More downloads, news and resources available at www.ipbio.org Intellectual Property and the Biosciences, Symposium and Summer School, University of Leeds (7-8 July, 2010) About the Symposium Questions about the role of intellectual property (IP) in the biological sciences are high on the agenda, across a range of academic disciplines as well as in business and in government. Thanks to funding from the White Rose consortium, staff and students at Leeds, Sheffield and York came together for discussion of the issues in the company of leading national and international experts at a two-day meeting held in Leeds on 7-8 July. Combining a day-long symposium and a half-day summer school, the meeting marked the culmination of the White Rose IPBio Project. The project members are, from Leeds, Professors Gregory Radick (History and Philosophy of Science) and Graham Dutfield (Law); from Sheffield, Professors Aurora Plomer and Margaret Llewellyn, both in the Sheffield Institute for Biotechnological Law and Ethics; and from York, Professors Tom Baldwin (Philosophy) and Andrew Webster (Sociology). Invited talks at the symposium were given by Professor Robert Cook-Deegan (Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke), Professor Daniel Kevles (History, Yale), Dr Bronwyn Parry (Geography, Queen Mary, London), Dr Jane Calvert (Innogen, Edinburgh), Professor Plomer, Mr Antony Taubman (Head of the IP Division, World Trade Organization, Geneva), Lady Lisa Markham (Harrison Goddard Foote …
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More downloads, news and resources available at www.ipbio.org Intellectual Property and the Biosciences, Symposium and Summer School, University of Leeds (7-8 July, 2010) About the Symposium Questions about the role of intellectual property (IP) in the biological sciences are high on the agenda, across a range of academic disciplines as well as in business and in government. Thanks to funding from the White Rose consortium, staff and students at Leeds, Sheffield and York came together for discussion of the issues in the company of leading national and international experts at a two-day meeting held in Leeds on 7-8 July. Combining a day-long symposium and a half-day summer school, the meeting marked the culmination of the White Rose IPBio Project. The project members are, from Leeds, Professors Gregory Radick (History and Philosophy of Science) and Graham Dutfield (Law); from Sheffield, Professors Aurora Plomer and Margaret Llewellyn, both in the Sheffield Institute for Biotechnological Law and Ethics; and from York, Professors Tom Baldwin (Philosophy) and Andrew Webster (Sociology). Invited talks at the symposium were given by Professor Robert Cook-Deegan (Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke), Professor Daniel Kevles (History, Yale), Dr Bronwyn Parry (Geography, Queen Mary, London), Dr Jane Calvert (Innogen, Edinburgh), Professor Plomer, Mr Antony Taubman (Head of the IP Division, World Trade Organization, Geneva), Lady Lisa Markham (Harrison Goddard Foote …
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