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 |
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John D. Flynn, Senior Counsel, Intellectual Property Law - Austin Site Counsel, IBM |
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Luis R. Mejia, Senior Associate, Office of Technology Licensing, Stanford University |
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Jeff Weedman, Vice President, External Business Development, Procter & Gamble |
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Peggy Dillender, D.V.M, Ph.D., CLPTM, Director, Genetic Strategic Initiatives, Pfizer Animal Health |
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Cheryl Cejka, Director of Technology Commercialization, Battelle and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy |
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William J. Merrit, President, InterDigital Communications, LLC |
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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 |
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1-A CEEM Licensing Issues Relating To Bio-Ethanol Energy Generation |
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1-B HCS/IUGI 10 Tips for Navigating from the Laboratory to the Market Place |
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1-C IUGI New Computer Tools for IP Assessment and Marketing |
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1-D HTS Detecting Patent Infringement |
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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 |
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2-A CEEM Cashing in on Science (Innovation beyond Invention) |
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2-B HCS Licensing Biomedical Technology Pending FDA Approval |
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2-C IUGI Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven, but Nobody Wants to Die |
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2-D HTS High Tech IP Indemnification |
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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 |
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3-A CEEM Using Technology Landscaping to Identify Global Licensing Partners |
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3-B HCS Overcoming Regulatory Obstacles in the Biomedical Device Field |
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3-C IUGI Effect of Quanta on University and Corporate Licensing Strategy |
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3-D HTS Patent Pools: Still relevant after all these years? |
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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 |
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4-A CEEM Expanding Plays - A Creative Approach |
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4-B HCS Building a Licensing Team: Optimization of the Deal Process by Assembling Cross-disciplinary Expertise |
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4-C CLP™ Workshop |
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4-D HTS The Nature and Impact of U.S. Export Controls on Technology Transfer and Licensing |
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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 |
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5-A CEEM Advanced Energy Consortium: Joint Research in Nanotechnology Applications to the Exploration and Production of Oil and Gas |
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5-B HCS Telemedicine as a Mainstream Paradigm for Healthcare Delivery |
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5-C IUGI 23 Common License Agreement Terms and How to Track 'Em |
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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 |