Archive for the Workshop on
Innovation in the Life Sciences:
Intellectual Property and Public Investment
for Pharmaceuticals and Agriculture
May 20 and 21, 2004
The Kellogg Center, School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA)
118th Street at Amsterdam Ave., 15th floor
Columbia University in the City of New York
Hosted by the
Program on Science, Technology, and Global Development
The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Co-sponsored by:
The Alliance Program [1] ( New York and Paris )
The Consumer Project on Technology [2] ( Washington , DC )
The biosciences now offer unprecedented opportunities to improve public health, nutritional status and human well-being – and the need for institutional change to deliver on this promise has never been greater. Our goal is to respond to this need with one or more specific policy proposals, including legal reforms affecting patent rights, the funding and governance of public laboratories and universities, and the use of prizes to reward public-domain innovations.
Workshop Agenda and Presentations
Contacts: For logistical questions regarding this workshop, please contact the program coordinator, Ben Cahill (bcahill@ei.columbia.edu). Regarding the agenda itself please contact Profs. Richard Nelson (rrn2@columbia.edu) or William Masters (wmasters@ei.columbia.edu).
[1] The Alliance ( www.alliance-program.org ) is a joint venture between Columbia University and the Ecole Polytechnique, Sciences Po and Université Paris I, to promote policy outreach and facilitate collaborative dialogue across the Atlantic .
[2] The Consumer Project on Technology ( www.cptech.org ) is a non-profit organization that provides technical assistance on intellectual property and innovation policies, with funding from the Rockefeller, Ford, and MacArthur Foundations, the Center for the Public Domain, and the Open Society Institute.