Gulf Research MeetingThis Workshop is offered within the GRCC preferred theme of “Innovation and the Development of Knowledge Societies in the Gulf”.The Workshop proposes to examine the notion and understanding of innovation and knowledge societies as they particularly apply to the Gulf states and their broad range of communities. Key to this examination will be the role that technological development - its promotion and protection through intellectual property – plays in fostering both innovation and the knowledge society. In brief, innovation, knowledge, society, emerging technology, economic growth and intellectual property are intertwined and inseparable. Creativity and the generation of new knowledges across the broad spectrum of technological development and associated intellectual property, are the essential sources of nourishment if the knowledge society is to flourish – or even survive. However, creation of intellectual property also needs nourishment in the form investment, recognition of risk, and opportunity for reward. The Workshop will examine the issues of emerging technologies and their impact on society generally and intellectual property, specifically within the context of the World Economic Forum’s so-called “fourth industrial revolution” driven by global and rapid technological advancements which society is currently experiencing. In this regard, the Workshop takes note of the societal and cultural character of the Gulf andits member communities and will confront the challenging question of the application of frontier technologies as being currently considered by WIPO, new methods of IP financing, commercial transactions, blockchain, NFT’s, risk sharing and equitable reward. At the same time, intellectual property requires adequate and appropriate protection to enable innovation to contribute to the development of the knowledge society. With emerging technologies and artificial intelligence comesnew challenges and opportunities for the GCC to expand its innovation capabilities and develop knowledge- based societies.
3 DAYS / 10 Workshops
MORE THAN 200 ACADEMIC PAPERS
The objectives of the Workshop include the following, namely to: 1) Raise awareness of Innovation and knowledge-based societies generally, and their development in the Gulf region 2) Encourage debate on differing understandings of the very nature and core characteristics of what might constitute a ‘knowledge society’, of ‘innovation’, and ‘intellectual property’ in the contemporary world 3) Discuss the nature of the emerging “4th industrial revolution and its potential for creation of knowledge-based societies 4)Discuss and make recommendations on the current GCC laws concerning the transformational impact that emerging technologies through intellectual property law can have on growing the creative economy, fostering new frontier technologies and innovation 5) Suggest laws and regulations with potential impact on inventions, technology and sciences, including but not limited to Artificial Intelligence, NFT’s, metaverse and blockchain 6) Suggest regional or national policies in respect to IP in the emerging technology and frontier technology 7) Propose ideas and recommendations for the unification of IP laws and policies in the GCC member states to promote innovation and creativity 8)Examine the potential for inclusion of initiatives for the advancement of innovation and the knowledge societies in current and upcoming free trade agreements, such as the UK-GCC free trade agreement and other international agreements.
This Workshop is offered under the GRCC’s preferred topic area of “Innovation and the Development of Knowledge Societies in the Gulf”. The Workshop will cover the importance for the GCC of forums such as the GRM series of meetings to serve as avenues for the offering and examination of proposals for enacting unified laws in regard to new developments in intellectual highlight the challenges facing the GCC member states and the wider Muslim communities in becoming a real union with common operational or at least compatible sets of laws and regulations. Finally, the Workshop will provide applicable solutions to innovation growth and the development of knowledge societies regarding the expansion of emerging technologies, digital assets and artificial intelligence in all member states.
