Agenda

• < backIndustrial Observatory of the Automotive Equipment and Component Manufacturing Sector
• Conference: PATENTS IN THE AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR
• July 2nd 2009 ::: Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade - Madrid

Organised by: FEDIT Automotive Workgroup

Conference Aims:

• To disseminate the results of studies carried out by the Automotive Workgroup in 2008.
• To verify and discuss the conclusions and proposals with all the agents involved.
• To bring about common cooperative actions between businesses, industrial property agents, universities, technological centres, Spanish Patents Office, etc.

Target Audience:

• Managing Directors and Heads of R+D.
• Business associations and automotive clusters.
• Universities and Technological Centres.
• Industrial property agents.
• Government technical staff and decision.

• Trades Unions.

PROGRAMME
9:45 Reception of delegates.

10:00 Presentation of the Industrial Observatory of the Automotive Equipment and Component Manufacturing Association.

10:15   Studies carried out for the Observatory by Technological Centres in 2009

10:45 Services of the Spanish Patents Office that can be used by the automotive sector/Project IPaware
Javier Vera Roa, Mariano Nieto
Head of Applied Mechanics Patents
Spanish Patents Office

11:15 Coffee break

11:45 Positioning of the European automotive sector as regards patent activity.
José Alconchel y Ungria.
Director Vehicles and General Technology
European Patent Office

12:20 Round Table  "The transfer of knowledge to patents in the Automotive sector"
 Industrial Property Agents, Businesses, Technological Centres, Universities.
Lara Grant- Ficosa
Santiago Jorda- Curell Suñol
Domingo Represa- CSIC
Oscar Carbó- UPC
Diego Lafuente- Fedit
 
13:30 Debate- Suggestions.

14:00 Spanish Wine

Venue: ROOM F
Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade
Pº de la Castellana, 160
28071 Madrid

Registrations:
On this website, by completing the following registration form.
By E-mail a: rgarcia@tekniker.es
By Tel: 943 206744 - Ane Tellería

Note: Enter your DNI/Passport Nº in the box where it says CIF, as this is required to gain access to the Ministry.
Technological Centres making up the Observatory Workgroup
Fundación CIDAUT - IBV (Valencia Biomedical Institute) - IAT - ROBOTIKER-TECNALIA - TEKNIKER-IK4