Women’s Exhibition: Intellectual Property Day
The Ministry of Business Development and Tourism is advising that World Intellectual Property Day will be recognised on Tuesday April 26.
The global theme of this year’s World IP Day is “Designing the Future” to underline the central, and often unrecognized, role that design plays in our lives. Here in Bermuda, the theme is Women and Intellectual Property – Celebrating World Intellectual Property Day 2011.
The purpose of World Intellectual Property Day is to celebrate the invaluable contributions made by innovators and creators across the globe.
In honour of the day, the Ministry will be holding a special exhibition at the Bermuda Society for the Arts [BSOA] honoring the works of Bermudian women who have made significant contributions in the area of intellectual property – this includes architecture, literacy works, visual arts and music.
Residents are encouraged to attend the BSOA to see the works that will be on display by such individuals as Lisa Quinn, Sharon Wilson, Zuedi Hinds, Jill Amos Raine, Ann Spurling, Shelly Hamill, Nicky Gurret, and Florence Maxwell to name a few. There will also be a display by the Bermuda Perfumery and a documentary featured by Lucinda Spurling.
In addition to the exhibition, there will be a proclamation read by the Minister of Business Development and Tourism Patrice Minors, and following the proclamation there will be a performance by local musician Joy Barnum.
Today Minister Minors said, “Since this year the United Nations is honoring the worldwide contribution of women in the past 100 years, we thought it would be only fitting to showcase some of our own incredible female talent in honour of World IP Day.”
“We thought this would be a very useful way to increase public understanding of what IP really means, and to demonstrate how the IP system fosters not only music, arts and entertainment, but also all the products and technological innovations that help to shape our world.”
The BOSA Exhibition will take place from 10.00 am. – 4.00 pm on April 26, and is free to the public.
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