, Innovation and Value Addition for Business Competitiveness and Sustainable Development in Africa, 5 November 2019, Harare
  6. Educational and Research Uses Panel, WIPO International Conference on Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries, Archives, Museums and Educational & Research Institutions,  Geneva, on October 18 and 19, 2019.
  7. Invited Lecture: Cultural heritage, Indigenous Knowledge, Innovation and Intellectual Property. Fort Hare Institute of Social and Economic Research (FHISER) University of Fort Hare.
    4 October 2019
  8. Panel: Services liberalization and Phase II issues. AfCFTA Regional Trade Forum – Horn of Africa. Theme: AfCFTA Implementation: Breaking Down Geographical, Logistical and Regulatory Barriers to Trade and Investment in the Horn to Boost Industrialization: A Focus on the Pharmaceutical Industry, 27 June 2019, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  9. IP and Development. WIPO IP and Development Conference, 20 May 2019, Geneva, Switzerland
  10. National Symposium on Intellectual Property (IP) Education that was organized by WIPO and The Gambia Industrial Property Office from April 15 to 17, 2019 in Banjul, The Gambia
  11. Scoping Study on Copyright and other disabilities. WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights Thirty-Eighth Session, 3 April 2019, Geneva, Switzerland
  12. The legal and policy considerations for creating accessible format copies for disabled persons in the new technologies’ era. WIPO SCCR 38, Side event, 3 April 2019, Geneva, Switzerland
  13. Keynote: Legal and ethical aspects around data sharing. ilifu Research Data Management Project workshop, 29 March 2019, University of the Western Cape
  14. Intellectual Property in the AfCFTA. Joint AUC, UNCTAD and ECA Experts Group Meeting (EGM) on The Assessing Regional Integration in Africa (ARIA) Report,16 – 19 November 2018, UNCC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  15. Intellectual Property in the AfCFTA. Joint AUC, UNCTAD and ECA Expert Group Meeting on Draft Phase II Protocol Texts for the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement, 2-15 November 2018, UNCC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  16.  Africa Trade Forum: The AfCFTA ratification and implementation: A game changer for African Economies, 2 -3 November 2018, Lagos, Nigeria
  17. Keynote panel: 5th Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest, 24 – 28 September 2018, Washington DC
  18.  Assessing Regional Integration in Africa (ARIA) IX Consultative Meeting on the Theme ‘Next Steps for the African Continental Free Trade Area’, 18 -20 July 2018, Kenya
  19. Methodological innovation in IP research and teaching in an African setting: what lessons from experience within and beyond Africa?‘ WIPO-WTO Colloquium for Intellectual Property Teachers and Researchers in Africa, 11 April 2018, Pretoria
  20. Copyright and E‑Commerce: recent issues and developments in Africa. WIPO-WTO Colloquium for Intellectual Property Teachers and Researchers in Africa, 10 April 2018, Pretoria
  21. Inaugural Lecture: The public interest in intellectual property law: African solutions to global challenges. 28 March 2018, Cape Town
  22. Panel: Technology and Innovation in Legal Education, 2018 African Law School Leadership Forum Conference on Legal Education: From Imitation to Innovation: Comparative Perspectives on Legal Education, 6 March 2018, Cape Town
  23. Access to copyright works by persons with disabilities. WIPO SCCR 35th Session, 13 November 2017, Geneva, Switzerland
  24.  Ministerial Roundtable, 2017 Indigenous Knowledge Systems Expo, 26 September 2017, Nelspruit
  25. The Creative Industry and South African Intellectual Property Law. Law and Development Conference, 7 September 2017, Cape Town
  26. Panel: Law and Society in Africa Seminar Series : A Nigerian Druglord, a Congolese Blesser and a Malawian Houseboy walk into a bar….. 6 September 2017, Cape Town
  27. Intellectual Property and Innovation. Expert Group Meeting for the Joint ECA/AUC/AfDB Publication on Assessing Regional Integration in Africa 2016 (ARIA VIII) on the Theme “Bringing the CFTA About”, 11 May 2017, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  28. Access to copyright works by persons with disabilities. WIPO SCCR 34th Session, 4 May 2017 Geneva
  29. Sui generis legislation for the protection of indigenous knowledge in South Africa: An opportunity lost (and found)? Law and Society in Africa Conference, 10 December 2016, Cape Town
  30. Copyright, creative commons and other legislation influencing sharing of information. (with T Schonwetter), Open Access Symposium, 8 December 2016, Cape Town
  31. (a) Fundamentals of Copyright in the Digital Era and (b) Copyright and Innovation in Africa.  Africa Internet Academy, 1 December 2016, Cape Town
  32. The role of law teaching.  African Commercial Law Foundation Inaugural Conference 15th July 2016: Murray Edwards College, Cambridge
  33.  An African vision for open research publication: Policy for open access in Southern African Scholarly Publishing – journals and beyond. Leadership Dialogue on Open Access and African Research Publishing in the 21st Century, 3 May 2016 – Cape Town
