Workshop on Awareness of Plant Variety Protection under the UPOV Convention Held in Vientiane, Lao PDR

Workshop on awareness of plant variety protection under the UPOV Convention was held in Vientiane, Lao PDR.

◆Date and Venue

-Date: Monday, December 7th to Tuesday, December 8th, 2015

-Venue: Vientiane Plaza Hotel (December 7th)
Conference room in Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (December 8th )

◆Attendees
Delegates from Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and Ministry of Science and Technology of Lao PDR

◆Lecturers

• Mr. Peter Button, Vice Secretary-General, UPOV
• Mr. Jun Koide, Technical/Regional Officer, UPOV
• Mr. Carlos Godinho, Vice-President, CPVO
• Dr. Kitisri Sukhapinda, Attorney-Advisor, Office of Policy and International Affairs, USPTO
• Mr. Francois Burgaud, Director, External Relations, GNIS
• Dr. Nguyen Thanh Minh, Director, PVPO, Department of Crop Production, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Viet Nam
• Mr. Katsumi Yamaguchi, Director, PVP Office and Associate Director of IP Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan

◆EAPVPF Office : Japan Association for Techno-innovation in Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries(JATAFF)

◆Relevant materials :

• 01 Agenda
• 02 Participant List
• 03 Opening Address
  • 1 Dr. Bounkhouang Khambounheuang, Vice Minister, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Lao PDR
  • 2 Mr. Peter Button, Vice Secretary-General, UPOV
  • 3 Mr. Katsumi Yamaguchi, Director, PVP Office and Associate Director of IP Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan
• 04 Presentation materials
  • 1 Basic Principles of Plant Variety Protection and Benefits of UPOV membership from P Button
  • 2 Experience of Japan – The Impact of Plant Variety Protection Under the UPOV　Convention from K Yamaguchi
  • 3 Progress in Accession to UPOV for 10 years : Impacts and Challenges for Agricultures in Viet Nam from Nguyen Thanh Minh
  • 4 Plant Variety Development in Lao PDR from V Phommasoulin
  • 5 New Plant Variety Protection System in Lao PDR from M Chanthala
  • 6 Support for Members of UPOV from J Koide
  • 7 Structures and Benefits of the EU Plant Variety Protection System from C Godinho
  • 8 Protection of Plant Related Inventions in the U.S. and Benefits from K Sukhapinda
  • 9 Development of Intellectual Property Challenges at French Level from F Burgaud