WIPO

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Editor, Head, Composite Indicator Research Section, Department for Economics and Data Analytics, IP and Innovation Ecosystems Sector (IES), WIPO

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Mr. Aleman, studied law at the Javeriana\r\nUniversity (J.D., 1991) where he also obtained a Corporate Law Certificate\r\n(L.L.M., 1996). He then obtained a Diploma in Advanced Studies (DEA) in\r\nResearch at the Alcala University (Spain, 2006), and a Ph.D. in Law (2011, Cum\r\nLaude).

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Mr. Aleman\r\npracticed as an IP Attorney from 1991 to 1995. He was then appointed Head of\r\nthe Colombian Industrial Property Office, from 1995 to 1998, and was invited as\r\na Fellow Visiting Researcher at the Max Planck Institute in Munich, Germany in\r\n1998. He joined WIPO in 1999 as Senior Program Officer, Office of Cooperation\r\nfor Development for Latin America and the Caribbean (from 1999 to 2006). He was\r\nthen appointed Deputy Director in the Division for Public Policy and\r\nDevelopment (from 2006 to 2009), Deputy Director of the Patent Law Division\r\n(from 2009 to 2013), and went on to be Director of the Patent Law Division. He\r\ncurrently holds the position of Assistant Director General, leading the IP and\r\nInnovation Ecosystems Sector (IES).

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Mr. Aleman is responsible for\r\nhelping Member States develop their IP and innovation ecosystems to drive\r\neconomic growth. He is also responsible for providing support for researchers,\r\ninnovators, and enterprises, including SMEs. Other key focus areas include IP\r\ncommercialization for business growth; emergence of IP as an asset class;\r\ndevelopment of advisory expertise on national IP strategies; economic analysis\r\non the role IP plays in promoting innovation and creativity; strengthening ADR\r\nand the services provided by the Arbitration and Mediation Center; and\r\nproviding technical assistance to the judiciary, as well as services related to\r\nthe legal databases.

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Chief Economist, Department for Economics and Data Analytics, IP and Innovation Ecosystems Sector, WIPO, Geneva.

Carsten Fink is the Chief Economist of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) based in Geneva. Before joining WIPO, he was Professor of International Economics at the University of St.Gallen. He also held the positions of Visiting Professor at the Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques (Sciences Po) in Paris and Visiting Senior Fellow at the Groupe d’Economie Mondiale, a research institute at Sciences Po.

Prior to his academic appointments, Mr. Fink worked for more than 10 years at the World Bank. Among other positions, he was a Senior Economist in the International Trade Team of the World Bank Institute, working out of the World Bank’s office in Geneva and an Economist in the Trade Division of the World Bank’s research department, based in Washington, DC.

Mr. Fink’s research work – focused on intellectual property, innovation, and international trade – has been published in academic journals and books. He holds a doctorate degree in economics from the University of Heidelberg in Germany and a Master of Science degree in economics from the University of Oregon in the United States.

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Program Officer, Composite Indicator Research Section, Department for Economics and Data Analytics

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Minister for Science and Technology, China

H.E. Mr. Wang Zhigang is Minister and Secretary of Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China. He studied management science and engineering in Tsinghua University, School of Economics and Management, and obtained a Doctor of Management degree. As a senior engineer, he has long been engaged in scientific research and research management in electronic information systems, software and simulation, reliability and systems engineering. Having held key positions in research institutes and large state-owned enterprises, Minister Wang is not only familiar with scientific research and technology management, but also economics and business management. He has taken the lead and participated in a number of key tasks in his capacity as Vice Chair of the National Leading Group for Reforming the Science and Technology Management System and Building a National Innovation System, and Head of the Leading Group’s Office.

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Professor Soumitra Dutta is the dean of Saïd Business School\r\nat the University of Oxford. He was previously the Founding Dean, at the SC\r\nJohnson College of Business at Cornell University in New York. He is the\r\nco-founder and President of Portulans ICo-editor of the GII and Dean, Saïd\r\nBusiness School, University of Oxford, United Kingdom (U.K.)nstitute, a\r\nnon-profit non-partisan think tank based in Washington D.C. He is/has been on\r\nthe board of global firms including Sodexo, Dassault Systemes and ZS Associates.\r\nHe is currently the Chair of the Board of the Global Business School Network\r\nand is on the advisory boards of several business schools including HEC\r\nMontreal and ESADE (Spain).

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Minister for Science, Technology and Innovations, Brazil

H.E. Mr. Paulo Alvim is currently the Minister at the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovations. He is a Civil Engineer, graduated from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, and holds a Master in Information Science, from the University of Brasilia. He was, from 2019 to 2022, the National Secretary for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovations (MCTI). From 2002 to 2019, he was an Analyst at Sebrae Nacional, where he held many positions, including as a representative of Sebrae in national and international Councils and Forums. Since 1989, Mr. Alvim has held positions related to Science and Technology in the Federal and State Government.

