Featured Speaker		Speakers
Dean Kamen President of DEKA Research and Development Corporation		Keynote Speaker Kevin G.Rivette Executive Advisor, The Boston Consulting Group and author of Rembrandts in the Attic James C. Bly, Jr. Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Source Companies, LLC Jon Clemens, Ph.D Founder & President, Sharp Technology Ventures Kathleen Denis President, Licensing Executives Society Chuck Dennis Director, CRM IP Portfolio, Medtronic Edward Getty Research Fellow, Procter & Gamble Craig Griffin Senior Director of Business Development, Cisco Systems Robert G. Hirsch Managing Director-Licensing and Ventures, Dupont Frank Jaksch President, CEO, and co-founder, ChromaDex, Inc. Dr. Jane C. Linder Executive Research Fellow, Director of Research, Accenture Institute for High-Performance Business Jason Myers Intellectual Property Manager, The Boeing Company Gus Orphanides, Ph.D. Director, IAM and Licensing, Air Products and Chemicals David Robertson CTO, BP Petrochemicals Peter Slate Chief Executive Officer, Arizona Technology Enterprises Jeffrey D. Weedman Vice President, Procter & Gamble Michael Weiner Chief Executive Officer, Biophan Technologies, Inc.
Some Attending Companies ABB Agfa-Gevaert VN Appleton Asahi Glass BAE Systems Cargill Caterpillar ConocoPhillips Convatec DSM DuPont Eastman Chemical Company General Mills Kimberly-Clark Medtronic Milliken National Starch and Chemical Noveon Osaka Gas Philips Ricoh Rockwell Samsung Sharp Textron Unilever Many others		Topics Each of the two conference days will begin in full conference session. Monday afternoon is devoted to two separate tracks, designed to accommodate experiences in different industry groupings. Leading-edge developments and best practices in technology acquisition Open innovation approaches "Not Invented Here" and internal cultural issues Effective management of third parties' development efforts as a component of R&D Mechanisms for engaging with third parties Balancing technology acquisition and technology licensing Different toolsets required Critical insights for technology "sellers" Incorporating the "buy side" into your licensing practice Increasing your relevance to your business unit "buyers" What "buyers" are looking for Working with overseas units Coordinating with the in-licensing team Executive Panel Discussion: Process insights from IP and R&D leaders evolving their R&D strategies and "buy-side" activities with their business unit colleagues Hot markets: what technology buyers are seeking Industry Case Studies: how buying currently happens in a typical company

	Intimate, High-powered Environment for High-Yield Networking
	Leading Corporate Practitioners Sharing their Practical Experiences
	Executive Panel Q&A Discussion about Industry Best Practices

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