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International Conference on Innovation, Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer in Africa’s Pharmaceutical Sector, jointly organized with the RCE-VIHSM.

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Schedule and agenda

The Initiative on Accelerating Vaccine Production for Africa will host the International Conference on Innovation, Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer in Africa’s Pharmaceutical Sector (IIPTTAPS Conference) on 29th & 30th January at Four Point Hotel, Kigali, Rwanda.

08:00 hrs – 09:00 hrs
Registration and Coffee                                                                                                                                  

09:00 hrs – 09:45 hrs
Opening Keynote Addresses                                                                                                                          

09:45 hrs – 10:45 hrs| Session One
Taking Stock of Innovation in Africa’s Vaccine Sector : Three Years and Counting

10:45 hrs – 11:15 hrs 
Coffee and Health Break

11:15 hrs – 12:15 hrs | Session Two
Private Sector Innovation in Africa: New Partnerships, New Horizons

12:15 hrs – 13:15 hrs | Session Three
Technology Gaps in Public Sector R&D in Africa: Taking Stock of Current Challenges

13:15 hrs – 14:30 hrs | Session Three
Lunch & Keynote Address

14:30 hrs – 15:30 hrs | Session Four
Science, Innovation Pathways, and the Regulation of Intellectual Property Rights

15:30 hrs – 15:45 hrs | Session Four
Coffee & Health Break

15:45 hrs – 17:00 hrs | Session Four
Global IPR Trends and the Challenge of Developing Capabilities in Africa: Key Policy Questions

18:00 hrs
Conference Dinner and Networking

09:00 hrs – 10:15 hrs | Session Six
Intellectual Property Rights: Commercialization, Transactions, and Impact

10:15 hrs – 11:15 hrs | Session Seven
Technology Transfer: Do We Need New Incentives?

11:15 hrs – 11:30 hrs
Coffee and Health break

11:30 hrs – 12:45 hrs | Session Eight
Innovative Financing Models for the Development of an Indigenous African Vaccine R&D Ecosystem

12:45 hrs – 14:00 hrs | Session Eight
Lunch & Keynote Address

14:00 hrs – 15:30 hrs | Session Nine
A Development-centred Approach to Africa’s Vaccine Ecosystem: Working Together as International and African Agencies

15:30 hrs- 16:45 hrs | Session Ten
Using Current and New Investments to Promote Sustainable Capacity: Priorities for the Next Decade

16:45 hrs – 17:00 hrs
Coffee & Health Break

17:00 hrs – 18:00 hrs
Closing Plenary

Registration and Coffee

08:00 AM – 09:00 AM

Opening Keynote Addresses

09:00 AM – 09:45 AM

Session One: Taking Stock of Innovation in Africa’s Vaccine Sector

09:45 AM – 10:45 AM

Coffee and Health Break

10:45 AM – 11:15 AM

Day 2 Jan 30 2024

Session Six

Intellectual Property Rights: Commercialization, Transactions, and Impact

Session Seven

Technology Transfer: Do We Need New Incentives?

Coffee and Health break

Session Eight

Innovative Financing Models for the Development of an Indigenous African Vaccine R&D Ecosystem