Annual Meeting
IP for Corporate Business Strategy
September 26-29, 2010
Sheraton Chicago
Meeting Sponsors
Discount hotel rate deadline has been extended until 9/10.
Late Breaking Workshops Now Available.
DEALS, DEALS & MORE DEALS
Join us for the premier event for dealmaking, IP education and networking!
The 2010 Annual Meeting, which builds upon the theme of Deals, Deals & More Deals, will feature interactive plenary discussions and over 50 sector and multi-sector workshops taught by experienced leaders from global organizations. The meeting will be attended by over 1,000 of IP, Licensing, Tech Transfer and Business Development Professionals from the life sciences, high tech, government, university, consumer products, and chemicals/energy/environment/materials industries.
Program Highlights
Keynote Session:
The SuperFreakonomics of IP and Licensing - Do Patents Slow Innovation?
Steven Levitt, Co-Author,Freakonomics and SuperFreakonomics
Plenary Luncheon:
The U.S. Patent System Under Siege- From Congress, the PTO, the FTC and the Supreme Court
The Honorable Judge Paul Michel, Retired Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Plenary Panel:
IP as a National Responsibility: A Global Outlook for Strategies, Policies and Laws
- Pat Choate, Economist; Intellectual Property & National Development Author; Ross Perot's Vice-Presidential 1996 election running mate
- Jose E. Rivera, Jr., Division VP & Associate General Counsel, Intellectual Property, Abbott Laboratories
- John Whealan, Associate Dean, Intellectual Property Law, George Washington University Law School
- Suzanne Michel, Deputy Director, Office of Policy Planning, Federal Trade Commission
- Moderator: Chuck Neuenschwander, Principal, IPLC
Industry Sector Mini-Plenaries:
Attend a plenary session geared toward your industry sector specific business needs
- Chemicals Energy Environment & Materials
- Consumer Products
- High Technology
- Industry-University-Government Interface
- Life Sciences
Industry Sector Meeting Information