Consumers' Forum has been invited and participated as expert to the workshop "Due Diligence in Supply Chains: How Can Responsible Supply Chain Management Improve The Respect for Intellectual Property?" organised by the Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW) and the Joint Research Centre (DG JRC) of the European Commission.
5 June 2015, 09:30-17:00 - Le Berlaymont - Room Schuman - Rue de la Loi 200, 1000 Ville de Bruxelles
AGENDA
09:30 Registration and coffee
10:00 Welcome introduction and adoption of the agenda
Tbc, European Commission (DG GROW)
10:15 Presentation of the initiative on due diligence in supply chains
Stéphanie Martin, Policy officer, European Commission (DG GROW)
10:45 Panel 1 – Responsible supply chain management and compliance management systems: a new standard for IP protection?
Craig Ross, Chief operating Officer, CREATe
Donal O'Connell, Managing Director, Chawton Innovation Services Limited
Stefan Crets, Executive Director, CSR Europe
Sheng Ou Yong, CSR Analyst and expert on Fair Business Practices, Ecovadis
Drewin Nieuwenhuis, Secretary General, International Confederation of inspection and certification
Moderator: Jean Bergevin, Head of Unit, European Commission (DG GROW)
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12:15 Lunch Break
13:45 Panel 2 – IP and responsible supply chain management: potential
incentives, tools and results (Part I)
Raluca Radu, Principal Legal Counsel, Fairphone
Stéphanie LE BERRE, Legal and Social Affairs Manager, EURATEX
Jose Alcocer, CEO, Root value
Dr Pr. Nieuwenkamp, Chair, Working Party on Responsible Business
Conduct of the OECD (videoconference)
Moderator: Stéphanie Martin, Policy officer, European Commission
(DG GROW)
15: 15 Panel 3 – IP and responsible supply chain management: potential
incentives, tools and results (Part II)
Pr. Joerg Hofstetter, President, International Forum on Sustainable
Value Chain
Pr. René de Quenaudon, Private Law Professor, University of
Strasbourg
Florian Maciuca, Manager, Governance & Assurance Services, KPMG
Daniel W. Shim, Senior legal counsel & Director of EU IP Affairs,
Samsung
Moderator: Gianmarco Baldini, Policy officer, European Commission
(DG RTD)
16.30 Discussion and adjustments to the draft questionnaire
17.00 End of the workshop