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Minister for Law and Human Rights, Indonesia

Professor Yasonna Hamongan Laoly, SH, M.Sc., Ph.D. is the Minister of Law and Human Rights (Menkumham) who was elected the second time in the cabinet of President Jokowi. As a native of Nias ethnicity for the first time being elected as a minister, Mr. Laoly was assigned by Jokowi to oversee the omnibus law process. He was a member of the North Sumatra regional legislature from 1999 to 2003, and of the People's Consultative Assembly from 2004 to 2014. He is the first ethnic Nias to hold a cabinet position. After graduation, he worked as lawyer and later joined HKBP Nommensen University as lecturer in its newly established Faculty of Law. From that position, he earned a scholarship to study law abroad, first at Virginia Commonwealth University and later for his doctorate at North Carolina State University. Following the fall of Suharto in 1998, Mr. Laoly turned to politics, first as a member of North Sumatra Provincial Assembly and later of the People's Representative Council representing the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle. Following the 2014 election of fellow PDI-P member Joko Widodo as president, Mr. Laoly was selected as a member of Widodo's Working Cabinet.

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Secretary of Commerce, Department of Commerce, United States of America (U.S.)
H.E. Ms. Gina M. Raimondo serves as the 40th U.S. Secretary of Commerce, and was sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris on March 3, 2021. As Secretary of Commerce, she is focused on a simple but vital mission — to spur good-paying jobs, empower entrepreneurs to innovate and grow, and help American workers and businesses compete. Secretary Raimondo was formerly the 75th Governor of Rhode Island and its first woman governor. Her family history and her childhood experiences shaped her core beliefs in hard work, opportunity for all, and the importance of financial security. Secretary Raimondo graduated with honors from Harvard, where she was recognized as the top economics student in her class. She later graduated from Yale Law School. Secretary Raimondo clerked for US District Judge Kimba Wood and served as founding employee and senior vice president at Village Ventures.

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Chief Economist, U.S. Census Bureau
Ms. Lucia Foster is the Chief Economist of the U.S. Census Bureau and Chief of the Center for Economic Studies (CES). Dr. Foster leads the economic and demographic groups within CES partnering with stakeholders within and outside the Census Bureau to improve measures of the economy and people of the U.S. through research and the development of innovative data products. Dr. Foster uses Census Bureau micro data to conduct research on productivity and reallocation, management practices, and business technology adoption. She has a B.A. in Economics from Georgetown University and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Maryland.

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Mr. Fan Zhiyong (“Alan”) is the Vice President for Intellectual Property at Huawei Technologies, Co., Ltd.

Mr. Fan oversees the company’s global IP operations, including IP portfolio management, licensing, transaction anddispute resolution, run by a team of over 400 IP professionals. Huawei is a leading global ICT company with more than 100,000 active patents worldwide. Mr. Fan joined Huawei in 1999. Before joining the IPR department in 2005, he worked in R&D and Marketing departments. Mr. Fan holds the bachelor’s degree of Communication Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

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Assistant Professor, Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

Ms. Boghossian is a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor at the Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering (ISIC) of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). She received her Bachelor of Science in Engineering (B.S.E.) degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan in 2007. In 2012, she graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering and continued her research as a postdoctoral fellow at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Her research lab at EPFL focuses on engineering artificial and biological materials for applications in energy generation, biomedical diagnostics, and the food industries.

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Board Member, Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) and Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, DuPont

Ms. Jessica Sinnott is a Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Chief IP Counsel at DuPont based in Wilmington, Delaware. Prior to joining DuPont, Ms. Sinnott held the position of Senior Patent Attorney, Mobil Business Resources Corporation, 1989-1999. Chair of the DuPont Continuing Legal Education in 2002; speaker at the Joint Patent Practice Continuing Legal Education on “Data Exclusivity (US and Foreign Availability)” including a published article on the same topic 2006; panel member on joint development agreements at the Minority Corporate Counsel Association conference in 2007; and panel member on “Journeys To Success” Eighth Annual Conference On Women and the Practice of Law for DuPont 2007, IPO Board, ACPC member. She is a former Co-Author, Sinnott, World Patent Law and Practice; Baxter, World Patent Law and Practice (pubs) 1987 –Present; and European Patent Practice, 2015-2018..

