MSU/TICA Panel #5 — Katherine Belzowski & Maya Kane

And moderator Neoshia Roemer

MSU/TICA Panel #4 — Breann Nu’uhiwa & Pilar Thomas

With Doreen McPaul.

And Elaine Barr, moderator.

MSU/TICA Panel #3 — Mark Reeves, Brad Stinson, David Smith

Moderator Sarah Donnelly:

MSU/TICA Conference Panel 2 — Brian Pierson, Lori Stinson, Venus Prince

Maurisa Bell, moderator:

MSU/TICA Conference Panel #1 — Lloyd Miller, Jean Black, Jessica Intermill, Phil Tinker

Moderator Paul Mooney:

MSU/TICA Keynote Speaker Paul Spruhan

Register Now for the 2017 Indigenous Law Conference

Information and Presentation Materials are here.

Links: Tentative Agenda, Registration, TICA sponsorship and membership, Artist Asia Tail

TICA CLE: “International Treaties, Agreements, and Instruments which include Traditional Knowledge, Genetic Resources, or Traditional Cultural Expressions” (Feb. 2, 2017)

Here.

The description:

This CLE will provide an overview of select international treaties, agreements and other instruments that have provisions regarding Traditional Knowledge (TK), Genetic Resources (GR), or Traditional Cultural Expressions (TCE). 

Primarily in the past 25 years, many such documents have been negotiated, adopted or approved globally and regionally among various nation states, including the United States.  TK, GR and TCE generally include those of Indigenous Peoples.  Provisions on TK, GR, or TCE are contained in global or multi-national documents addressing, among other subjects: Human Rights, Climate Change, the Environment, Natural Resources, Free Trade, Food, Biological Diversity, Genetics, and Intellectual Property. 

Currently, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), through an Inter-Governmental Committee, is considering a treaty or other instrument on TK, GR, and TCE.  The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office likely will be conducting Listening Sessions with American Indian and Alaska Native Tribes in 2017 on the WIPO TK, GR and TCE instrument negotiations.  This CLE will help tribal governments and their attorneys and advocates prepare for important discussions at the Listening Sessions.

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