LES-AC Concludes its Annual Meeting in Amman

19 Jan 2011

The meeting tackled the activities and programs organized by the Society at the national and international levels for 2009-2010, particularly in relation to the "Arab Certified IP Licensing Practitioner" program and the First Licensing Opportunities and Technology Transfer Forum recently held in the Kingdom of Bahrain

AMMAN ------January 19, 2011--------The annual meeting of the Licensing Executives Society –Arab Countries concluded in Amman under the chairmanship of HE Senator Talal Abu-Ghazaleh and with the attendance of the members of the Board of Directors and General Assembly.

The meeting tackled the activities and programs organized by the Society at the national and international levels for 2009-2010, particularly in relation to the "Arab Certified IP Licensing Practitioner" program and the First Licensing Opportunities and Technology Transfer Forum recently held in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

HE Senator Abu-Ghazaleh stressed in the meeting to establish an Arab Federation for Innovation and Entrepreneurial Investment to exchange knowledge and expertise, serving as a network to connect all stakeholders and specialized parties, raise awareness and influence decision makers.

HE Senator Abu-Ghazaleh said: "One of the prominent outcomes of the meeting was the arrangement and coordination with the Federation of GCC Chambers and the Arab Science and Technology Foundation (ASTF) to hold the second version of the Licensing Opportunities Forum in November 2011."

As for the training courses, the Society’s management shall, as per the meeting’s decisions, organize courses for individual inventors on how to transform their inventions into marketable commercial product and promote the commercial sense of an invention idea in addition to the transformation of Arab creativity and inventions into commercial products and the protection of Arab invention rights.

The Licensing Executives Society- Arab Countries “LES-Arab Countries” (www.lesarab.org)
The Licensing Executives Society-Arab Countries (LES-AC) is considered the first Arab regional society specialized in licensing and technology transfer

issues, and is a non-profit society that seeks to develop and educate the business community of the economic significance of licensing, protection of

intellectual property rights, technology transfer and promotion of investment in research and development.

The Licensing Executives Society-Arab Countries (LES-AC) was established in 1997 under the name "Arab Licensing and Technology Transfer Society (ALTTS). LES-AC joined the Licensing Executives Society International (LESI) in 1998 during its annual meeting held in Miami, USA. Thus, the new name of the Society became the Licensing Executives Society– Arab Countries (LES-AC) which is the sole regional representative of LESI in the Arab region comprising 23 national and regional societies around the world.