Conference on "ICT-IPR Trends and Challenges in Globalised World" Thursday, 21st April, 2011 Time: 9:30 am to 5:30 pm Venue: Jacaranda Hall, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi Organisers: Department of Information Technology (DIT), Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). Electronics and Information technology has emerged as an enabler for innovations in virtually all fields of technology. Technology changes are taking place rapidly, creating more avenues for business. The commercial stakes are very high which can be gauged from the fact that between 10-15% of patenting activities in the world are related to this field. Being a specialized and rapidly evolving field, handling IPR issues requires specialized knowledge. The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), a premier institute under the patronage of the Department of Information Technology (DIT), Ministry of Communications & Information Technology (MC&IT), Government of India along with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is organizing a one day conference on “ICT-IPR Trends and Challenges in Globalised World” at New Delhi. The main objective of the conference is to discuss issues and methodologies so that the Indian ICT community especially SME’s and Researchers get updated, so as to meet the challenges of the present innovation based global economic ecosystem. The conference also aims to build greater awareness and develop insights into the complex mechanism of creation, ownership and protection of Intellectual Property (IP). Who should attend: Academicians, Researchers, IPR Professionals, SME’s, Start-Ups and Executives involved in IP creation, Management, Technology Transfer & Licensing issues in ICT domain. SESSION 1: Role of IPR in the digital economy : A global perspective This session will focus on role of IPR, especially patents in promoting innovation, issues, trends, laws and their profound implications on innovation. SESSION 2: Technical Session: Strategies for Protection of Incremental Innovations and Patentability of Software : Challenges for ICT industry This session will focus on Patents for incremental innovations, which are typical of the software industry. The session will also attempt to answer a plethora of questions in respect of computer program related inventions. SESSION 3: Panel discussion: The ICT Sector Today and Tomorrow: Changing Paradigms, Disruptive Technologies and Challenging Business Models, The Intellectual Property Dimension & Public Policy Direction Online Registration: http://203.199.132.51/ict-ipr.cdac.in/IPRConference_registrationForm.html Further Details: http://ict-ipr.cdac.in/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr. Anup Kumar Das Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://anupkumardas.blogspot.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.