| SUNDAY, MAY 4 |
7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. |
Registration |
7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast for Add-on Seminar Attendees |
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
Add-on Seminar 1
Nanotechnology - Quality Patents for Licensing Purposes |
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
Add-on Seminar 2
Licensing's Key Role in Global Innovation |
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. |
Add-on Seminar Coffee Break |
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. |
Luncheon for Add-on Attendees |
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
LES Foundation Graduate Student Business Plan Competition |
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. |
Add-on Seminar Coffee Break |
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. |
New Members' Reception |
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. |
World's Fair Welcome Reception |
8:00 p.m. |
Joint Chemicals, Energy and Materials Committee, LESI Chemicals, Energy and Environmental & Industry, University, Government, Interface Reception |
MONDAY, MAY 5 |
7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
Registration |
7:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. |
LES U.S.A. and Canada Committee and Industry Sector Meetings
LESI Committee Meetings |
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. |
Accompany Persons' Breakfast
Hosted by: Claire Picone |
8:45 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. |
Plenary Session |
8:45 a.m. |
Opening Remarks |
9:00 a.m. |
Panel Discussion:
Global Leaders of Corporate Licensing
Gary Dauser, Infineon
Beatrix de Russe,Thomson
Ed Harrigan, Pfizer
Thomas Hofstaetter, Wyeth
Pharmaceuticals
Sean Murphy, Abbott Laboratories
Charles D. Murray, DuPont Intellectual
Assets & Licensing
Makoto Ogino, Hitachi
Ruud Peters, Philips
Marshall Phelps, Microsoft
Thomas Picone, Schering-Plough
Gino Santini, Eli Lilly & Co.
Jeff Weedman, Procter & Gamble
Robert Wills, Johnson & Johnson
Barbara Yanni, Merck
Michael Yeomans, Bayer Schering AG |
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. |
Networking Coffee Break |
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. |
Joint LES U.S.A. and Canada and
LES International Industry Sector and
Working Group Meetings |
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. |
Luncheon Presentation
The Second City |
2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. |
Concurrent Workshop Session 1 |
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
PDS 201(LEGAL) Workshop
Legal Issues in Licensing |
3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. |
Networking Coffee Break |
3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
Concurrent Workshop Session 2 |
6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. |
Reception and Dinner at the
Museum of Science & Industry |
| TUESDAY, MAY 6 |
7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
Registration |
7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. |
LES U.S.A. and Canada Committee
Meetings
LESI Committee Meetings |
8:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. |
Plenary Session
Licensing Zeitgeist - the Spirit of
the Times |
8:15 a.m. |
Industries around the World: Where is the Grass Greener?
Walter G. Copan, Clean Diesel
Technologies, Inc.
Simmone Misra, Microsoft Corporation
Stasia Ogden, Biotech Baxter
Healthcare
Ekkehard Schoettle, BP |
9:00 a.m. |
Regions of the World:
Which is More Conducive to Licensing?
Nigel Jones, Linklaters
Anita Leung, Jones Day
Alan Lewis, Adams & Adams
Daniel M. McGavock, CRA International
Simon Rowell, James & Wells |
9:45 a.m. |
Dreadful Drafting or Differences in Law: A Worldwide Perspective
Peter Chrocziel, Freshfields Bruckhaus
Deringer
Adam Liberman, CSIRO
John Ramsay, Gowling Lafleur
Henderson LLP
Patrick O'Reilley, Finnegan,
Henderson, Farabow, Garrett &
Dunner, L.L.P. |
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. |
Networking Break |
11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. |
Roundtable Discussions A |
11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. |
Roundtable Discussions B |
12:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. |
LES Global Tech Fair |
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. |
Luncheon in Exhibit Hall |
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. |
Wine and Cheese Reception in Exhibit Hall |
2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. |
Concurrent Workshop Session 3 |
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
PDS 205 (LICENSING) Workshop
Indemnification: Don't Bet the Company! |
3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. |
Networking Coffee Break |
3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
Concurrent Workshop Session 4 |
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. |
Industry Sector Receptions |
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. |
Gold Sponsors' Receptions |
8:00 p.m. |
Sector Dinners |
8:00 p.m. |
Individual Dinner Arrangements |
WEDNESDAY, MAY 7 |
7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
Registration |
7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. |
LES U.S.A. and Canada Committee and Industry Sector Meetings LESI Committee Meetings |
8:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. |
Mini-Plenary Sessions
Prospecting for Deals: Intellectual Property Strategies that Drive Improvement in Licensing and Business Development Performance
LES Health Care Sector & LESI Life
Sciences Working Group
Hidden Treasure: Recent Royalty Rates and Deal Terms from the LES 2007 Survey
LES Health Care Sector & LESI Life
Sciences Working Group
Patent Valuation - Is There One or Many?
LES High Tech Sector and LESI IT &
E-Commerce Working Group
Licensing Essential Patents and the Interplay with Standards Development Organizations
LES & LESI Legal Professionals
Choices, Choices and More Choices for Fuels of the Future
LES Chemicals, Energy and Materials
Sector & LESI Chemicals, Energy and
Environmental Working Group
Global Medical Device Collaborations and Licensing: A Comparative View from Canada, Europe and the U.S.A.
LES Biomedical Devices Committee |
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. |
Luncheon
Role of Innovation in Discovering New Treatments and Therapies |
2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. |
Concurrent Workshop Session 5 |
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
PDS 201(LEGAL) Workshop
Winning the IP Game through Strategic Decision-Making |
3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. |
Networking Coffee Break |
3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
Concurrent Workshop Session 6 |
6:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. |
Chicago Nightlife Dinner & Entertainment |
THURSDAY, MAY 8 |
8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. |
Registration |
8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast for Add-on Attendees |
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
LES U.S.A. and Canada Trustees' Meeting |
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
Add-on Seminar 3
Licensing the Future "Staying Young - While Growing Old" The World-Wide Business of Aging - CANCELLED |
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
LESI Train-the-Trainer |
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. |
Add-on Seminar Coffee Break |
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. |
Luncheon for Add-on Attendees |
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. |
Add-on Seminar Coffee Break |
FRIDAY, MAY 9 |
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
LESI Train-the-Trainer |
