Blueprints for Innovation: Intellectual Property in the Bluegrass State

Event description

Join KYIPA, UK Innovate and the Council for Innovation Promotion for a forum focused on the critical role of intellectual property (IP) in fostering innovation in Kentucky. 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.

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 Decker, chair of KYIPA and patent attorney with Stites and Harbison
• Jeffery Langer, general counsel of Zoeller Company
• Terry Samuel, president of Kentucky Science and Technology Corporation
• 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.