Date:    19 June 2007

Time:    13:00 – 14:45

Venue:  World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Headquarters, Room B, Geneva

You are cordially invited to a South Centre Panel Discussion as a side event to the Second Special Session of the Standing Committee on Copyrights and Related Rights (SCCR) of the WIPO.

The objective of the panel will be to discuss and assess the potential impact of the proposed treaty on developing countries, particularly on their ability to promote access to education, information, culture and knowledge.

13:00 - 13:15:   Registration and sandwich lunch

13:15 - 13:20:   Opening and welcome remarks by the Chair

13:20 - 13:45:   A Development Analysis of the Proposed Treaty on the Protection of Broadcasting and

                       Cablecasting Organizations, Viviana Munoz Tellez, Programme Officer, Innovation and Access

                       to Knowledge Programme – South Centre

13:45 - 13:55:   Limitations and Exceptions in the Digital Age, Dyebo Shabalala, Director, Intellectual Property

                       and Sustainable Development Project, Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)

13:55 - 14:05:   Technological Protection Measures and Technology Mandates, Gwen Hinze, International Affairs

                       Director, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)

14:05 - 14:45:   Panel discussion