  34. Invited lecture: Opening the doors of learning and culture. Creative Commons Institute for Open Leadership, 15 March 2016, Cape Town
  35. Keynote Panel, ABC Cape Town Conference, 7 January 2016
  36. The interplay between national discourse and African perspectives in global health diplomacy: South Africa’s PharmaGate. ABC Conference, 7 January 2016, Cape Town
  37. Copyright Reform Roundtable. 4th Global Congress on Intellectual Property and Public Interest 16 December 2015, New Delhi
  38. Three Centuries and Counting: Emergence and Development of IP in Africa. OUP Handbook on IP workshop,Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law, 7 December 2015, Tel Aviv
  39. With an IP right comes responsibility: A Spiderman approach to the responsibility of IP right-holders. Social Responsibility of Intellectual Property Rights Holders Conference, University of Pretoria Centre for Intellectual Property Law,1 and 2 October 2015, Pretoria
  40. Invited lecture: Copyright and Intellectual Property. Vice-Chancellors Leadership Dialogue 8 – 9 September 2015, Cape Town
  41. Invited lecture: Copyright. University of the Free State, 3 September 2015, Bloemfontein
  42. Invited lecture: Understanding your discipline. NRF South African PhD Project Conference, 30 March 2015, Cape Town
  43. Invited lecture: ICTs and Intellectual Property Rights. Council on Higher Education (CHEC) ICT Colloquium 15 October 2014, Johannesburg
  44. Copyright and equity. Public Interest in Copyright, workshop, Centre of International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI),University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, 30 June 2014
  45. Would new ways of considering the Intellectual Property and Technology nexus yield better IP laws? 33rd Annual Congress of the International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property (ATRIP), University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France, 8 July 2014
  46. Invited lecture: Effects of the IP Regime on Generating Value from Publicly-Funded Research: A Study of Two South African Universities. A2K Virtual Speaker Series, Yale Law School, Tuesday, February 4, 2014
  47.  Publicly funded research output. Open A. I .R. Conference on Innovation and IP in Africa & 3rd Global Congress on IP and the Public Interest 9 December 2013
  48.  Fair is as Fair does: A Discussion of Normative Contractual Regulation of Copyright Licensing Contracts in South Africa. 32nd Annual Congress of the International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property (ATRIP), Oxford University, 23 June 2013
  49. Effects of the IP Regime on Generating Value from Publicly Funded Research: A Study of two South African Universities’ Knowledge for Development: Freedoms, Networks and Innovation – Third Annual Workshop of the Access to Knowledge for Development Center (A2K4D) American University in Cairo, 17 June 2013
  50. Internet censorship in Southern Africa: The experiences of South Africa and Zimbabwe. Knowledge for Development: Freedoms, Networks and Innovation – Third Annual Workshop of the Access to Knowledge for Development Center (A2K4D), American University in Cairo, 16 June 2013
  51. Effects of the IP Regime on Generating Value from Publicly Funded Research: An Exploratory Study of two South African Universities (with Abrahams L), Berlin 10 Open Access Conference, University of Stellenbosch, 7 – 8 November 2012
  52.  IP & the public domain in the discussions of the CDIP. International Roundtable on WIPO Development Agenda for Academics, National University of Singapore, 23 – 24 November 2012
  53.  Copyright Limitations and Exceptions (panel discussant) Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest, Washington DC, 25 -27 August 2011
  54.  Copyright Enforcement: The Graduated Response takes Centre Stage. UNISA’s 8th International Workshop on Commercial Law, Johannesburg 3 August 2011
  55.  Copy Responsible’ Copyright, Copy Chaos and everything in between. Workshop, Tshwane University of Technology, 20 May 2010
  56. New hope for Africa? Copyright and Access to Knowledge in the Digital Age (with Schonwetter T) CPR Africa conference, Cape Town, 21 April 2010
  57.  Enforcing Patent Rights against Goods in Transit: A New Threat to Trans-border Trade in Generic Medicines. UNISA International workshop on trans-border commercial law, Johannesburg, 20 October 2009
  58.  Protecting Business Methods in South Africa and Zimbabwe. International Business, Law and Technology Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 5 December 2006
  59.  How SMMEs can use IPRs as a Business Strategy. Intellectual Property Rights Conference, Johannesburg 25 October 2006
  60.  Connecting with Company Law through Technology: An E-learning Experiment presented at the Society of Law Teachers of Southern Africa Conference, Cape Town, 3 July 2006
  61.  When E-commerce Jeopardizes Informational Privacy: Identity Theft in South Africa. Privacy and Technology Workshop, AHRC Research Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property and Technology Law, Edinburgh University, 6 September 2005