Session 2: Technology facilitation: experiences and the way forward

This is a list of presentations for Session 2: Technology facilitation: experiences and the way forward at Regional Dialogue on Technology Facilitation for Sustainable Development held in Pattaya, Thailand on May 18, 2014.

Session 2: Technology facilitation: experiences and the way forward

Some countries in the Asia and the Pacific have turned from recipients to major source of technology innovation and promoting technology facilitation themselves, while many developing countries still struggle with gap in technology capacity. The Report of the Secretary-General recommends examinations of needs, gaps and achievements in technology facilitation (Recommendation 1. A/68/310). In line with the recommendation, this session intends to highlight on-going initiatives related to crosscountry technology facilitation and lessons learnt in light of assessment of needs, gaps and achievements, as well as prospects for coordination with other initiatives.

Questions in this session include;
• Drawing from national experiences in technology facilitation, what are the most important enabling conditions and constraints (such as intellectual property rights, scientific infrastructure, human capital, favourable market conditions, investment climate, etc.)?And what are the lessons for technology facilitation?
• How to identify and ensure that the needs of beneficiaries and the source of technologies are matched?
• What are the motivation and challenges in expanding the scope of technology facilitation beyond national level and up-scaling such initiatives to regional/international level?
• How intellectual property rights could be used as incentive for technology transfer facilitation across countries?
• What are the existing / prospective links with other national / regional / international institutions related to technology facilitation?

Moderator: Rae Kwon Chung, Director, ESCAP Environment and Development Division

Presentations:
• Sang-Baek Chris Kang, Director for International Strategy, Green Technology Center of the Republic of Korea (GTC-K)
• Xiang ting Huang, Project Manager of International Business, China-ASEAN Technology Transfer Network
• Yorimasa Suwa, Deputy Leader, WIPO GREEN Project, Japan Intellectual Property Association (JIPA), Senior Manager, IP Strategy Planning Group, IP Department, TEIJIN LIMITED

Discussants:
• Duanghathai Pentrakoon, Acting Director, Intellectual Property Institute, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
• Elenita Daño, Asia Director of the ETC Group, Philippines