American Conference Institute (ACI) will be holding its Inaugural Summit on Women Leaders in IP Law on March 9, 2021 as a VIRTUAL conference from 8:45 am to 5:15 pm EST. ACI faculty will give presentations on:
• Honoring the Top Accomplishments of Women in IP/2019, featuring Deputy Chief Administrative Patent Judge Jacqueline Wright Bonilla;
• Fostering Inventorship in Women and the Search for Equality in Innovation -- a Working Group on Fostering a Versatile and Diverse IP Team;
• The Art of Communicating;
• A Future Forecast on Appreciating the Symbiosis between IP and Emerging Technologies;
• Inspiring Advice from a Lineup of Influential Senior Level Women in IP;
• A Keynote Address, and
• An End of Day Wrap-up from the Advisory Board and Co-Chairs Gail H. Zarick, IP Counsel, IBM and Flora W. Feng, Senior Legal Director, Global Intellectual Property, PepsiCo.
In addition, there will be a Pre-Conference Seminar on Monday, March 8th presenting a Special International Women's Day IP Career Focus Group from 3:30 to 5:30 pm EST. This seminar will feature Lisa Jakob, Managing Counsel, Trademarks and Copyrights, Merck & Co., Inc. and Co-Founder of WIN: The Women In Law Network, and Lisa Pensabene, Partner, O'Melvany & Myers LLP, also Co-Founder of WIN. This session will explore the opportunities available to women in the IP field, providing an opportunity for participants to hear from accomplished women attorneys on getting ahead in an IP career.
An agenda for the conference and additional information regarding the workshops can be found here. A complete brochure for this conference, including an agenda, detailed descriptions of conference sessions, list of speakers, and registration form can be obtained here.
The registration fee is $1,095 with paid registration by February 26th and is $1,195 thereafter. The pre-conference seminar is $295. Patent Docs readers are entitled to a 10% discount off of registration using discount code D10-705-705DX06. Those interested in registering for the conference can do so here, by e-mailing [email protected], or by calling 1-888-224-2480.
Patent Docs is a media partner of ACI's Inaugural Summit on Women Leaders in IP Law.
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