Inaugural address : H.E. Mr. Jurin Laksanavisit, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Commerce Bangkok, Thailand; Addresses : Mr. Wataru Asou, Commissioner, Japanese Patent Office (JPO), Tokyo, Japan; Mr. Narendra K. Sabharwal, Director, Development Cooperation and External Relations Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva, Switzerland; Mrs. Renu Chahil-Graf, Regional Representative a.i., United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Bangkok, Thailand; ASOU, Wataru. Industrial property : moving towards the twenty- first century; SUGDEN, Alec. Industrial property issues in new and emerging technologies; BARDEHLE, Heinz. Recent international developments in the field of patent law : the proposed patent law treaty; COMBALDIEU, Jean-Claude. Current trends in the administration and management of industrial property : at government and enterprise level; BARDEHLE, Heinz. Protection and use of trademarks : international trends and economic implications; COMBALDIEU, Jean-Claude. Options for a national patent office on search and examination functions; TINGHUA, Ming. The benefits of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) for developing countries; LAFUZE, William. Trends in industrial property licensing and other technology transfer arrangements; SHIMOMICHI, Teruhisa. International cooperation in the management and exploitation of industrial property information; SUGDEN, Alec. Enforcement of industrial property rights and dispute settlement; LAFUZE, William. The industrial property agent or attorney as adviser and catalyst; PHUANGRACH, Yanyong. Industrial property awareness and human resource development : challenges and opportunities for international cooperation;.