At the occasion of the UPOV 50th anniversary, the European Union organized, on the 21st of October 2011 in Geneva, a lunch seminar concerning "15 years of supranational cooperation in plant variety protection: the European experience".

Presentation: L. Miko - 15 years of Plant Varieties Protection
Presentation: M. Ekvad - The implementation of a regional plant variety right system
Presentation: E. Gacek - National systems and a regional plant variety right system run in parallel