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The Maryland Chapter

and

Federal Laboratory Consortium

Mid-Atlantic Region

Present a Unique Half-Day Workshop:

Cyber-Competitive Intelligence

Friday, October 3, 2008

Sheraton Four-Points

Baltimore Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport

Players, applications, assets, investment, strategies and future direction: these are key touch points of competitive probing.  This intensive, hands-on Cyber-Competitive Intelligence Methodology Workshop presents the scoping and proposing of relevant projects, current on-line information services, patent information sources, and use of available advanced search tools.

Attendees will learn useful tools and techniques for developing meaningful projects, information, and analysis which will result in relevant recommendations for business action.  A case study will be used.  Examples will be included, as well as lessons learned, to demonstrate a process and mindset that is independent of technology under consideration.

This LES Professional Series (PDS) workshop meets one of the PDS Workshop requirements for the Intermediate-level series. 
(There are no prerequisites for this workshop.)

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

You - if you are a

• Early- or mid-stage company executive
• Angel or venture investor
• University, government or corporate licensing officer
• Corporate venture investor
• Technology transfer officer
• Federal R & D Program Manager
• Scientist
• Business, legal or financial expert

Our Workshop Leader
Ada Nielsen is Manager, Intellectual Asset Management for BP’s Gas-to-Products business.  Before she joined BP (then Amoco Chemicals) New Business Development in 1997, she founded Capstone International to specialize in opportunity analysis, business development, strategic marketing, technology transfer, market and competitive analysis, and worked in marketing, sales, and finance positions for Fortune 500 companies.

Ada is a trustee of LES/USA-Canada and active in several roles for LES.  She is immediate past President of the Commercial Development and Marketing Association and President of the CDMA Chicago Chapter. She also chairs the Valuation and Taxation Committee for IPO (Intellectual Property Owners).  Among her many educational accomplishments, she earned an A.B. in chemistry from Wellesley College, and a M.B.A. in finance and marketing from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.

Location:
Four Points, by Sheraton
Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport
Map and Driving Directions at http://www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/property/area/directions.html?propertyID=856

Time:
8:15 am – 11:30 am:  Workshop

Hot breakfast at 7:15 am:

Breakfast
Selection of Fresh Juices
Assorted Yogurts
Individual Boxes of Cereal with Milk
Sliced Seasonal Fruit
Fluffy Scrambled Eggs
Texas Style French Toast with
Maple Syrup
Sliced Bacon and Sausage Links
Home Fried Potatoes
Assorted Muffins, Danish Pastries and Cinnamon Coffee Cake
Coffee, Decaffeinated Coffee, Hot Tea

Cost:
$99.00 - LES Members and FLC Members
$125.00 - Non-Members
Register today and reserve your space.  Seating capacity is limited!

To register, contact:

Curtis Gore
LES Chapter Coordinator
(703) 299-8209
cgore@les.org

For questions about the event:

Henry N. Wixon, Maryland Chapter Chair
E-mail: henry.wixon@wilmerhale.com
Phone: (410) 986-2894

Thanks to our Co-Sponsor:

The LES Professional Development Series (PDS) is a specialty program for Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) professionals.  The curriculum was developed by the most successful practitioners in the LES membership to raise the level of knowledge and skills of licensing professionals. PDS courses provide in-depth professional development for those whose daily responsibilities include any aspect of licensing and technology transfer: lawyers, financial and business development professionals, and IAM managers and team members from all industries.  For more information see the LES website at: http://www.usa-canada.les.org/education/pds.asp.