(ASCII text format)

Welcome: Phil Bereano

Opening Words:

Tony Mazocchi: Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers (PACE)

I.    9:15-10:15am: THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT:
FROM CHAKRABARTY TO TRIPS

Jonathan King, CRG, Moderator

1. What's a patent? Who was Chakrabarty? - Maggie Chon, Seattle University
2. History of plant patenting - Doreen Stabinsky, CRG
3. Farmers' Rights: the International Undertaking - Kristin Dawkins, IATP
4. Indigenous Peoples' Rights: - Tom Goldtooth, Indigenous Environmental Network
5. TRIPs negotiations: The story of the Uruguay Round - Carlos Correa, Argentina
6. TRIPs'99 review: What's at stake in Seattle - Cecilia Oh, TWN

II.  10:30-11:45am: THE PROBLEMS WITH PATENTS:
WHY WE ARE CAMPAIGNING

Doreen Stabinsky, CRG, Moderator

1. Biopiracy: Raping and Pillaging the South - Vandana Shiva, The Research Foundation for Science, Technology, and Ecology
2. Impact on Farmers - Michael Sligh, Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI)
3. The flawed ethics of human genetics research - Debra Harry, Indigenous Peoples' Council on Biocolonialism (IPCB)
4. How patents stifle scientific research - Kim Wilson, CRG
5. The cost of essential drugs - Toby Kasper, Doctors Without Borders

III.  12:00-1:00pm ALTERNATIVES TO PATENTS:
WHAT WE ARE CAMPAIGNING FOR

Debra Harry, IPCB, Moderator

1. Community Rights - Vicky Tauli-Corpuz, Tebtebba Foundation
2. ILO 169: Rights of Indigenous Peoples - Tony Gonzalez
3. Geographical Indications: The Case of Basmati Rice - Shalini Bhutani, Diverse Women for Diversity
4. CBD, FAO, and TRIPs - Tewolde Berhen Gebre Egziabher, Institute for Sustainable Development

1:00-2:00pm Lunch

Lunch will be available; a small donation is requested

Street Theater Music by "Seize the Day"

IV.  2:00-2:30pm KEYNOTE SPEECH:
THE PRIVATIZATION OF LIFE

Ralph Nader, Public Citizen



V.  2:30-3:30: IMPOSING A PATENT SYSTEM
ON THE WORLD

Phil Bereano, CRG, moderator

1. Brazil - David Hathaway, AS-PTA
2. Canada - Michelle Swenarchuk, Canadian Environmental Law Association
3. EU - Christine von Weisacker, Ecoropa
4. India - Shalini Bhutani, Diverse Women for Diversity
5. Ecuador - Elizabeth Bravo, Acción Ecológica (AE)

VI.  3:30-5:00 POST-SEATTLE STRATEGIES

Presentations:

1. Renegotiating TRIPS - Cecilia Oh, TWN
2. Mobilizing the Public - Jonathon King, CRG

Strategy Workshops:

1. Student and Youth Campaigns
2. Campaigning in the U.S.
3. Campaigning in Latin America
4. Campaigning in Africa
5. Campaigning with Indigenous Peoples
6. Campaigning in Asia
7. Campaigning in Europe and Achim Seiler, Ecoropa