NO PATENTS ON LIFE: A WORKSHOP ABOUT
THE TRIPS AGREEMENT
Wednesday, December 1st
Plymouth Congregational Church
12176 6th Ave., Seattle WA 98101
Sponsored by:
The Council for Responsible Genetics (CRG)
5 Upland Rd., #3, Cambridge, MA 02140
http://www.gene-watch.org/
The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP)
2105 1st Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55404
http://www.iatp.org/
The Third World Network (TWN)
28 Macalister Rd., 10400 Penang, Malaysia
http://www.southside.org.sg/souths/twn/twn.htm
Tebtebba Foundation
P.O. Box 1993, 2600 Baguio City, Philippines
Washington Biotechnology Action Council (WashBAC)
waal@waal.seanet.com
http://students.washington.edu/radin/
AGENDA
(Some of the speakers are subject to final confirmation)
8:50am: Street Theater welcome
9:00-9:15am: Opening
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
A. What's a patent? Who was Chakrabarty? - Maggie Chon, Seattle
University
B. History of plant patenting - Doreen Stabinsky, CRG
C. Farmers' Rights: the International Undertaking - Kristin
Dawkins, IATP
D. Indigenous Peoples' Rights: - Tom Goldtooth, Indigenous
Environmental Network
E. TRIPs negotiations: The story of the Uruguay Round - Carlos
Correa, Argentina
F. 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
A. Biopiracy: Raping and Pillaging the South - Vandana Shiva,
The Research Foundation for Science, Technology, and Ecology
B. Impact on Farmers - Michael Sligh, Rural Advancement
Foundation International (RAFI)
C. The flawed ethics of human genetics research - Debra Harry,
Indigenous Peoples' Council on Biocolonialism (IPCB)
D. How patents stifle scientific research - Kim Wilson, CRG
E. 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
A. Community Rights - Vicky Tauli-Corpuz, Tebtebba Foundation
B. ILO 169: Rights of Indigenous Peoples - Tony Gonzalez
C. Geographical Indications: The Case of Basmati Rice - Shalini
Bhutani, Diverse Women for Diversity
D. 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
A. Brazil - David Hathaway, AS-PTA
B. Canada - Michelle Swenarchuk, Canadian Environmental Law
Association
C. EU - Christine von Weisacker, Ecoropa
D. India - Shalini Bhutani, Diverse Women for Diversity
E. Ecuador - Elizabeth Bravo, Acción Ecológica (AE)
VI. 3:30-5:00 POST-SEATTLE STRATEGIES
Presentations:
A. Renegotiating TRIPS - Cecilia Oh, TWN
B. Mobilizing the Public - Jonathon King, CRG
Strategy Workshops:
A. Student and Youth Campaigns
B. Campaigning in the U.S.
C. Campaigning in Latin America
D. Campaigning in Africa
E. Campaigning with Indigenous Peoples
F. Campaigning in Asia
G. Campaigning in Europe and Achim Seiler, Ecoropa