Program
Video recordings:
November 5, 2021
Welcome Remarks + Keynote speech: https://vimeo.com/643908831/4ad2373b29
1st Panel: https://vimeo.com/643909032/aba89ec6b5
2nd Panel: https://vimeo.com/643908292/ad2934d281
November 6, 2021
Keynote speech: https://vimeo.com/643908938/a562d18893
3rd Panel: https://vimeo.com/643908418/99f99efd1f
4th Panel: https://vimeo.com/643908552/c5da6f78ad
5th Panel: https://vimeo.com/643908698/08d129c581
November 5, 2021 (Friday)
Welcome Remarks
8:00 – 8:15am, DC Time
(8:00 – 8:15pm, HK Time)
Moderator: Madhavi Sunder, Professor of Law and Associate Dean for International and Graduate Programs, Georgetown University Law Center
William Treanor, Dean, Executive Vice President and Paul Regis Dean Leadership Chair, Georgetown University Law Center
Hualing Fu, Dean and Warren Chan Professor in Human Rights and Responsibilities, University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law
Keynote Speech The COVID-19 Pandemic: What Role for the World Intellectual Property Organization?
8:15 – 8:55am, DC Time
(8:15 – 8:55pm, HK Time)
Moderator: Madhavi Sunder, Professor of Law and Associate Dean for International and Graduate Programs, Georgetown University Law Center
40 mins
Edward Kwakwa, Assistant Director General, Global Challenges and Partnerships Sector, World Intellectual Property Organization
Panel 1 Expanding Access to COVID-19 Vaccines
8:55 – 10:25am, DC Time
(8:55 – 10:25pm, HK Time)
Moderator: Anupam Chander, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
15 mins
Legal Levers for Technology Transfer of mRNA Vaccines
Amy Kapczynski, Professor of Law and Faculty Director, Global Health Justice Partnership, Yale Law School
15 mins
Legal Paradigms and the Politics of Global COVID-19 Vaccine Access
Matthew Kavanagh, Assistant Professor of Global Health and Director, Global Health Policy & Politics Initiative, O'Neill Institute, Georgetown University
15 mins
Vaccine Manufacturing, Know-How, and IP Policy
Nicholson Price, Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School
15 mins
International mRNA Vaccine Manufacturing Hubs
Arti Rai, Elvin R. Latty Professor of Law, Duke University School of Law
30 mins
Q&A
10:25 – 10:45am, DC Time
(10:25 – 10:45pm, HK Time)
Break (20 mins)
Panel 2 Mobilizing More Resources to Protect Public Health
10:45am – 12:15pm, DC Time
(10:45pm – 12:15am, HK Time)
Moderator: Haochen Sun, Associate Professor of Law, University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law
15 mins
A Plan to Vaccinate the World in 6 Months
Lawrence Gostin, University Professor and Faculty Director, O’Neill Institute for National & Global Health Law, Georgetown University Law Center
15 mins
Decolonizing the Digital Economy: Innovation Models, Financing, and Law
Olufunmilayo Arewa, Murray H. Shusterman Professor of Transactional and Business Law, Temple University Beasley School of Law
15 mins
Governing the ACT-Accelerator: Current Challenges to Access and Innovation, and Opportunities for Change
Calvin Ho, Associate Professor of Law and Co-Director, Centre for Medical Ethics and Law, University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law
15 mins
Tacit Knowledge Transfer and the Patent Bargain
Peter Lee, Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law, University of California, Davis, School of Law
30 mins
Q&A