Sustainable Innovation: Intellectual Property and the Sustainable Development Goals

This event will consider the implications of intellectual property (IP) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for New Zealand and Australian law, policy, and practice. This includes investigating IP’s role in ending poverty and inequality, improving food security, ensuring a sustainable environment, better regulating gene patents, and supporting health and well-being through access to medicines.

The event will start with a presentation by Prof. Matthew Rimmer from QUT about Intellectual Property and the Sustainable Development Goals. This will be followed by a panel discussion chaired by Dr Christian Schott, Chair of the UN Principles of Responsible Management Education Steering Committee at Wellington School of Business and Government, featuring VUW Intellectual Property researchers, Prof. Susy Frankel and Prof. Jessica Lai.

The event is also the New Zealand book launch of The Elgar Companion to Intellectual Property and the Sustainable Development Goals edited by Bita Amani, Caroline B. Ncube, and Matthew Rimmer.