Schedule of Activities

 8:15 AM

Registration and Breakfast

 8:45 AM

 Keynote

8:45 AM: Introduction:  Prof. Arti Rai,  Duke University School of Law [PPT]

8:55 AM: Opening Remarks:  Dennis O’Connor, President, IPCS [PPT]

9:00 AM:  Keynote Address; Mr. Carl Horton, Chief IP Counsel, The General Electric Co.,
Current Challenges Facing IP Practitioners [PPT]

 10:00 AM

Break

 10:15 AM

Panel:  Clean Tech IP: Global Boon or Bane?
            moderator: Professor Jerome Reichman, Duke University School of Law

10:15 AM: Introduction

10:25 AM: Dr. Bertin Martens,  Do Intellectual Property Rights Affect the Transfer of Climate Change Technology to Developing Countries? [PPT]

10:40 AM: Prof. Keith Maskus,  Economic Perspectives on Encouraging Transfer of Green Technologies: Problems and Prospects [PPT]

10:55 AM: Dr. Douglas Pearson, Intellectual Property Rights in Clean Tech, a Patent Practitioner's Perspective [PPT]

11:10 AM: Eric Lane, Keeping the LEDs on and the Electric Motors Running:  Clean Tech in Court After eBay [PPT]

11:25 AM: Moderated Panel  Discussion and Question & Answer session

 12:30 PM

 Catered Buffet Lunch

       Donald Min discusses how in re Bilski affects apparatus and non-method claims [PPT]

 2:00 PM

Panel:  Generic Biologics: Possible ? Desirable? How?
            moderator: Professor Arti Rai, Duke University School of Law

2:00 PM: Introduction

2:10 PM: Prof. David Ridley,  The Market for Follow-On Biologics [PPT]

2:25 PM: Madison Jellins,  Stumbling Blocks to Establishing a Regulatory Regime for Approval of Follow-On Biologics: Current Issues [PPT]

2:40 PM: Dr. Mike Hostetler, Venture Capitalists, Start-ups, and Biogenerics: Current Activities and IP Strategy Impacts [PPT]

2:55 PM: Ann Witt, Balancing Intellectual Property Concerns with Access to Affordable Medicines [PPT]

 3:10 PM

Break

 3:25 PM

Moderated Panel Discussion and Question & Answer session

 4:30 PM

Evening Reception