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Director, Regional Integration and Trade Division, UN Economic Commission for Africa

Dr. Stephen Karingi is currently the Director, Regional Integration and Trade Division of the Economic Commission for Africa. Before joining the United Nations, Dr. Karingi was a Senior Analyst and the Head of Macroeconomics Division in the Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA). Before KIPPRA he served as a Lecturer of Economics at Egerton University. Dr. Karingi was a recipient of the then Zolt-Gilburne Visiting Fellowship of the International Tax Programme of the Harvard Law School in 2001 and the winner of the 2013 Alan A. Powell Award in recognition of his contribution to Global Economic Analysis issues from an African perspective. Dr. Karingi served as a member of the High-Level Board of Experts on the Future of Global Trade Governance. He is presently serving in the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Trade and Industrial Development Advisory Council; and also, a member of the High-Level Group on Trade in the context of EU-Africa relations. He is in the Editorial Board of the Journal of African Trade.

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President and CEO, Softtek and GII Advisory Board

Ms. Blanca Treviño is President and CEO of Softtek, a global company dedicated to digital solutions, and the largest with origins in Latin America. Softtek helps its clients uncover opportunities, build technological capabilities, and optimize their performance through data, automation and artificial intelligence. She serves as Vice President of the Mexican Business Council,and is a member of the MIT School of Engineering Advisory Council, board member of Walmart Mexico, the Americas Society and Council of the Americas, the Ibero-American Council for Productivity and Competitiveness, Grupo Lala, The Mexican Stock Exchange, as well as diverse universities, including her alma mater, Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM).

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CEO, Newlab

Mr. Shaun Stewart is the CEO of Newlab, a community of over eight hundred experts and innovators applying transformative technology to solve the world’s biggest challenges. Their membership and studios bring together entrepreneurs, engineers, inventors, and industry leaders to create sustainable solutions and enterprises. They employ technologies, including robotics, A.I., and material science, to transform what matters most – health, environment, media, cities, and infrastructure. Previously, he was the Chief Business Officer at Waymo, Alphabet's autonomous vehicle company based out of Google X in Mountain View. He joined Waymo after 14 years in the travel industry including work at Airbnb, Jetsetter and Expedia.

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Adjunct Professor of International Economics, Economics Department, LUISS Guido Carli University

Ms. Cecilia Jona-Lasinio is Professor of International economics at LUISS Guido Carli, University in Rome, Senior Researcher at the Econometric Forecasting Division at the Italian Statistical Institute (ISTAT), Senior Consultant for the OECD Economic Department and the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance. She authored many publications on ICT, intangibles, digital innovation, productivity growth and macro-econometric modelling. She has been involved in several EU FP6, FP7 and H2020 research projects and consultancies for government agencies and international organizations. She has been awarded with the Indigo Prize – Letter One Foundation (United Kingdom) – First winners joint with J.Haskel, C.Corrado, K.Fox, P.Goodridge, D. Sichel and S.Westlake, in October 2017.

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Chairwoman, Jumia Nigeria and Group Chief Sustainability Officer

Ms. Anammah joined Jumia in 2015 as Chief Executive Officer of Jumia Nigeria. Juliet has over 28 years of professional experience covering consulting, consumer goods, sales and marketing and e-commerce and has served on several boards in a non-executive capacity. She serves on the Board of CGAP, a nonprofit agency funded by IFC/ World Bank and other DFIs and focused on improving financial inclusion in the developing world. In 2018, she became a member of the Nigerian Industrial Council - a group of private and public sector professionals appointed by the President of Nigeria to define policies supporting Industrial development of the country. She began her career in Sanofi Aventis, and held various roles in sales, marketing, and product management between 1991 and 1999. She joined Accenture in 1999 rising to be the Partner / Managing Director overseeing Accenture's Manufacturing and Consumer Goods Practice covering West Africa. Ms. Anammah has a Bachelor of Pharmacy Degree, an MBA in Finance from ESUT, Nigeria, and is an alumnus of Wharton Advanced Management Program.

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Chair, German Ethics Council, and Professor, Technical University of Munich

Ms. Alena Buyx has held different positions, such as the Director of the Institute of History and Ethics of Medicine and Professor of Ethics of Medicine and Health Technologies at the Technical University of Munich (since September 2018); Professor of Biomedical Ethics and Head of the Department of Biomedical Ethics at the Institute of Experimental Medicine at the University of Kiel (since 2014); Senior Research Fellow at the School of Public Policy at the University College of London (2012–2015); Head of the DFG-Emmy Noether Research Group “Bioethics and Political Philosophy” at the University of Münster (2012–2014); Habilitation and venia legendi in Ethics, History and Theory of Medicine at the University of Münster (2013); Assistant Director of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics in London (2009–2012); Visiting Scholar of the Harvard University Programme in Ethics and Health at the Harvard Medical School (2008–2009); Assistant Professor at the Institute for Ethics, History and Philosophy of Medicine at the University of Münster (2006–2008); Medical Licensure, Medical Docor; Magistra Artium in Philosophy and Sociology (2005).

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