{"id":24465,"date":"2019-02-01T10:23:01","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T15:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipo.org\/?page_id=24465"},"modified":"2019-02-14T10:09:10","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T15:09:10","slug":"ipowners-spring-summit-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ipo.org\/index.php\/ipowners-spring-summit-program\/","title":{"rendered":"IPOwners Spring Summit Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;\"><b><u>Wednesday, 6 March 2019<\/u><\/b><b><u><\/u><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;\"><b>5:30 p.m. &#8211;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0In-House Counsel Reception<br \/>\n<\/b><b>7:30 p.m.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><i>Sponsored by Schwegman 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&#8211;<\/strong>\u00a0The session will explore how to develop and apply an integrated approach to protecting innovation, content, and brands using the traditional business frameworks that corporate leaders apply to corporate strategy and management.\u00a0 Speakers will illustrate the business connection between patents, trade secrets, copyright, and trademarks.\u00a0 Speakers will also share real world examples and discuss how it can make the foundation for a great integrated IP strategy.<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Speakers<\/span>:\u00a0 <strong>John Cheek<\/strong> (Tenneco),\u00a0<strong>Heath Hoglund<\/strong> (Dolby Laboratories), and <strong>Shital Shah<\/strong> (Caterpillar Inc.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Outside Counsel Session:\u00a0 Partnering for Diversity &amp; Inclusion &#8211;<\/strong>\u00a0 Most corporations have criteria related to diversity and inclusion that are considered when selecting outside counsel. \u00a0Hear from a panel of external and in-house attorneys on how the make-up of law firms impacts which firms are chosen and how in-house and outside counsel teams can effectively partner to increase the diversity and inclusion of legal teams.<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Speakers<\/span>: <strong>Laura Caponi<\/strong> (Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.) and\u00a0<b>Eldora Ellison <\/b>(Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein &amp; Fox, PLLC)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;\"><b>10:00 a.m. &#8211;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Coffee Break &#8211;\u00a0<\/b><em>S<\/em><i>ponsored by BlueFoot<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;\"><b>10:45 a.m. &#8211;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Concurrent Sessions <\/b><b>\u00a0 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style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Moderator<\/span>:\u00a0 <strong>K<\/strong><b>evin Rhodes<\/b><em>(<\/em><i>3M Innovative Properties Co.)<\/i><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Speakers:<\/span>\u00a0<b>Krish Gupta<\/b><em>\u00a0(<\/em><i>Dell Technologies),\u00a0<\/i><b>Henry Hadad<\/b>\u00a0<em>(<\/em><i>Bristol-Myers Squibb Company),<\/i><i>\u00a0and<\/i><b>\u00a0Judge Lee Yeakel <\/b><em>(<\/em><i>U.S. District Judge, Western District of Texas) (invited) <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;\"><b>2:30 p.m. &#8211;\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Coffee Break<\/b><i>\u00a0&#8211; Sponsored by BlueFoot<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span 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