Events at AA-CA
The AA-CA offers platforms for African nations to critically self-introspect, providing multiple opportunities for benchmarking, knowledge exchange, insight sharing, trendsetting, collaborations and networking. The fora will help to foster dialogue focused at harmonizing efforts and identifying synergistic intersections among countries and key national stakeholders affected by, involved in and mandated to fight against IP infringement and counterfeiting.
The future AA-CA approach will comprise a series of country chapter conferences which culminate into an annual continental All Africa Summit.
This approach involves congregating a wide variety of thought leaders, experts and global players in the IP field in a mix of governments, legislators, regulators, enforcement agencies, business, IP owners, consumers, civil society, related technology innovators from diverse backgrounds.
Still growing respect for IP in Africa
AA-CA, in partnership with CIPC (Companies Intellectual Property Commission of South Africa) will launch the AA-CA series of Pan African IP and Anti-Counterfeiting conferences in Cape Town from 22 – 24 February 2022. The event will proceed in hybrid format with FREE registration for online attendees. CIPC will be conducting law-enforcement training in the mornings (invitation only) while the afternoon AA-CA sessions will be open to all interested parties.
Who should attend:
• Government • Private Sector • Manufacturers & Industry • Consumers • Law Enforcement • Performing Arts
Upcoming events
Speakers
Ms. Amanda Lotheringen
Senior Manager, Copyright and IP Enforcement, CIPC, DTI
Godfrey Budeli
Head of Anti-Counterfeiting | Adams & Adams
R. Yofi Grant
Chief Executive Officer at Ghana Investment Promotion Centre
Gabriel (Gabi) Le Roux
Music Composer / Producer/ Activist
Marisa Borsboom
Lawyer | Women Of Legaltech
H.E. Wamkele Mene
Secretary-General of the AfCFTA
Cláudia Massei
CEO Siemens Oman - WEF Young Global Leader
Dominic Cull
Owner of Ellipsis Regulatory Solutions
Vanessa Ferguson
Partner and head of anti-counterfeiting, Von Seidels
Tes Proos
Founder Crystal Events Africa (CIS, CITP)
Ms Maureen Fondo
Head of Copyright & Related Rights at ARIPO
John McKnight
Patent attorney
Inquiries: registration@aa-ca.org
At the end of this first AA-CA Summit, African states will be empowered to “be vigilant and to adopt more proactive approaches to the counterfeiting scourge, become agile and innovative in harmonizing supporting legislation with technology transformation in the face of the 4th Industrial Revolution, improve to inspire citizens’ engagement to reverse the erosion of respect for copyright laws, rout out the culture of contempt for IP rights in this digital age to induce fast growth and favourable business climates that grow exports and attract investments, leverage ICT innovations to transform African nations from ‘IP lawlessness’ and being a dumping grounds of counterfeit and inferior products.”
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