LES B&I's 2021 Annual Conference "Licensing in Challenging Times" will take place IN-PERSON this November in Glasgow! All LES members are welcome!

Sessions will include:

• Deal making trends and outlook for the Life sciences industry [Panel]
• Public Support for Start-up Ventures
• Commercialisation of the Academic Research Base – Challenges, Learnings, and Initiatives in University Licensing through the Pandemic (and impacts going forward) [Panel]
• Agreements to Supply Products in a Time of Shortage
• No-One is Safe Until Everyone is Safe – the story behind CEPI’s R&D partnerships and  supporting the COVAX Mission
• Irn-Bru: Protecting a Heritage Brand

The main conference will be preceded on 15 November by a full-day LES100 Training Course, “Commercialising IP through the Power of Licensing”. There will also be a half-day LES workshop on “Copyright – Collective Licensing after the Digital Single Market Directive 2019/790” in the afternoon.