LES-AC Organizes ‘Managing IP in an Open Innovation Environment’ Workshop

08 Apr 2009 This workshop focuses on improving the quality of both IP management and open innovation initiatives
DAMMAM --- April 8, 2009 --- The Licensing Executives Society –Arab Countries (LES-AC) in cooperation with ASharqia Chamber are organizing “Managing Intellectual Property (IP) in an Open Innovation Environment” workshop on April 18, 2009 in Dammam, KSA.
This workshop focuses on improving the quality of both IP management and open innovation initiatives with a particular concentration on the overlap and synergy that can be obtained when done thoughtfully.
The one-day event tackles the following issues; how managing IP and conducting open innovation are inter-related; in addition to the six steps of finding and integrating open innovation technology with the help of IP databases to increase the quality of projects and decrease time to market, how the geographic distribution of IP tells you where to develop and first commercialize new products.
Targeted groups are research and development (R&D) experts, business development specialists, general managers, managers and CEO’s. In large companies they can be managers, directors and senior executives responsible for setting the company direction. In smaller companies they should be directors and executives.
The main speaker at the workshop is Dr. Paul Germeraad, president of Intellectual Assets Inc., who will discuss case studies and practical examples that will provide the attendees with detailed insight on how to proceed and what pitfalls to avoid.
Dr. Germeraad occupied many key positions in Intellectual Asset Management field and he joined the Licensing Executives Society (LES) Board of Trustees in 2002, and is chair of the LES International Long Range Planning Committee. He is an instructor for the LES Professional Development Series.