Blueprints for Innovation: Intellectual Property in the Bluegrass State

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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