Women in Licensing Alliance (WILA)

Upcoming WILA Events

Join LESI's Women in Licensing Alliance (WILA) Committee in collaboration with LESI's Chemicals, Environment, Energy, and Materials (CEEM) on 17 November at 10:00am ET.

Four distinguished panelists, who are members of Industrial Advisory Board of CEEM Committee of LESI, will share about their own experiences and career paths on how to become leaders. In addition, they will provide tips and suggestions in achieving the success in career, while balancing work and life.

Panelists:
- Charlotta LjungDahl, Senior Vice President & Global Head of IP, ABB
- Tomoko Miyashita, IP Licensing & Litigation Manager, Showa Denko KK
- Olivia Koentjoro, Director of IP Analytics Center of Excellence, Applied Materials
- Vikran Duangmanee, IP Manager, SCG Chemicals

This event is free to participants.

Register here!

Previous WILA Events

• 2022 Speaker Series Session #1: LESI Women in  Licensing Alliance (WILA) Developing Your Own Personal Brand"
• 2021 Speaker Series Session #4: LESI Women in Licensing Alliance (WILA) "Women on Boards and Key Leadership"
  Virtual | Dates: 5 – 5 Apr, 2022
• 2021 Speaker Series Session #3: LESI Women in Licensing Alliance (WILA) & LESI Young Members Congress (YMC) "Imposter syndrome – is it getting in the way?"
  Virtual | Dates: 24 – 24 Feb, 2022
• 2021 Speaker Series Session #2: LESI Women in Licensing Alliance (WILA) "Practical Lessons for those at an Early Stage in Their Career"
  Virtual | Dates: 08 – 08 Dec, 2021
• 2021 Speaker Series Session #1: LESI Women in Licensing Alliance (WILA) "Achieving A Healthy Work-Life Balance: Can it be done or is it just a myth?"
  Virtual | Dates: 12 – 12 Oct, 2021
• LESI WILA Committee "Bridging the IP Gender Gap - making IP more accessible to women inventors, practitioners and deal makers"
  Virtual | Dates: 10 – 10 Mar, 2021

WILA Resource Documents

• Key Takeaways from the Happy Hour & WILA Pilot Mentoring Program (Sept. 2020)
• Committee Updates (April 2021)
  Committee Updates (June 2020)
• Regional Ambassadors
• 2022-2023 WILA Mentorship Program
  

Inaugural Event

We met in Yokahama for the first WILA gathering.

Committee Leadership

Chair:

• Pamela Cox (LES USA/Canada) [Chair of IP Transactions at Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP]

Vice-Chair:

• Eszter Szakács (LES Hungary) 

Speaker Series Lead:

• Fiona Nicolson (LES Britain & Ireland) 

Mentor Program Lead:

• Candida Caffe (LES Brazil) 

Board Liaison:

• Junko Sugimura (LESI Vice President) 

Interested in joining this committee?  Fill out our Committee Application Form

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