In today’s knowledge-driven economy, it is not a surprise that intangible assets play a crucial role in the performance of companies. Among the latter, IP is one of the most recognized in balance sheets, even if that recognition is most generally not representative of the real IP assets of a given enterprise. Lenders and investors’ interest in IP (where licensing plays a crucial role) are starting to look at it differently than in the past, thus triggering a lot of interest of the worldwide IP community, and the worlds of IP and Finance finally start to collide.

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Agenda

• Introduction

Audrey Yap and André Gorius (LESI IP & Finance Task Force)

• "IP & Finance - EU Community Findings"

Prof. Stefano Zambon (WICI Italy)

• “IP Value Realisation – Unlocking the value of IP through IP-backed lending?”

Sunneth Lawrence (AON IP Solutions)

• "Bridging the Gap – WIPO’s Initiatives on IP Finance and Valuation"

Michael Kos (WIPO)

• Conclusions and next steps

Michel Dewolfs (WICI Belgium)