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Biography |
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Meghana Sharafudeen is Associate Program Officer, Global Health and Climate Change, at the Global Challenges Division at WIPO. She works on WIPO Re:Search, WIPO’s platform for sharing innovation in the fight against neglected tropical diseases, TB and malaria, as well as WIPO GREEN, the WIPO platform for facilitating green tech transfer through creating a networked marketplace for sustainable technologies.
With a degrees in policy sciences and international trade law, she has previously worked at the World Health Organization on the WHO agenda on incentivizing finance and coordination of R&D for neglected diseases and antimicrobial resistance. She has experience in global policy, project management, advocacy and communications and has worked for both the private and public sectors, particularly in the area of innovation and access issues.
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Abstract |
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Leveraging IP for Technology Transfer: Lessons learned from WIPO Re:Search and WIPO GREEN |
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This presentation will focus on the practical aspects of leveraging intellectual property for technology transfer in the fields of health and climate change.
The discussion will take place through the lens of lessons learned through two multi-stakeholder platforms administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the United Nations specialized agency for IP:
1. WIPO Re:Search - a consortium to share innovation in the fight against neglected diseases, tuberculosis and malaria
2. WIPO GREEN - a marketplace for sustainable technologies, oriented towards creating a facilitative environment for transfer of green technologies
Both platforms seek to engage multiple stakeholders, each of whom plays a critical role in the tech transfer value chain, and to leverage IP and related assets in the broadest sense in order to accomplish key development goals. This process involves understanding and managing the different interests, perspectives and goals at play and ensuring that all participants benefit while contributing fruitfully to the innovation process.
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