April 20 to 24, 2026

Program

List of Participants

Presentations

• IP Data Quality Management for Online Publication
• Towards a Regional IP Register for Africa: Importance, Benefits and Lessons from the ASEAN IP Register
• Technical Features of ASEAN IP Register
• State of Automation in IP Offices
  • Office names
• Data Quality Challenges & Solutions
  • Office names
• IP Data Publication in Africa: Challenges, Progress, and Opportunities
• WIPO Publish Demonstration
• ASEAN IP Register Demonstration
• Design of the Africa IP Register (framework, architecture, data model)
• Interoperability with Member States’ systems & WIPO IPAS
• Implementation Roadmap: Phased plan (short-, medium-, and long-term)
• Responsibilities of Member States and required support (training, infrastructure, policy alignment)
• Presentation by Commercial IP Service Providers
  • Patsnap
  • WIPS
  • Questel
  • Clarivate