LEADING INNOVATION REFERENCE
PAST EVENTS
Vietnam awards GII Medal for the Cause of Science and Technology
Ho Chi Minh, Viet Nam March 25, 2020
Vietnam officially recognizes the Global Innovation Index (GII) for its great contribution to the development of science, technology and innovation in the country through a “Medal for the Cause of Science and Technology”.
EVENT MATERIALS
Decision of Minister for Awarding medal (English) Decision of Minister for Awarding medal (Vietnamese) Event Photos
Turkey Study Visit to WIPO for the GII
Geneva, Switzerland February 26, 2020
Delegates from the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TIM), The Turkish Ministry of Industry and Technology, the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office, and the Permanent Mission of Turkey to the World Trade Organization visited WIPO Headquarters to discuss Turkey's GII Innovation Roadmap and pay a courtesy call on WIPO Director General Francis Gurry.
Programme Event Photos
High-Level Technical Meeting on Global Innovation Index in the Philippines
Manila, Philippines February 17, 2020
GII Co-Editor Dr. Sacha Wunsch-Vincent and Andrew Michael S. Ong, WIPO Director of the Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, co-host a high-level technical meeting on the Global Innovation Index in Manila with H.E. Ambassador Evan P. Garcia, Permanenet Representative of the Philippines to the United Nations, and ministers of state Secretary Fortunato dela Peña of the Department of Science and Technology, Secretary Ramon Lopez of the Department of Trade and Industry, and Secretary William Dar of the Department of Agriculture of the Philippines.