MONDAY, JANUARY 30 | | 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM | Registration | | 11:30 AM - 11:45 AM | Welcome Remarks and Safety Message | | 11:45 AM – 12:15 AM | Introduction of Advisory Board and Hot Topics | | 12:45 PM – 1:45 PM | Luncheon & Keynote Speaker:
Alpheus Bingham, Ph.D, Founder, Innocentive Dr. Bingham, an international expert on Open Innovation and author of The Open Innovation Marketplace (provided to all registrants) will discuss the impact of Open Innovation on global business. | | 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM | PANEL #1: The Impact of the America Invents Act (AIA) on IP Business This session will discuss: - What does the AIA mean for those of us working with research engineers and scientists?
- What changes need to be made for business people, engineers, and scientists?
- What are the difficulties in making these changes, and how might these be overcome?
- What are the business process implications for the pre- and post-grant review?
- How might business competition be managed differently?
- Will prior art searches become more prevalent, and will their cost reduce filings?
- How will the increased cost of “prioritized applications” be justified?
- Will these increased costs mean fewer filings?
- What business processes will need to change to manage and protect the value of trade secrets?
Moderator:
Ada Nielsen, Director, Intellectual Asset Strategy, BP America
Confirmed Panelists: - Rochelle Blaustein, Senior Advisor for Technolgy Transfer, US Department of Energy
- Bill Elkington, Senior Director, IP Management, Rockwell Collins
- David Jones, Director of IP Policy Strategy, Microsoft
- Bill Krovatin, Vice President, Merck
- Lita Nelsen, Director, Technology Office, MIT
| | 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM | Networking Refreshment Break | | 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM | PANEL #1 BREAK-OUT ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS | | 6:00 PM | Networking Reception and Dinner Speaker:
Marshall Phelps, Independent Management Consulting Professional
Former Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Corporation and IBM | TUESDAY, JANUARY 31 | | 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM | Networking Breakfast | | 9:00 AM – 9:15 AM | Welcome and Day One Recap | | 9:15 AM – 10:15 AM | PANEL #2: Deals from Hell – Lessons Learned This session will discuss: - What have we learned?
- What would we now—knowing what we know—do differently in a similar deal?
- What are the early warning signs of trouble?
Moderator:
Dan McGavock, Vice President, Intellectual Property Practice Leader, Charles River Associates Confirmed Panelists: - Joe Beyers, Chairman and CEO at Ambature
- Beatrix de Russe, Vice President, Licensing and IP, Technicolor
- Kathleen Denis, Associate VP, Office of Technology Transfer, The Rockefeller University
- Lesley Millar, Director, Office of Technology Transfer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Paul Stewart, Director, Global Business Development, Lilly
| | 10:15 AM – 10:30 AM | Networking Refreshment Break | | 10:30 AM – 11:30 PM | PANEL #2 BREAK-OUT ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS | | 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM | OPEN SPACE TOPICS FOR ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS | | 12:45 PM – 2:00 PM | Networking Luncheon | | 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM | WORKSHOP: How to Think Like a VC
(Optional Workshop)
Moderator:
Bill Elkington, Senior Director, IP Management, Rockwell Collins Speakers: Key Take Aways from this Session Include: - How VCs Value Technology
- How VCs Assess and Analyze IP-Based Transactions
- How VCs Manage Risk Through a Portfolio Approach
- How VC Methodologies and Disciplines May Apply to IP Management
| | 5:30 PM | Networking Reception and Dinner | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1 | | 8:30 AM | Depart for Golf Outing
(Additional registration required) The Arizona Biltmore Country Club | |