Workshops and Seminars

We run workshops and seminars throughout the year - in Geneva and worldwide - to share knowledge about the use of intellectual property. The presentations and meeting documents are made available for downloading wherever possible.

Current and upcoming

Roundtable on Arts Festivals, Copyright, Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions

WIPO/WEBINAR/GRTKF/2023/1
Virtual

Roundtable on Arts Festivals, Copyright, Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions. As part of the DRIVE – Creative Industries, the driving force of the Pacific – Project on Copyright, Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions for Pacific Countries. The Roundtable will provide a forum for dynamic discussions targeted at the creative industries’ ecosystems. It will serve to build and nurture strategic connections with all the key stakeholders in the region. Open to creators and creative entrepreneurs, including women and youth, government officials, Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IPLCs), creative Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), and other actors related to the creative industries from Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Micronesia (Federated States of), Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.

Project Nexus: A data matching project of PRS for Music

WIPO/WEBINAR/CR/2023/6
Virtual

This webinar will feature “Project Nexus”, a data matching project implemented by the PRS for Music (the UK), a music CMO managing performing rights. The project aims to put the power of data back in the hands of creators, providing accuracy and transparency throughout the royalty chain and ensuring songwriters get the credit they are due.