Date: 6th March 2009
Organizers: Cecile Debitus (IRD), David Schindel (CBOL) and Eric CLUA (CRISP)
Co-Sponsors: CRISP, Biocode, CBOL, NRC, IRD

Programme (PDF File)

8h15: Welcome and introduction talk by George Henderson, Minister of envirnment, French Polynesia

8h30: Welcome and introductions, goals of the Event; David Schindel (Smithsonian Institution), Eric Clua (CRISP) - Presentation (PDF File)

Dynamique public/privé dans la question de l’accès et le partage des avantages des ressources génétiques (PDF File), François Féral

Session 1: Legal Framework (Chair - Davies)

9h00: Current issues in International Intellectual Property Rights; Paul Uhlir, National Research Council - Abstract (PDF File) - Presentation (PDF File)

9h15: International intellectual property Law on biotechnology and its relationship with biodiversity, Mickael Mace and Bleuenn Guilloux, University of Nantes - Abstract (PDF File) - Presentation (PDF File)

9h30: Legal aspects of traditional knowledge, Carole Martinez, IUCN France - Abstract (PDF File) - Presentation (PDF File)

9h45: Pacific concepts of property ownership and implications for biodiversity research, Bruno Saura, UPF

10h00 - 10h30: coffee break

Session 2: ABS Legislation in the Pacific (Chair - Debitus)

10h30: The law of the protection and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in the Pacific Presentation of the results of the Law project of component 2C (biodiversity and marine natural products) of the CRISP program: "legal aspects of use and benefits of natural marine resources"; Jean-Pierre Beurier, University of Nantes - Abstract (PDF File) - Presentation (PDF File)

11h30: ABS and Mega-diverse Developing Countries; Perry Ong, Director, Institute of Biology, University of the Philippines, Diliman - Abstract (PDF File) - Presentation (PDF File)

11h45: ABS in Melanesia - Legal aspects related to marine bioprospection in Melanesia: example of Fiji, Salomon and Vanuatu Islands; Bleuenn Guilloux, CDMO, University of Nantes - Abstract (PDF File) - Presentation (PDF File)

12h00: lunch break

Session 3: Research and ABS (Chair - Beurier)

13h30: Access and Benefit Sharing and the Convention on Biological Diversity: Perspectives from Non- Commercial Research; David Schindel, Smithsonian Institution - Abstract (PDF File) - Presentation (PDF File)

13h45: Intellectual Property issues associated with genetic resources and natural product development; Janna Tom, Univ. California Office of Technology Transfer - Abstract (PDF File) - Presentation (PDF File)

Session 4. Case Study - Moorea Biocode (Chair - Schindel)

14h15: Aspects of the Moorea Biocode Project; Sabine Brels, University of California Berkeley Gump Station - Abstract (PDF File) - Presentation (PDF File)

14h30: Panel Discussion (Biocode Consortium)

• Tea Frogier and Jean-Yves Meyer, French Polynesia Research Department
• Paula Meyer, Emmanuelle Gindre, French Polynesia Environment Department
• Len Hirsch, Smithsonian Institution
• Neil Davies, UC Berkeley Gump Station
• Hinano Teavai-Murphy, Association Te Pu Atitia

15h15 - 15h45: coffee break

15h45: Open discussion

17h00: Session adjourns

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