Speaking

U.S. – Europe – Asia

  • Geneva (livestream), July 22, 2021 ‘WIPO Colloquium on teaching IP during Covid’
  • Chicago (livestream), April 28th-29th, 2021 – IP Awareness Summit, host and moderator
  • Berkeley, CA (livestream) September 30, 2020 – ‘Living with Covid-19’ webinar
  • Berkeley, CA, 3rd IP Awareness Summit, March 5, 2020; organizer and speaker
  • Washington, DC, May 29, “Unlocking the Secret to Trade Secrets“
  • San Francisco, CA, IPBC Global 2018, speaker, June 11, 2018, “Patent Quality”
  • Washington, DC, United States Chamber of Commerce, organizer, May 8, 2018, “Innovation Policy and IP: Building a Strong Foundation”
  • New York, Teachers College, Columbia University, March 22, 2018, Education Technology Policy
  • Chicago, Center for IP Understanding, organizer – November 6, 2017, The IP Awareness Summit
  • Chicago, LES annual meeting, panel – October 23, 2017, “The End of Licensing?”
  • Ottawa, IP Business Congress, panel – June 20, 2017, “Policy Priorities”
  • New York, International Legal Alliance Summit, panel – June 15, 2017, “What’s in Your Wallet?”
  • Washington, DC, International IP Commercialization Council – May 8, 2017, “The Impact of IP Uncertainty on Business”
  • Barcelona, Global IP Business Congress, June 5-7, 2016, “Debate: Patents as an asset class”
  • New York, NPE 2016, March 22, 2016, “The Business of Responsible Licensing”
  • Berlin, Pan-European Intellectual Property Summit (IP Summit), December 3-4, 2015, “Patent Quality – Always Challenging; Never Simple”
  • New York, Licensing Executives Society, October 25-28, 2015, “Defining Patent Quality – Distinguishing Between Validity, Value and Invention Quality”
  • San Francisco, Global IP Business Congress, June 14-16, 2015, “Banking on It”
  • New York, IP Finance 2015, May 14, “What Investors are Looking for in an IP Asset or Portfolio.”
  • San Francisco, Licensing Executives Society annual meeting, October 6-8, “Public IP Company Business Models & Impact”
  • Amsterdam, Global IP Business Congress, June 23-24, “PIPCO Challenges”
  • New York, DealFlow IP Investment Conference, June 4, 2014, “The Truth Behind Patent Assertion Entities”
  • Singapore, IP Business Congress, November 18, 2014, “Cross-Border IP Deals: Bridges and Barricades.”
  • New York, the Cornell Club, Licensing Executives Society, June 6, 2013, “Let’s Keep it a Secret – Protecting, Valuing, and Licensing Trade Secrets.”
  • Atlanta, Georgia State University College of Law, May 14, 2013, “Gauging the Impact of Public IP Companies (PIPCOS)”
  • Toronto, Licensing Executives Society, Annual Meeting, October 14-16, “Patent Transactions in Transition”
  • Lisbon, IP Business Congress, June 24-26, Moderator (opening plenary), “The Tipping Point”
  • San Francisco, IP Business Congress, June 19-21, Moderators, “The Great Patent Debate”
  • Gothenburg, Center for IP Studies Forum, May 29, 2011, Chairman, Valuation & Finance Track
  • Brussels, IP Summit, December 3, 2010, Moderator/Presenter, “How IP Can Leverage Private Equity”
  • Munich, IP Business Congress, June 21-23, 2010, Moderator/Presenter, “Patents in the USA”
  • Los Angeles, Bankruptcy & Distressed Asset Conference, March 26, 2010, “Maximizing Value for Technology and Intellectual Property in Distressed and Turnaround Situations”
  • San Francisco, ICAP Ocean Tomo IP Think Tank, March 24-25, 2010, Moderator/Presenter, IP Investment Track
  • San Francisco, Licensing Executives Society National Meeting, October 21, 2009, “Understanding the IP Marketplace”
  • Chicago, ICAP Ocean Tomo IP Think-Tank & Auction, July 22-23, 2009
  • Chicago, IP Business Congress, June 23-25, 2009, Moderator/Speaker, “IP Monetization”
  • New York, Chief IP Officer Conference, January 21, 2009, Moderator/Speaker, “Managing Innovation – From Ideas to Revenue”
  • Stowe, VT, ipCG Thought Leadership Conference, November 8-9, 2008, Moderator/Speaker, “IP Aggregators – Creating Opportunities or Havoc?”
  • Chicago, Ocean Tomo Auction & Conference, October 29-30 2008, Chairman/Moderator, “Buying & Selling IP,” “Managing IP Risk”
  • New York, IP Conference, October 23, 2008, Speaker, “Managing IP Reputation for Maximum Return”
  • San Francisco, CIPO Conference, July 15-16, 2008, Moderator/Speaker, “From Ideas to Revenues”
  • Amsterdam, IP Business Congress, Amsterdam, June 29-30, 2008, Moderator/Speaker, “Trends in IP Finance”
  • New York, Managing IP Conference, Harvard Club, January 16, 2008, Moderator/Speaker, “From Ideas to Assets”

In-house and private presentations in Washington, London, Brussels, Oxford, UK, Cambridge, MA, Palo Alto, Los Angeles, Chicago and New York.

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