TECHNIS is pleased to invite you to a free webinar. TECHNIS webinars focus on IP and innovation examining recent legal, economic, managerial, ethical and policy issues related to technological innovation. Our approach is interdisciplinary and presentations are given by experts in different fields such as economics, law, management, STS, sociology, anthropology and philosophy. Webinar presentations last for 20min and are followed by a 40min discussion.

Please join us for a webinar on Tuesday the 30th of May 2023 at 15:00 London time i.e. 16:00 Brussels time, 17:00 Athens time. The speaker is Margo A. Bagley, Emory University. The title of the talk is “Benefit‐sharing and the new multilateral mechanism for Digital Sequence Information: Avoiding past as prologue".

This webinar is free and open to all. The moderator is Dr. Andreas Panagopoulos. Join Zoom

https://uoc-gr.zoom.us/j/96479541729?pwd=YW1BbklkdGlLNFpyaHRMaXBFZjcwZz09
Meeting ID: 964 7954 1729
Passcode: 123123

NOTE: To participate please contact Andreas Panagopoulos at least an hour prior to the webinar.

Abstract: The Biodiversity COP established a multilateral mechanism to share benefits from digital sequence information, the details of which will be negotiated over the next two years. As multiple UN fora develop new benefit‐sharing systems, now is a critical time for a new, radically simpler concept.