2nD MCGILL STUDENT COLLOQUIUM ON HEALTH AND LAW: UNIVERSITIES AS GLOBAL INNOVATORS

2ND MCGILL STUDENT COLLOQUIUM ON HEALTH AND LAW:
UNIVERSITIES AS GLOBAL INNOVATORSSATURDAY FEBRUARY 6TH, 2010

The McGill Journal of Law and Health and the McGill Journal of Medicine are pleased to announce the 2nd Student Colloquium on Health and Law: Universities as Global Innovators.  Once again, it will take place at McGill University’s Faculty of Medicine on Saturday Feb. 6th, 2010.

This year’s hotly-debated topic is global health and innovation. Our colloquium topics range from public health governance, the university’s role in medical innovation, global access to essential medicines, re-thinking intellectual property and patent regimes, and the role of private enterprise in improving global health. Register Now!   www.healthandlaw.ca

Speakers for this event include Rachel Kiddell-Monroe (President of Universities Allied for Essential Medicines); Dr. Nick Drager (former Director of the Dept. of Ethics, Trade, Human Rights and Health Law at the WHO), Dr. Laurette Dubé (Chair of the McGill World Platform for Health and Economic Convergence initiative), Prof. Richard Gold (President of The Innovation Partnership, Founding director for the Center for Intellectual Property Policy), Mr. Richard Elliott (Executive Director, Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network), and Dr. Tim Brewer (Director of McGill Global Health Programs).