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LES 2009 Winter Meeting


LES 2009 Winter Meeting

Licensing: A Global Culture
Embrace the Professionalism

February 25-27, 2009
Westin Riverwalk, San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas

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Meeting Program:
Schedule at a Glance
Add-on Seminars
Plenary Sessions
Workshops
PDS Workshops
CLE

Additional Events:
Tech Fair
Networking Events
Accompanying Persons

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Schedule-at-a-Glance

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Train the Trainer

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

7:30 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Registration

7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast for Add-on Attendees

8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Add-on Seminar 1 - Growing a Knowledge Based Economy in San Antonio

8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Add-on Seminar 2 - Introductory Workshop on the Commercialization of IP through Licensing

1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Sector & Committee Meetings

5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

New Members' Reception

6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Welcome to San Antonio Reception

Thursday, February 26, 2009

7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Registration

7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

8:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

Plenary Session

8:00 a.m.

Welcome and Introductions

8:15 a.m.

Keith McDowell, Ph.D., Vice Chancellor for Research and Technology Transfer Office of Research and Technology Transfer, The University of Texas System

8:45 a.m.

Don Merino, General Manager Acquisitions, Intellectual Ventures

9:15 a.m.

Panel Discussion: Licensing Achievement Award Winners

 

John D. Flynn, Senior Counsel, Intellectual Property Law - Austin Site Counsel, IBM

 

Luis R. Mejia, Senior Associate, Office of Technology Licensing, Stanford University

 

Jeff Weedman, Vice President, External Business Development, Procter & Gamble

 

Peggy Dillender, D.V.M, Ph.D., CLPTM, Director, Genetic Strategic Initiatives, Pfizer Animal Health

 

Cheryl Cejka, Director of Technology Commercialization, Battelle and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy

 

William J. Merrit, President, InterDigital Communications, LLC

 

Modertor: Michael J. Martin, CLPTM, TechTransfer Associates, Inc.

8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Accompanying Persons Breakfast

10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

Networking Coffee Break

10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Roundtable Discussions

12:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.

Luncheon with Keynote Speaker, Robert Perry, Vice President, Deepwater Facilities Technology, BP America, Inc.

2:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.

Workshop Session 1

 

1-A CEEM Licensing Issues Relating To Bio-Ethanol Energy Generation

 

1-B HCS/IUGI 10 Tips for Navigating from the Laboratory to the Market Place

 

1-C IUGI New Computer Tools for IP Assessment and Marketing

 

1-D HTS Detecting Patent Infringement

 

1-E LGL Due Diligence in the Patent Evolution Era

2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

PDS Intermediate Workshop (LEGAL) Working the System: Inside the USPTO

2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Tech Fair

3:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

Networking Coffee Break in the Tech Fair

3:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Workshop Session 2

 

2-A CEEM Cashing in on Science (Innovation beyond Invention)

 

2-B HCS Licensing Biomedical Technology Pending FDA Approval

 

2-C IUGI Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven, but Nobody Wants to Die

 

2-D HTS High Tech IP Indemnification

 

2-E HTS Why Haven't High Tech Firms Embraced Open Innovation?

6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Reception and Dinner

Friday, February 27, 2009

7:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Registration

7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Workshop Session 3

 

3-A CEEM Using Technology Landscaping to Identify Global Licensing Partners

 

3-B HCS Overcoming Regulatory Obstacles in the Biomedical Device Field

 

3-C IUGI Effect of Quanta on University and Corporate Licensing Strategy

 

3-D HTS Patent Pools: Still relevant after all these years?

 

3-E HTS Surveying the Patent Landscape

10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Networking Break

10:30 a.m. –12:00 p.m.

Workshop Session 4

 

4-A CEEM Expanding Plays - A Creative Approach

 

4-B HCS Building a Licensing Team: Optimization of the Deal Process by Assembling Cross-disciplinary Expertise

 

4-C CLP™ Workshop

 

4-D HTS The Nature and Impact of U.S. Export Controls on Technology Transfer and Licensing

 

4-E Legal Mediation of Patent Disputes

12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Networking Luncheon

1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Workshop Session 5

 

5-A CEEM Advanced Energy Consortium: Joint Research in Nanotechnology Applications to the Exploration and Production of Oil and Gas

 

5-B HCS Telemedicine as a Mainstream Paradigm for Healthcare Delivery

 

5-C IUGI 23 Common License Agreement Terms and How to Track 'Em

 

5-D HTS Licensing Strategies In Standards Developing Organizations

2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

PDS Intermediate Workshop (IA STRATEGY) Portfolio Analysis/Risk Assessment

6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.

Board of Trustees Reception and Dinner

 



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