Saturday, September 25 |
| 8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. | Refresher Training |
| 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | New Facilitator Training |
Sunday, September 26 |
| 8:00 a.m. - 7:30 p.m. | LES Registration |
| 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast for pDS 100 Registrants |
| 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. | PDS 100 - Commercializing Technology through the power of IP & Licensing
additional Registration is required |
| 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | PDS 301 (LEGAL): Licensing Due Diligence in View of Festo and MedImmune |
| 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | PDS 303 (VALUATION) Valuing pharmaceutical and Biotechnology pipelines |
| 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | PDS 304: Dreadful Drafting |
| 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | PDS 303: Internal Negotiations |
| 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. | New Members' Reception
A special event for new LES Members only |
| 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. | Welcome Reception
Sponsored by: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione |
Monday, September 27 |
| 7:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. | LES Registration |
| 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. | Power Networking Lounge |
| 7:45 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast for Committee Meetings |
| 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. | Sector & Committee Meetings |
| 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. | LES Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. | Opening plenary Session & Keynote Speaker |
| | Welcome Remarks
Ted Cross, Meeting Chair, LES 2010 Annual Meeting
Ada Nielsen, President, Licensing Executives Society (USA & Canada), Inc. |
| | Keynote address
The Mysteries of Anti-Scientific Decision Making - and Their Impact on Innovation
Steven Levitt, Co-Author, Freakonomics and SuperFreakonomics |
| 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. | Accompanying persons' breakfast |
| 10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | Networking Coffee Break & Steve Levitt Booksigning |
| 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Royalty Rate Review plenary Session
Chemicals, Energy, Environment & Materials
Life Sciences |
| 12:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. | Luncheon & Frank Barnes' award |
| | The Honorable Judge paul Michel, Retired Chief Judge, United States Court of appeals for the Federal Circuit |
| 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Train-the-Trainer |
| 2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. | Workshop Session 1 |
| 3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. | Networking Coffee Break |
| 3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. | New Members' Lounge
* A special event for new LES Members only |
| 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Facilitator Training |
| 3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Workshop Session 2 |
| 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. | Networking Reception |
| 8:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. | Gold Sponsor Reception
Hosted by: TechInsights Join UBM TechInsights at the "Monday Night Football" Gold Sponsor reception featuring the Chicago Bears vs. Green Bay packers. |
Tuesday, September 28 |
| 7:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. | LES Registration |
| 7:15 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
| 7:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. | Power Networking Lounge |
| 7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. | Sector & Committee Meetings |
| 8:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. | Plenary panel
IP as a National Responsibility: a Global Outlook for Strategies, policies and Laws
Pat Choate, Economist; Intellectual property & National Development author
Suzanne Michel, Deputy Director, Office of policy planning, Federal Trade Commission
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
Moderator: Chuck Neuenschwander, principal, International patent Licensing Co. |
| 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. | LES Tech Fair |
| 10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. | Networking Coffee Break in the Tech Fair |
| 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | IP100 Recap - IP Hot Topics 2010 panel Review
Sherry Knowles, Principal, Knowles Intellectual property Strategies (formerly Senior Vice president, Chief patent Counsel, GlaxoSmithKline)
Lesley Millar, Director, Office of Technology Management, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Tom Miller, Senior Litigation Counsel, Motorola, Inc.
Raymond Niro, Senior partner, Niro, Haller & Niro, Ltd.
Moderator: Rich Baker, Director of Intellectual property Licensing, 3Com Corporation |
| 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Hot Topic Roundtable Discussions |
| 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. | Networking Luncheon in the Tech Fair |
| 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. | Chapter Leaders' Luncheon |
| 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. | Committee/Sector Chairs' Workshop |
| 2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. | Workshop Session 3 |
| 3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. | Networing Coffee Break in the Tech Fair |
| 3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. | New Members' Lounge
* A special event for new LES Members only |
| 3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Workshop Session 4 |
| 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. | Tech Fair Wine & Cheese Reception |
| 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. | Industry Sector Networking Receptions |
| 7:30 p.m. | Industry Sector Dinners
Additional Registration is required |
Wednesday, September 29 |
| 7:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. | LES Registration |
| 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Power Networking Lounge |
| 7:45 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast for Committee Meetings |
| 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. | Committee Meetings |
| 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Industry Sector Mini-Plenary Sessions |
| 10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | Networking Coffee Break |
| 12:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. | Annual Business Meeting Luncheon |
| 2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. | Workshop Session 5 |
| 2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. | CLP Information Session |
| 3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. | Networking Coffee Break |
| 3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. | New Members' Lounge
* A special event for new LES Members only |
| 3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Workshop Session 6 & International Roundtables |
| 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. | LES "Casino Night" to Benefit LES Foundation |