Event Report  |  05/24/2023

SIPLA Initiative: Technology Transfer and Regional Innovation in the Sector of Renewable Energies in Latin America

The IV Annual Conference of the Initiative “Smart IP for Latin America” (SIPLA) took place at the Faculty of Law of the University of São Paulo on 26 April 2023. It marked the inauguration of the Initiative's local Observatory, which will be led by Prof. Juliana Krueger Pela.

Pedro Henrique D. Batista (3rd from left) moderated the first panel.
Pedro Henrique D. Batista (3rd from left) moderated the first panel.
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Reto Hilty (right) at the opening of the Conference
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Reto Hilty (right) at the opening of the Conference

The Conference addressed the importance of technology transfer and regional innovation for Latin American countries to develop their great potential for the production of renewable energies in an economically sustainable manner.What are the challenges and the appropriate regulatory frameworks to achieve these objectives? Innovative companies and specialists in regulation from different areas of the renewable energy sector discussed these issues in the first Conference panel.
 

Based on its results, academics from different Latin American countries discussed in the second and third panels the need for regulatory adjustments in the fields of technology transfer contracts and competition law.


Reto Hilty hold a talk at the inauguration of the local Observatory and at the opening of the Conference. Pedro Henrique D. Batista, Research Fellow at the Institute, moderated the first panel of the Conference.