Global Intellectual Property (IP) thought leaders will be gathering to attend the second IP Business Congress, hosted by Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) magazine. To be held June 21-23 at the Four Seasons Hotel, Chicago.
The IP Business Congress is designed specifically to meet the needs of senior business executives responsible for the creation and management of IP value inside corporations, as well as those who advise them.
Maximizing the value of IP assets has never been more important. Properly managed, IP can provide strategic flexibility, decrease corporate costs, build bottom-line return and increase shareholder value. All are vital in today's difficult economic and financial conditions.
The IP Business Congress will be focusing on how senior managers can secure all the advantages that IP offers.
Confirmed speakers at the IP Business Congress 2009 already include:
• John Amster, Co-CEO, RPX Corporation
• Todd Dickinson, Executive Director, AIPLA
• Francis Gurry, Director-General, World Intellectual Property Organization
• Horacio Gutierrez, VP for IP and Licensing, Microsoft
• Caroline Kamerbeek, Director of Communications, Philips IP & Standards
• Pat Kennedy, CEO and Chairman, Cellport Systems
• Sherry Knowles, Senior Vice President and Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, GlaxoSmithKline
• David Koris, General Counsel - Head of IP, Shell International
• Damon Matteo, Chief IP Officer and VP IP, Palo Alto Research Center
• Daniel McCurdy, Chairman, PatentFreedom LLC
• Ruud Peters, CEO, Philips IP & Standards
• Marshall Phelps, Corporate VP for IP Policy and Strategy, Microsoft
• Paul Ryan, Chairman and CEO, Acacia Technologies LLC
• John Squires, Former vice-president and chief patent counsel, Goldman Sachs
• Pat Toole, VP Licensing and Standards, IBM
A host of other major names will be joining the speaking faculty over the coming weeks.
The first IP Business Congress was held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in June 2008. It was an event unlike any other in the IP calendar and brought together over 400 IP thought leaders from around the world.
SOURCE:AGIPNEWS
