The Geographical Indications Conference ‘Safeguarding Heritage, Cultivating Future’ will be held on 28-29 January 2025 at the EUIPO's premises in Alicante, Spain, and online.

The European Union Intellectual Property Office, in collaboration with the Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW) and the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI), is organising an International Conference at EUIPO’s headquarters in Alicante, Spain, on 28 and 29 January 2025. This Conference brings together representatives from Europe’s leading producers and producer associations of Geographical Indications for craft and industrial (CRAFT GIs) and wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products (AGRI GIs), national competent authorities in charge of examination of GI applications, international business, lawmakers, enforcement authorities and lawyers.  

The aim of the conference is to look at opportunities and challenges at the forefront of Geographical Indications: the brand-new EU Regulation on geographical indication protection for craft and industrial products published on 27 October 2023 and the important reform of the GIs for wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products published on 23 April 2024.  

Registration no later than 13 December via the online registration form