Sunday, October 18 |
| 7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Registration |
| 7:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. | Power Networking Lounge |
| 7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast for Add-on Seminars 1, 2 and 3 |
| 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Board of Trustees' Meeting |
| 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Add-On Seminar 1: PDS 100: Commercializing Technology through the Power of IP |
| 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Add-on Seminar 2: Life Sciences - Licensing Boot Camp |
| 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Add-on Seminar 3: Industry - University-Government Interface - Making the Perfect Match |
| 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Luncheon for Add-on Seminar Attendees |
| 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Add-on Seminar 4: Life Sciences - Anatomy of Deals in the News |
| 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | New Committee/ Sector Chair Workshop |
| 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | New Trustees' Orientation |
| 4:30 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. | New Member Orientation Workshop |
| 5:15 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. | New Members' Reception |
| 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. | Welcome to San Francisco Reception |
Monday, October 19 |
| 6:45 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
| 6:45 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. | Committee Breakfast |
| 7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Registration |
| 7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. | Internet Café |
| 7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. | Power Networking Lounge |
| 7:00 a.m. – 7:50 a.m. | Committee Meetings CEEM Executive Committee Meeting 2010 Annual Meeting Planning Committee Education Committee HTS-Aerospace and Transportation Committee M&A Committee LSS-2010 Meetings Planning Session |
| 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Plenary Session |
| 8:00 a.m. | Welcome & Opening Remarks
François Painchaud, President, LES USA & Canada |
| 8:30 a.m. | Keynote Speaker, Leo Gribben, Director, Ernst & Young LLP |
| 9:15 a.m. | Joe Beyers, Chairman & CEO, Ambature, Inc. |
| 10:30 a.m. | Ira Ehrenpreis,General Partner, Technology Partners |
| 11:15 a.m. | E.J. Narcise, Co-Founder & Partner, Team Services |
| 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. | CLP Board of Governors |
| 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Accompanying Persons' Breakfast |
| 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Networking Coffee Break |
| 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Sector Meetings
& Luncheon Chemicals, Energy, Environment and Materials Sector Consumer Products Sector Industry-University-Government Interface Sector High Technology Sector Life Sciences Sector |
| 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Sausalito Art Walk |
| 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Train-the-Trainer |
| 1:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. | Book Signing
Don Schmincke, High Altitude Leadership |
| 2:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | Leadership Forum
Successful High Altitude Leadership in Licensing
Don Schmincke, Co-Author, High Altitude Leadership |
| 2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. | Workshop Session 1 Hot Topic 1: Patentability of Medical Treatment Methods |
| 2:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | PDS Workshop 304 (ETHICS)
Dirty Little Tricks People Play |
| 3:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. | Networking Coffee Break |
| 3:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. | New Members' Lounge |
| 4:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | Workshop Session 2
Hot Topic 2: Maximizing Your IP in a Minimized Economy |
| 5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. | "Around theWorld with LES"
Planning Meeting |
| 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. | Planet Earth Networking Reception |
| 8:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. | Gold Sponsor Receptions Kirkland & Ellis LLP Gold Procter & Gamble |
Tuesday, October 20 |
| 6:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. | Fun Run |
| 6:45 a.m. – 7:45 a.m. | Committee Breakfast |
| 7:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
| 7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Registration |
| 7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. | Internet Café |
| 7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. | Power Networking Lounge |
| 7:00 a.m. – 7:50 a.m. | Committee Meetings 2010Winter Meeting Planning Committee HTS - Computer Hardware and Consumer
Electronics Committee Licensing Office Structure Management Committee LSS - Royalty Rate and Deal Terms Survey Committee HTS - Software Committee Cleantech Committee Valuation &Taxation |
| 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. | Professional Interest Committee Chair Breakfast |
| 8:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. | Plenary Session |
| 8:00 a.m. | Welcome & Opening Remarks |
| 8:20 a.m. | James Kovach, President & Chief Operation Officer,Buck Institute for Age Research |
| 9:00 a.m. | Shawn Cross, Managing Director, Burrill & Co. |
| 9:40 a.m. | David Ewing Duncan, Author; BioTech Nation;
Commentator, National Public Radio; BioTech Nation |
| 10:50 a.m. | Ann Arvin, Vice Provost & Dean of Research, Stanford University |
| 11:30 a.m. | Arnaud Le Hors, World Business Council for Sustainable Development |
| 10:20 a.m. – 10:50 a.m. | Networking Coffee Break in the Tech Fair |
| 10:20 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. | Tech Fair |
| 12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. | Chapter Chair Luncheon & Meeting |
| 12:15 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Luncheon in Exhibit Hall |
| 12:15 p.m. – 12:45 p.m. | Book Signing in the Tech Fair
David Ewing Duncan, Experimental Man: What One Man's Body Reveals
about His Future, Your Health, and our ToxicWorld |
| 12:15 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | LES USA & Canada Foundation
Board Luncheon and Meeting |
| 2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. | Workshop Session 3
Hot Topic 3: Alternative Deal Structures in M&A - Not your 5 & Dime Transaction
Hot Topic 4: In Re Bilski: The Future of Business and Software Patents
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| 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | PDS Workshop 302 (STRATEGY) Term Sheets: The Deal Begins |
| 3:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. | Networking Coffee Break in Tech Fair |
| 3:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. | Book Signing in the Tech Fair
Marshall Phelps, Burning the Ships |
| 3:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. | New Members' Lounge |
| 3:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Workshop Session 4
Hot Topic 5: Implications of US Healthcare Reform Legislation on Licensing Assessments, Valuations and Deal Terms |
| 4:00 p.m.– 6:00 p.m. | Tech Fair Wine & Cheese Reception |
| 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. | Sector Receptions Chemicals, Energy, Environment & Materials and
CleanTech Committee Joint Reception Consumer Products High Technology Industry-University-Government Interface Life Sciences |
| 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. | Industry Sector Dinners Consumer Products & Industry-University-Government
Interface Joint Sector Dinner High Technology & Chemicals Energy Environment & Materials Joint Sector Dinner Life Sciences Sector Dinner
Bus departs at 7:00 pm |
Wednesday, October 21 |
| 7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | LES Continental Breakfast & LESI Roundtable |
| 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. | Committee Breakfast |
| 7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Internet Café |
| 7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Power Networking Lounge |
| 7:15 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. | Committee Meetings 2010 Spring Meeting Planning Committee 2011 Meetings Planning Meeting Sector Chair Breakfast |
| 7:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Registration |
| 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Industry Sector Mini-Plenary Sessions Chemicals, Energy, Environment and Materials Sector Consumer Products Sector High Tech Sector Industry-University-Government Interface Sector Life Sciences Sector |
| 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Networking Coffee Break |
| 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Legal Mini-Plenary |
| 12:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. | Luncheon & Annual Business Meeting |
| 2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. | Workshop Session 5 |
| 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | PDS Workshop 303 (VALUATION) Valuing Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Pipelines |
| 3:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. | Networking Coffee Break |
| 3:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. | New Members' Lounge |
| 3:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Workshop Session 6
Hot Topic 7: From Invention Disclosure to Application in the US and China: A Road Map |
| 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. | Young Member Congress Reception
Open to all LES members, ages 40 and under |
| 6:30 p.m. – 7:15 p.m. | Gala Reception |
| 7:15 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. | Gala Dinner |
Thursday, October 22 |
| 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Board of Trustees Meeting |
| 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Family-Owned Wineries of Napa Tour
Meet the bus at 8:45 a.m.
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