jointly organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the International Federation of Inventor's Association (IFIA); Contents : Opening speech by Mr. Shahid Alikhan, Deputy Director General, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO); Address to IFIA General Assembly by Mr. Shahid Alikhan; ENAJARVI, Martti. The Patent Office and inventors : experience and opportunities; EDWARDS, Alan L. Role of governmental industrial property offices in support of inventors : the view of IFIA; MENDIS, Chrys. Role of innovation centers and universities in support to inventors : university innovation centers in developing countries; CORDSEN, Peter. Experience with innovation centres in Europe; WATKINS, Wayne. Universities and university innovation centers in support to inventors : experience in North America; WIPO. Assistance to associations of inventors and the WIPO gold medal program; LUNDAHL, Cordell. IFIA-NCIO commercialization program; MOUSSA, Farag. IFIA twinning pilot project : twinning between two associations of inventors (IFIA-TWIN); SMITH, Patrick. The industrial property system and the promotion of inventive activity : role of the industrial property office; TAGER, Uwe. Problems of the West German patent system relating to the economy's innovation activities (in particular those of small and medium-sized firms and inventors) and how these may be resolved; Report; Statutes of the International Federation of Inventors' Associations (IFIA);.