The Intellectual Property, Licensing, and Business Development Event of the Year!
Don’t Miss Your Opportunity to Connect and Collaborate
The LES Annual Meeting is the must-attend IP, licensing, and business development event of the year — featuring 3½ days of high-quality educational sessions, ample networking opportunities and the industry’s leading Tech Fair. Join more than 1,000 of your colleagues for the LES 2012 Annual Meeting, October 14-17 in Toronto.
FEATURING THESE CUTTING-EDGE TOPICS:
Connecting & Collaborating: The Convergence of Life Sciences and High Tech
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| Dr. Eric J. Topol,
Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute
A premier cardiologist, genetic researcher, and technologist, Dr. Topol is leading the movement to modernize medical treatment through the latest technology. He has been named the Most Influential Physician Executive in Health Care by Modern Healthcare, Doctor of the Decade by the Institute for Scientific Information, and a Rock Star of Science by GQ. |
The Role of IP in Rebuilding Economies Following the Arab Spring  |
| Alaya Bettaieb, Secretary of State, Investment & International Cooperation, Tunisia |
Grabbing Turf - The Need and Options to Insure Freedom to Operate
Is High Tech Crazy? Was (is) There a Patent Bubble? 
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| Dooyong Lee, CEO, Acacia | Jonathon Skeels, Analyst, Davenport & Co. | Joff Wild, Editor, IAM Magazine |
Untethered Benches: Fixing the Systems 
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| Honourable Judge Roger Hughes, Federal Court of Canada | Honorable Paul Michel, Retired Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit |
How Outcomes of Patent Fights have Changed the Course of History 
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| Maury Klein, Professor Emeritus of History, University of Rhode Island |