Marco Antonio Palacios

Marco Antonio Palacios

Moderator

Lawyer and Notary graduated from San Carlos University in Guatemala. Postgraduate studies in International Business and Intellectual Property in Switzerland, Uruguay and the US. He worked as a diplomat for the UN in New York and as Deputy Manager of Commerce for Guatemala´s State Department. Managing Partner of the firm of Lawyers and Consultants “Palacios & Asociados”, Guatemala – Central America.

He has provided his services as a consultant for the World Intellectual Property Organization to projects financed by the IDB.

He is currently the Vice president for Guatemala in the Inter-American Copyright Institute and a member of the Executive Board of the Inter-American Intellectual Property Association.

Mr. Palacios will speak in the Workshop : MONETIZATION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY – TRANSFORMING IDEAS INTO CAPITAL