Letter from Meeting Chairs
Dear Colleagues:
We live in challenging times. Businesses must accomplish more with less to remain competitive. The continuous advancements in science and engineering offer new opportunities to improve our lives and our world. To take advantage of these opportunities, organizations in both the public and private sectors must leverage the power of intellectual property to achieve growth and prosperity. The theme for the LES 2012 Winter Meeting, Creating Value, is at the core of succeeding in the present and thriving in the future.
The Winter Meeting's content-rich programming is centered around value creation, with particular emphasis on the high tech sector and related cross-sector industries. We have lined up outstanding speakers for our plenary sessions, thought-provoking mini-plenary sessions in the fields of Nanotechnology, Clean Tech, and Medical Devices, and numerous workshops spanning four separate tracks: Development & Deals, Value & Valuation, Updates in Patent Law, and Hot Tech Topics.
For the afternoon of our second day, LES has partnered with the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) to provide joint programming, featuring two informative and entertaining plenary sessions. The LES Winter Meeting concludes on the eve of AUTM's annual meeting, and immediately following the LES meeting, attendees are invited to join AUTM's president for his annual fireside chat, a popular program that kicks off AUTM's 2012 Annual Meeting.
As with all LES events, networking is the norm. There will be many opportunities to connect and reconnect with professionals in fields relevant to your own. We encourage you to join us in Anaheim, California for the LES 2012 Winter Meeting to learn, to network, and to create value for yourself and your profession.
We look forward to seeing you at what is sure to be a spectacular meeting!
Sincerely,
Arthur S. Rose
Meeting Co-Chair
Ned E. Barlas
Meeting Co-Chair