South Africa GSP country review hearings: programme and witness list
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OFFICE OF THE U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
PUBLIC COUNTRY PRACTICE HEARING
U.S. GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES (GSP)
Held at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative 1724 F Street, N.W. Washington D.C., Rooms 1 and 2 January 31, 2020
Program and Witness List - Final
Welcome and Introduction
10:00 am Ms. Laura Buffo, Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for GSP and Chair of the GSP Subcommittee
South Africa – Intellectual Property Rights
10:05 am Panel 1:
Government of South Africa Ambassador Xavier Carim, Deputy Director General, International Trade and Economic Development Division
Accompanied by: Mr. Irshaad Kathrada, Special Advisor to the Minister of Trade and Industry
Dr. Evelyn Masotja, Deputy Director General, Consumer and Corporate Regulation Division, Department of Trade, Industry and Competition
Ms. Yoliswa Mvebe, Charge D'Affaires, Embassy of South Africa
Mr. Malose Letsoalo, Economic Minister, Embassy of South Africa
10:25 am Panel 2: Petitioner and Stakeholders
Mr. Kevin M. Rosenbaum, Counsel, International Intellectual Property Alliance
Mr. Jonathan Band, Counsel, Library Copyright Alliance and Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University
Mr. Sean Michael Fiil-Flynn, Director, Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, American University
Ms. Teresa Nobre, Vice President, Communia International Association
Mr. George York, Senior Vice President, Recording Industry Association of America
11:25 am Panel 3: Stakeholders
Ms. Sandra Aistars, Professor of Law, George Mason University
Ms. Teresa Hackett, Copyright and Libraries Programme Manager, Electronic Information for Libraries (EIFL)
Mr. Peter Jaszi, Emeritus Professor of Law, American University
Mr. Burcu Kilic, Director of Digital Rights Program, Public Citizen
Mr. Ali Sternburg, Senior Policy Counsel, Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA)
12:20 pm Panel 4: Stakeholders
Mr. Nicholas Gutierrez, Special Representative, Citrus Growers Association of Southern Africa
Mr. James Love, Director, Knowledge Ecology International Ms. Julia Reda, Fellow, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University
Ms. Julia Reda, Fellow, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University
Mr. Kristian Stout, Associate Director, International Center for Law & Economics
1:05 pm Lunch Break
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