The Innovation Alliance will be sponsoring a conference on "Patents, Innovation and Job Creation: A Virtuous Circle" on Friday, January 21, 2011 from 9:00 am to 1:35 pm at The Newseum, located at 555 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. in Washington, DC. The conference will provide discussions with inventors, entrepreneurs, business leaders, and industry experts on the economic value of patents and a vigorous USPTO.
The agenda for the conference is as follows:
• 9:00 -- Address by Retired Federal Circuit Chief Judge Paul Michel
• 9:45 -- Panel on Job Creation and Innovation: How an Idea Can Create Jobs and Economic Growth -- to be moderated by IPWatchdog's Gene Quinn
• 11:15 -- Panel on Patents in the Modern Innovation Economy -- to be moderated by Kim Hart of Politico.com
• 1:00 -- Keynote Address by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director David Kappos
Confirmed panelists include Robert Alt, The Heritage Foundation; Gregory J. Junemann, IFPTE, AFL-CIO; Lisa Kuuttila, STC.UNM; Bill Jones, Cummins-Allison Corp.; Harry J. Leonhardt, Amylin Pharmaceuticals; William J. Merritt, InterDigital; Hank Nothhaft, Tessera; and John Swart, Exemplar Genetics.
Those interested in attending the conference should RSVP to [email protected].
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