The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Global Innovation Policy Center (GIPC) and the South Dade Chamber of Commerce and the Glen Ellyn, Lombard, Western DuPage, and Wheaton Chambers of Commerce will host two intellectual property and innovation business roundtables in Florida and Illinois.  The Florida roundtable will be held from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm (EDT) on August 22, 2018 at 5 South Flagler Avenue, Homestead, FL, and the Illinois roundtable will be held from 8:30 am to 10:00 am (CDT) on August 24, 2018 at 201 East Loop Road, Wheaton, IL.  The roundtables will highlight the importance of IP rights to the U.S., and will feature U.S. Representatives Carlos Curbelo (FL-26) and Peter Roskam (IL-06), as well as local members of IP-intensive industries.