EBU TC

The Importance of the Marrakesh Treaty

(MT), Its Ratification and Implementation

30 November – 1 December 2017

Dom oddiha okroglo
Zveza Društev Slepih In Slabovidnih Slovenije
Okroglo 8
4202 Naklo, SLOVENIA
Agenda

DAY 1
09:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks
by UBPSS and Bárbara MARTÍN MUÑOZ, EBU 2nd Vice-President

09:15 Introduction all participants

09:45 Overview of the TC

by David HAMMERSTEIN, MT Advocate for EBU

10:00 What is the problem about? WBU´s response

by David HAMMERSTEIN

10:30 Panel Discussion: How WBU’s Draft treaty became the MT –

Stakeholder Negotiations at the International Level
by David HAMMERSTEIN and Bárbara MARTÍN MUÑOZ

11:30 Coffee Break

12.00 WIPO: Introduction to the organization and how the MT fits into
broader international copyright law
Michele WOODS, Director of WIPO Copyright Law Division

12:30 Looking at the MT itself

Božidar Bobo DENDA, Director of the Library for the blind of Montenegro

13:30 Lunch
14:45 Discussion of different national situations with regards to Treaty and
access to reading material
Moderated by David HAMMERSTEIN

15:30 Draft ratification and implementation action plans in each country

Moderated by Bárbara MARTÍN MUÑOZ and David HAMMERSTEIN

16:15 Coffee break

16:45 The WBU Guide to the Marrakesh Treaty (Part I to part III)
by Bárbara MARTÍN MUÑOZ

18:00 End of day 1

DAY 2
08:30 Welcome and wrap up from day 1
Speaker David HAMMERSTEIN

08:45 Viewpoints from stakeholders and advantages of the Treaty

Moderated by David HAMMERSTEIN

09:30 Presentations from WIPO and The Accessible Books Consortium

by Monica HALIL, Head of the Accessible Books Consortium Secretariat

10:00 Coffee break

10:15 Presentations of action plans to ensure regional coordination

by David HAMMERSTEIN

11:30 Overview of other guides to the Marrakesh Treaty

By Teresa HACKETT, Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager
at EIFL (Electronic Information for Libraries)

12:15 Conclusion of the TC

by UBPSS and Bárbara MARTÍN MUÑOZ

12.45 End of TC

This TC is co-funded by the "Rights, Equality and

Citizenship" Programme of the European Union and the
Open Society Foundations.