Is your company up-to-date with worldwide regulations for plant variety protection and how to exercise your rights?

Register today for the Ghent Workshop on IP for Plants to certify your knowledge with guidance from experts on IP in horticulture.

The CIOPORA Academy will hold its sixth workshop on April 23 on the fringes of the CIOPORA AGM 2018. This 1-day, small-group educational event will offer 5 'Modules' on today's important topics relating to intellectual property in horticulture. Each participant will receive an individualized handbook with the event presentations for future reference.

The Modules are as follows:

• Module 1: "UPOV PRISMA PBR Application Tool: The Basics" (Benjamin Revoire, Senior Program Officer, UPOV)

• Module 2: "UPOV PRISMA PBR Application Tool: How to Make and Copy Applications" (Benjamin Revoire, Senior Program Officer, UPOV)
  

• Module 3: "How to work with the Nagoya Protocol: Practical Guidance" (Philippe de Jong, ALTIUS)

• Module 4: "Basics of Drafting Licensing Contracts for PBR" (Ernst Jan Louwers, Louwers IP|Technology Advocaten)

• Module 5: "IP Protection for Plant Varieties in Italy, Including Enforcement" (Nicola Novaro, Law Firm Novaro)

Seats are limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, visit: http://www.ciopora-academy.org/ghent-workshop-on-ip-for-plants/