V International Scientific and Practical Conference “АВТОР/AUTHOR – 2025” will be held on April 21-22, 2025

Forum organizers: Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent), Federal Institute of Industrial Property (https://www1.fips.ru/about/deyatelnost/konferentsii-seminary/FIPS), Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO), UNESCO Chair on Copyright, Neighboring, Cultural and Information Rights at the "Higher School of Economics" (UNESCO Chair at HSE University), Russian State Academy of Intellectual Property (RGAIS).

The conference is traditionally timed to the World Book and Copyright Day (April 23), declared by UNESCO, and the World IP Day (April 26), that will pass this year under slogan by WIPO “IP and Music: Feel the Beat of IP” Representatives of relevant government authorities, the Intellectual Property Rights Court, creative unions, authors societies, as well as prominent Russian and foreign jurists, patent attorneys, lawyers, inventors, public figures are invited to participate in the conference, as well as students, graduate students, teachers and researchers.

The topic of the conference is “Harmony and Beats of IP”. The first day of the forum (Monday, April 21, 2025) will be held at the ROSPATENT Headquarters (Moscow, Berezhkovskaya Naberezhnaya, 24, building 1), the next day (Tuesday, April 22, 2025) – at the building of the Higher School of Economics (Moscow, Pokrovsky Boulevard, 11).

The conference format would be offline with the possibility of online participation for non-residents and foreign participants. Working languages of the conference are Russian and English. Participation in the conference is free. Applications for participation in the conference are accepted on the website of the UNESCO Chair at the HSE University: for speakers - until April 4, 2025; for participants - until April 18, 2025.

You can also take part in the expert survey “Artificial Art: a Window into Creativity or Paper Flowers for a Mechanical Piano?” The conference program is formed based on applications, taking into account the content of abstracts received at tis@hse.ru. Having an academic degree makes sending abstracts optional. Nonresident and foreign speakers whose presentations will be included in the conference program may receive personal invitations to arrange a business trip, if necessary.

After the conference, speakers will be able to receive the appropriate certificates (Certificate of Attendance). Reports of conference participants can be published in the quarterly journal "Works on Intellectual Property" and the journal "Copyright" (Vestnik FIPS), as well as in FIPS Bulletin. Contacts: UNESCO Chair – Maria Katkova, mkatkova@hse.ru, tis@hse.ru, +7 (985) 455-07-77.

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