Agenda
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15 June 2026
Registration
IAM welcome address: IP Leadership Forum
IAM welcome address: IP Finance Forum
Masterclass: The retention revolution
- Building careers, confidence and culture
- Breaking the cycle: understanding today’s retention challenge
- Leveraging technology and innovation for maximum impact
Panel: IP insurance interrogation
- Insurance 101 for portfolio futureproofing
- The intersection between patent valuation and insurance
- From litigation risk to resilience: building global frameworks
Networking break
Panel: Women in IP Live – IP powerhouses disclose secrets to success
Leading executives from around the world share best practices in forming world-class IP strategies, top lessons in team leadership, negotiation tactics that win licences and inspiration for upcoming IP leaders.
Masterclass: IP in M&A
- Practical tools for driving IP-rich M&A deals
- The role of the IP team: structuring, vetting and robust due diligence
- Understanding government and regulatory hurdles
Networking break
Panel: Leading with intelligence: AI and the future of leadership
- Looking beyond cost efficiency to employee empowerment
- Realities of using AI: the good, the bad and the ugly
- Effective risk management in the AI era
Panel: Financing the future
- The long-term prospects of IP-backed financing and global trends
- Evolving methodologies for litigation finance valuation
- Eligibility essentials: criteria checklist companies need to know
Networking drinks: Hosted by IAM and ChIPs Network
Invite only for female executives
Garibaldi Terrace, InterContinental
IAM closing remarks: IP Leadership Forum
IAM closing remarks: IP Finance Forum
Opening drinks reception
Sponsored by Patlytics
USS Midway, 910 N Harbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92101
Post event drinks reception
Hosted by AST, Richardson Oliver Insights and Tech+IP Capital
Garibaldi, 901 Bayfront Ct, San Diego, CA 92101
16 June 2026
Registration and networking breakfast
IAM welcome address and 2026 IP Hall of Fame inductee's announcement
Keynote: John Squires, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Featured keynote address: What advanced analytics reveal about the future IP landscape
Panel: AI for IP transformation
- AI experiments driving competitive advantage
- The impact of AI on licensing negotiations
- AI for litigation intelligence
Networking break
Case studies: Legal questions with business impact
Major legal issues covered over a series of interviews and lightning talks.
Case study 1: Mastering interim licence declarations and antisuit injunctions
Case study 2: Where antitrust and IP collide
Case Study 3: Unpicking section 101 within AI/ML inventions
Masterclass: Multimedia: A new licensing frontier
- The biggest deals and lessons learned
- Licensing at scale in a fragmented marketplace
- Encoding, decoding and RAND debates
Panel: China: SEP risk, reality and reward
- The changing role of SEP players
- Learnings from state court decisions
- Patent pool trials and triumphs
Lunch and networking
Featured keynote interview: Where innovation meets commercialisation: Qualcomm’s approach to IP value creation
Lightning talks: UPC metrics: trends and takeaways
Talk 1: Pharma in focus
Talk 2: Multimedia showdowns
Talk 3: Telecoms turning points
Masterclass: The battery boom
- Global injunctions and fierce EV competition
- Barriers for market entry and what latecomers should watch out for
- Cross-border lithium-ion battery disputes and their impact on IP strategy
Panel: PTAB: disruption, direction and decisions
- Strategic use of IPRs and the impact on patent value
- What the latest trends reveal about strategy and success at the PTAB
- Facing denials: how to stay ahead
Networking break
Panel: Policy, practice and the future of SEP licensing
- Navigating global SEP policy divergence
- Market driven solutions for FRAND licensing tensions
- The prospect and potential impact of LNGs
IAM closing remarks
Drinks reception
Sponsored by Xiaomi
17 June 2026
Registration and networking breakfast
IAM welcome address
Fireside chat: From growth to scale: the future of licensing, litigation and IP value
Panel: IP: the voice of value
- From ideas to income: the art of translating IP into financial terms
- Understanding business goals and aligning with portfolio strategy
- Models for measuring success
Networking break
Masterclass: New dawn for life sciences patent strategy
- How AI and biotech developments are prompting strategy convergence
- New opportunities for patent monetisation in pharma and biotech
- Navigating cutting-edge biopharma patent landscapes
Panel: ADR: a smart way to solve disputes?
- The advantages and pitfalls
- How to get the most out of ADR
- How arbitration offers are being used in the context of litigation
Lightning talks: Setting the standard: AI governance and IP
Talk 1: Compliance made simple: comparing AI regulations across regions
Talk 2: Preparing for global AI harmonisation
Talk 3: Assessing reverse engineering risk and new strategies for innovation protection
Lunch and networking
Panel: Europe: patents, policy and power
- The UPC’s approach to SEP disputes
- Jurisdictional battles: interim licences, anti-suit injunctions and long-arm reach
- The UK: the new strategic hub for implementer strategy?
Lightning talks: Trade secret success
Talk 1: The US enforcement playbook and damages determination
Talk 2: Cross-border misappropriation risk mitigation
Talk 3: Trade secrets in the age of AI
Masterclass: Masterclass: IoT in the limelight
- The ins and outs, and impact, of the mediation pledge
- New strategies for overcoming the distinctive challenges of the IoT market
- Resource vs revenue: designing a strategic licensing approach
Networking break
Panel: The predictions piece
Industry‑defining IP leaders share their bold predictions on how companies will create, protect and monetise IP value in the years ahead. From evolving licensing models to litigation strategy and new revenue opportunities, this session looks to tomorrow’s playbook.
IAM closing remarks
Closing drinks party
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