Insights

Keep up to date with the latest developments at TIV. In addition to our press releases detailing TIV’s latest engagements, we also publish seminal pieces from top global thinkers and doers on our blog Schumpeter Circle.

TIV Developed and Led a Workshop on “Innovation in the Caribbean” in Partnership with NASEM, CARICOM, and the Government of Grenada

TIV’s President, Dr. Wad was invited by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) to lead a discussion on Innovation Promotion towards Climate Change at a Global Environment Facility Workshop in 2018

TIV Vice President of Emerging Technologies and Intellectual Property (IP) was selected as a distinguished speaker at the 2019 IPBC Global The Annual Event for Global IP Leaders

TIV responded to the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) International Call for Comments for their Draft Paper on Intellectual Property and Artificial Intelligence

Alongside the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), TIV organized a multi-day “Shark Tank” type pitching contest in the Port of Spain as a capstone event for the REACH project.

TIV and the Technopolis Group organized a Series of Workshops for Surinamese entrepreneurs, government officials, and policy leaders on the Commercialization of Intellectual Property (IP)

TIV’s COO, Ravi Gupta, was invited to participate at the General Assembly of the United Nations in New York City. The event, organized by UNIDO, was centered on “Promoting innovation and infrastructure development: A pathway for boosting manufacturing in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.”

TIV’s Chief Technology Officer received the prestigious INGSA award recognizing outstanding scientific achievements

TIV COO Mr. Gupta joined World Bank Development Leaders on the Role of Traditional Knowledge Technology (TKT) in addressing Climate Change at the 17th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)

TIV collaborated with the World Bank and IFC in Drafting a Novel White Paper on AI Ethics in 2017

TIV conceived and organized a panel discussion on “Using Blockchain and other emerging technologies in the provision of innovative public services in partnership with the World Bank for the “Law, Justice, and Development Week 2019.”

TIV’s team of IP experts hosted a 2-day workshop titled Empowering APEC Women Inventors: Patents as a Tool for Gender Equality