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Showing posts with label seminars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label seminars. Show all posts

Friday, 20 March 2015

SPCs for first-timers and old hands: a couple of forthcoming events

From Rechtsassessor Jean-Claude Alexandre Ho (Conference Manager Intellectual Property, FORUM Institut für Management GmbH) comes news of two more SPC seminars. They are:
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1. 'Supplementary Protection Certificates', the sixth edition of FORUM's English SPC seminar with Dr Christopher Brückner, the author of the SPC commentary (participants will receive the latest edition on top of course documentation). Date: 7 and 8 May 2015; venue: Frankfurt. More information is available here. SPC Blog readers are entitled to a 10% discount against the registration fee (€ 1,200 instead of € 1,340).

2. 'SPC for Beginners', the fourth edition of FORUM'S basic SPC seminar in English, once again with Dr Christopher Brückner. Date: 6 May 2015; Venue: Frankfurt. More information is available here. SPC Blog readers are entitled to a 10% discount against the registration fee (€ 880 down from € 980). 
To register and gain the benefit of your reduced fee (valid only for registrations until 8 April 2015), just forward this blogpost to Jean-Claude himself at jc.alexandreho@forum-institut.de, or call him, quoting "The SPC Blog" (+49 6211 500-675) and specifying which event(s) you would like to attend.

This blog is always pleased to learn of events for which discounts are available for its readers.

Tuesday, 15 January 2013

Paris in the springtime


It's third time around for FORUM's English SPC advanced course, 'Supplementary Protection Certificates', featuring our good friend Dr Christopher Brückner.

Christopher, regular readers may recall, is the author of this SPC commentary (which participants will receive on top of course documentation). This year's event will take place on 14 and 15 March 2012 in Paris. More information is available here.

SPC Blog readers are entitled to benefit from a 10% discount for this event (€ 1,160 instead of € 1,290).

Thursday, 30 August 2012

SPC seminars: three more from FORUM

From Rechtsassessor Jean-Claude Alexandre Ho (IP conference manager at FORUM Institut für Management GmbH) comes news of three SPC-related seminars which he is organising. They are as follows:
1. 'Supplementary Protection Certificates', the second edition of FORUM's English SPC seminar with Dr Christopher Brückner, the author of the SPC commentary (which participants will receive on top of course documentation). Date: 4 and 5 October 2012; venue: Amsterdam. More information is available here. SPC Blog readers are entitled to a 10% discount against the registration fee (€ 1,160 instead of € 1,290).

2. 'Ergänzende Schutzzertifikate', the second edition of FORUM'S SPC seminar in German, also with Dr Christopher Brückner and his SPC commentary as an add-on. Date: 23 and 24 October 2012; Venue: Frankfurt. More information is available here. SPC Blog readers are entitled to a 10% discount against the registration fee (€ 1,160, down from € 1,290).

3. 'SPC FORUM' - the first German round-table where German speaking SPC experts from both pharmaceutical and crop science can discuss new cases from Iodosulfuron to Neurim with industry speakers, Merck KGaA's Dr Arno Hartmann and Bayer's Dr Bettina Wanner. Date: 11 October 2012; venue Cologne. More information is available here. SPC Blog readers are entitled to a 10% discount for this event (€ 880 instead of € 980).
In order to register for the reduced fee, SPC Blog readers need only to forward this blog to Jean-Claude at jc.alexandreho@forum-institut.de, or call him, quoting The SPC Blog (+49 6211 500-675) and specifying which event(s) they would like to attend.