| LES Society |
Coordinator |
Planned Events |
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| Arab Countries |
Dr. Talal Abu Ghazaleh |
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Conference 2016 - 26th and 27th April, Dubai |
| Argentina |
Veronica M. Canese |
Celebration of World IP Day during LATAM Regional Conference, 6th - 8th April |
| ANZ |
Beth Benson |
Celebration of World IP Day during Annual Conference - 4th - 6th May, Sydney |
| Austria |
Karin Hofmann |
World IP Day Conference - "Protection of Know-how", 26th April, Graz |
| Benelux |
Laura MacDonald |
Simultaneous networking events at Skylounge from DoubleTree Hilton Hotel, Oosterdoksstraat 4 in Amsterdam and at the premises of Bird & Bird, 235 b 1 Avenue Louise in Brussels - 26th April, 5pm - 7pm
Topic Meeting on Complex Licensing Challenges - 9th November, Brussels, 9am - 5.30pm |
| Brazil |
Ricardo Pinho |
Reception celebrating World IP Day with ABAPI - 26th April |
| Britain & Ireland |
Graeme McWilliams
Hayley French |
A private dinner in celebration of IP Day hosted by the Scottish Committee - 21st April, Edinburgh
A joint seminar with CIPA titled "IP Portfolio & Strategy Building for Start-Ups & Spin-Outs" - 28th April, London |
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| China |
Ningling Wang |
LES China Board and society members will meet for a round table discussion on how to strengthen LES China, followed by a dinner - 26th April |
| China - Hong Kong |
Anita Leung |
Luncheon with guests of honor including Ms Winnie Tam (Senior Counsel & Chairlady of the Bar Association), the Director of the Intellectual Property Department of Hong Kong, the President of APAA and the President of HKITMP |
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| Czech Republic |
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| France |
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World IP Day Conference & Cocktail - 14th April, Paris |
| Germany |
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| Hungary |
Michael Lantos |
World IP Day presentation with members of the Hungarian Trademark Association and the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office - 3rd May |
| India |
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World Intellectual Property Forum 2017 - 26th April, Kolkata |
| Israel |
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| Italy |
Federica Brotto |
Cocktail Reception with a guest speaker - 26th April, Milan |
| Japan |
Junko Sugimura |
LES Japan & AIPLA Joint Meeting - 18th April, Tokyo
"Japanese Patent Law Reform of Employee’s Invention" Seminar - 19th April, Osaka
"Introduction of LES Japan Activities to New LES Japan Members" Meeting - 19th April, Osaka |
| Korea |
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| Malaysia |
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| Mexico |
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| Philippines |
Carrie Bee Hao |
A forum hosted by the LES Philippines YMC, with speakers from the Philippine Information Technology (IT) company Xurpas and the President of the Philippine Software Industry Association (PSIA) |
| Poland |
Jakub Mrozowski |
Online discussion dedicated to industrial property and a social meeting for LES Poland members |
| Russia |
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| Scandinavia |
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| Singapore |
Suresh Sachi |
A week-long event titled IP Week together with the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore |
| South Africa |
Zelda Snyman |
"IP Related to 3D Printing" with speakers Johann du Preez and Elmar Muller - 5th May |
| Spain & Portugal |
José Miguel Lissen |
An event in collaboration with Mr. Miguel Mulet, Director of Strategy and New Projects of Tigenix Coretherapix, including a case study on licensing IP rights - 20th April |
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| Thailand |
Vikran Duangmanee, Pongtawat Uttravorarat & Phattharin Amornsoonthornsiri
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World IP Day event co-hosted with USPTO - 26th April, Bangkok |
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| USA & Canada |
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Quebec Chapter: "Bridge Across America" World IP Event - 13th April
NY Chapter: "ATW with LES - A Celebration of World IP Day" - 14th April
Wisconsin Chapter: ATW Event - 19th April
Vancouver Chapter: World IP Day Reception - 26th April
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