Blueprints for Innovation: Intellectual Property in the Bluegrass State
| Date: | Apr 23, 2025 |
| Time: | 3:00 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. |
| Location: | UK Gatton Student Center Ballroom 212A, 160 Avenue of Champions, Lexington, Kentucky 40508 |
Presented by UK Innovate, the Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP) and the Kentucky Intellectual Property Alliance (KYIPA)
About the Event
Blueprints for Innovation will feature a range of engaging discussions and presentations, providing valuable insights into the national innovation landscape and the importance of IP. The event will include a fireside chat featuring Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Andrei Iancu, board co-chair of C4IP and former under secretary of commerce for intellectual property and USPTO director. Attendees will also hear a national innovation perspective from Frank Cullen, executive director of C4IP.
The key panel discussion of the event will bring together a group of experts, moderated by Ian McClure, J.D., LL.M., vice president for innovation, UK HealthCare, and associate vice president for research, innovation and economic impact, UK Research.
Panelists include:
- Mandy Wilson Decker, chair of KYIPA and patent attorney with Stites and Harbison, Intellectual Property & Technology Service Group, Louisville, Ky.
- Jeffery Langer, general counsel of Zoeller Company
- Terry Samuel, president of Kentucky Science and Technology Corp.
- Raechele Smalls, director of Launch Blue Ventures
- Michael Murray, Spears-Gilbert Associate Professor of Law at the UK Rosenberg College of Law
The forum will conclude with a Q&A session followed by a reception.
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