As for past editions, the Sixth IPIRA Conference will be organized by a group of distinguished officials and academics. The Organizers are supported by a Scientific Committee of academics serving in institutions in Asia and beyond. The IPIRA Network is very grateful to these distinguished colleagues for their support and their role in the organization of the IPIRA Conference.
Scientific Organizers:
Sherif Saadallah, WIPO Academy, World Intellectual Property Organization
Anthony Taubman, Intellectual Property, Government Procurement and Competition Division, World Trade Organization
Dao Ngoc Tien, Foreign Trade University
Ida Madieha Abdul Ghani Azmi, Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws, International Islamic University Malaysia
Irene Calboli, Texas A&M University School of Law; Royal University of Law & Economics
Martha Chikowore, WIPO Academy, World Intellectual Property Organization
Vu Hoang Nam, Foreign Trade University
Le Thi Thu Ha, Foreign Trade University
Agus Sardjono, Faculty of Law, Universitas Indonesia
Jacques de Werra, Digital Law Center and Faculty of Law, University of Geneva
Scientific Committee (in alphabetical order):
Sheikha Al Akhzami, Sultan Qaboos University (Oman)
Miranda Risang Ayu Palar, Faculty of Law, Universitas Padjajaran (Indonesia)
Jeremy de Beer, Centre for Law, Technology and Society, University of Ottawa (Canada)
Sergio Branco, Instituto de Tecnología & Sociedade de Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Alessandro E. Cogo, Faculty of Law, University of Torino (Italy)
Erdenechimeg Dashpuntsag, Faculty of Law, Otgontenger University (Mongolia)
Roberto Garza Barbosa, Law Department, School of Social Science and Government, Tecnologico de Monterrey (Mexico)
Henning Grosse Ruse – Khan, Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law, Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge (United Kingdom)
Federico Ferretti, Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence “Consumers and SMEs in the Digital Single Market,” Department of Sociology and Economic Law, Alma Mater University of Bologna (Italy)
Alison Firth, School of Law, University of Surrey (United Kingdom)
Dev S. Gangjee, Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford (United Kingdom)
Taslima Jahan, Faculty of Industrial Business and Law, United International University (Bangladesh)
Haijun Jin, Intellectual Property Academy and School of Law, Renmin University of China (People’s Republic of China)
Sang Jo Jong, Center for Law & Technology, Seoul National University School of Law (South Korea)
Naazima Kamardeen, Faculty of Law, University of Colombo (Sri Lanka)
Annette Kur, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition (Germany)
Le Thi Thu Ha, FTU Incubation and Innovation Space, Foreign Trade University (Vietnam)
Michael Handler, Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales (Australia)
Nari Lee, Department of Accounting and Commercial Law, Hanken School of Economics (Finland)
Susanna HS Leong, NUS Business School, National University of Singapore (Singapore)
Valeriy N. Lisitsa, Institute of Philosophy and Law & Faculty of Economics, Novosibirsk State University (Russia)
Ma Le, School of International Law, East China University of Political Science and Law (People’s Republic of China)
J. Glynn Lunney, Texas A&M University School of Law (United States of America)
Pamela Machakanja, College of Business, Peace, Leadership and Governance, Africa University (Zimbabwe)
Gregory N. Mandel, Temple University Beasley School of Law (United States of America)
Henny Marlyna, Faculty of Law, Universitas Indonesia (Indonesia)
Althaf Marsoof, Division of Business Law, Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)
Bryan Mercurio, Centre for Comparative and Transnational Law, Faculty of Law, Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong, China)
Caroline Ncube, SARChI Research Chair in IP, Innovation & Development, Department of Commercial Law, Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town (South Africa)
Rostam J. Neuwirth, Department of Global Legal Studies, Faculty of Law, University of Macau (Macau, China)
Ferdinand M. Negre, Commercial Law and IP Department, Ateneo de Manila University School of Law (Philippines)
Sean M. O’Connor, Center for the Protection of IP, George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School (United States of America)
Arzu Oğuz, Research Center of Intellectual and Industrial Rights, Faculty of Law, Ankara University (Turkey)
Justyna Ożegalska-Trybalska, Intellectual Property Chair, Faculty of Law, Jagiellonian University (Poland)
Sovath Phin, Pannasastra University of Cambodia (Cambodia)
Tana Pistorius, Department of Commercial Law, Business School, University of Auckland (New Zealand)
Mespiti Poolsavasdi, Thammasat University Faculty of Law (Thailand)
Jerome H. Reichman, Duke University School of Law (United States of America)
Owais H. Shaikh, Department of Law, Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto University of Law (Pakistan)
Dilip Sharma, ICFAI Law School, Hyderabad (India)
Rudra Sharma, National Law College, Tribhuvan University (Nepal)
Uma Suthersanen, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London (United Kingdom)
Masabumi Suzuki, Law School, Waseda University (Japan)
Benjawan Tangsatapornpan, Thammasat University Faculty of Law (Thailand)
Tatsuhiro Ueno, Law School, Waseda University (Japan)
Maria de Lourdes Vazquez, Department of Law, Universidad de San Andrés (Argentina)
Coenraad Visser, School of Law, University of South Africa (South Africa)
V.C. Vivekanandan, Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh (India)
Jayashree Watal, National Law University, Delhi (India)
Kimberlee Weatherall, University of Sydney Law School (Australia)