The conference is organized by the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies and the Harris Institute for Global Legal Studies. The event will discuss the protection of biodiversity, the protection and regulation of agricultural and plant biotechnology, and the international intellectual property implications of both, with particular attention to the protection of traditional knowledge and other intellectual property mechanisms of interest to the developing world.  

dates: 4-6 April 2003  
location: Saint Louis, Michigan, US  
contact: Linda McClain  
phone: 1-314-935-7988  
fax: 1-314-935-7961  
e-mail: lmcclain@wulaw.wustl.edu  
www: http://law.wustl.edu/centeris/upcomingevents/biodivsp02.html