AGENDA
Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable Meeting
February 11-12, 2013
National Academy of Sciences Building
2101 Constitution Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20418
When scientific and technological innovations are conceptualized or made, a common step for inventors is to seek protection of their intellectual property. Such protection is sought primarily to incentivize further development and to reward innovation. The most common intellectual property form for scientific and technological innovations is a patent. However, there is a prevailing sentiment that the U.S. patent system is not operating in a way that optimizes innovation and productivity in today's technological and economic environment. There is ongoing debate about whether patents are essential for technology development and commercialization in certain industries but an innovation inhibitor in others. These dynamics and how they influence America's new innovation ecosystem will be the focus of this GUIRR meeting. |
Monday, February 11, 2013
Location: National Academy of Sciences Building
5:30-6:30 PM Cocktails
6:30-7:30 PM Moderator: Dr. C. D. (Dan) Mote, Jr, Former President and Glenn L. Martin Institute Professor of
Engineering, University of Maryland at College Park; GUIRR Co-Chair
Dr. Stuart Graham, Chief Economist, United States Patent and Trademark Office
7:30-8:30 PM Dinner
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Location: National Academy of Sciences Building
7:30-8:00 AM Continental Breakfast
8:00-8:15 AM Welcome Remarks
Dr. Uma Chowdhry, Chief Science and Technology Officer Emeritus, DuPont; GUIRR Co-Chair
8:15-8:45 AM Improving Patent Law to Promote Innovation (no slides available)
Dr. Suzanne Michel, Senior Patent Counsel, Google
8:45-9:45 AM The Patent System: Industry Perspective
- Mr. Justin McCarthy, Head of R&D Legal, Pfizer
- Ms. Heidi Keefe, Partner - Litigation Department, Cooley LLP (no slides available)
9:45-10:15 AM Break
Dr. Jay P. Kesan, Professor, H. Ross & Helen Workman Research Scholar, and Director, Program in
Intellectual Property and Technology Law, University of Illinois College of Law
11:15-11:45 AM The Patent System: University Perspective
Mr. Dan L. Burk, Professor and Founding Faculty Member, University of California, Irvine School of Law
11:45 AM- Lunch
12:45 PM
12:45-1:45 PM
The Patent System: Judicial Perspective - Judge Pauline Newman, Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
(no slides available)
- Chief Judge Paul Michel, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (no slides available)
1:45-2:30 PM Novel Approaches to IP and Patents
Mr. Jason Schultz, Assistant Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Samuelson Law, Technology, &
Public Policy Clinic at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Mr. J. Christopher Ramming, Director, University Collaboration Office, Intel Labs
1:45-2:30 PM
Updates and Discussion on Current GUIRR Projects
Moderator: Ms. Susan Sloan, Director, GUIRR
2:30-3:00 PM Proposal of New Topics and Projects for GUIRR + Other Member Announcements ·
3:00 PM Adjourn
