WIPO

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Deputy Director General, Patents and\r\nTechnology Sector, World Intellectual Property Organization\r\n(WIPO)

\r\nLisa Jorgenson is the Deputy Director General, Patents and\r\nTechnology Sector at the World Intellectual Property\r\nOrganization in Geneva, Switzerland which administers the\r\nPatent Cooperation Treaty. She also manages patent and\r\ntechnology legislative and policy advice and programs relating\r\nto the law of patents. She was previously the Executive Director\r\nat the American Intellectual Property Law Association and the\r\nGroup Vice President, Intellectual Property and Licensing at\r\nSTMicroelectronics. Lisa earned her BS degree in biology from St. Mary’s University in Notre\r\nDame, Indiana, her Master’s degree in Management from Purdue University and her JD from\r\nthe John Marshall Law School.

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Director, Development Agenda Coordination Division, WIPO

Mr. Baloch has been the Director of the Development Agenda Coordination Division (DACD) within the Regional and National Development Sector of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) since 2009. The DACD is responsible for the implementation of the WIPO Development Agenda Recommendations and its mainstreaming across the Organization. It also serves as the Secretariat of the Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP). In addition, the Division deals with activities of the Organization in the areas of South-South and North-South Cooperation, Women and Intellectual Property (IP), as well as IP and Tourism.

Prior to joining the DACD, Mr. Baloch held different positions across the Organization, including in the delivery of technical assistance in the Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific. Before joining WIPO, Mr. Baloch served as a diplomat for his national government for a period of fifteen years.

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