AI + IP = ? at Northwestern University
The 2024 Intellectual Property Awareness Summit® held on March 29th featured leading entrepreneurs, inventors, creative industry members and investors at the Kellogg School of Management with the Segal Design Institute and the McCormick School of Engineering.
IPAS 2023 and 2024 participants
The IP Awareness Summit® is the only annual event that examines the impact of IP on innovation, creative expression, commerce and society, and the strategies for improving it.
Sample topics for 2024 included:
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KEYNOTE: Alex Castrounis, CEO, Why of AI?
Fmr IndyCar Racing Engineer
Topic: AI and Competitive Advantage:
From IndyCar Racing to Enterprise Success
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FEATURED SPEAKER: Dr. Alan C. Nelson, CEO, VisionGate;
life science and AI entrepreneur (139 patents)
Topic: AI-driven early cancer detection: Opportunities & Challenge
Sample topics:
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Slow, regulate or leave it alone? - Rising to the AI challenge
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IP rights and AI bots: New partners or old adversaries?
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Fostering diversity and entrepreneurship through IP and AI
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Back to basics: Identifying and nurturing good IP behavior
IPAS 2023 Attendees at the Center for Innovation Research at Northeastern in Boston
IPAS Through the years
What to Expect:
22 world class speakers, more than 130 attendees, several timely panels. Access to participants. You will also find lively discourse, fresh thinking and networking opportunities.
Join a select group of thought leaders – including owners, inventors, content industry creators, educators, lawyers, policymakers and investors – in exploring the issues and attitudes affecting IP, IP rights and AI.
A light lunch will be served and a reception with drinks and hors d'oeuvres following the final panel, will provide opportunities to meet the speakers and network with attendees. A nominal fee to cover costs will be charged on a sliding scale.
There will be discussion breaks, social events, such as a proposed wine tasting and tour of a an innovation lab where ideas are being put into action and new businesses born. In-person registration is limited. Reserve your place now!
Videos & Podcasts
Who Is Intellectual Property For? Inside The Movement To Democratize IP
Forbes cited the Center for Intellectual Property as a leader in the effort to make the innovation ecosystem more democratic and inclusive.
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Foster Positive IP Awareness
Learn about the ways businesses, creators and professionals are embracing the relationship between IP, IP rights and AI. Learn why building positive IP rights awareness matters to innovation, value and business success.
Explore new techniques for conveying the role of patents, trademarks and copyrights, as well as trade secrets, in fostering competition and sharing.
Who should attend?
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Businesses (all types & sizes)
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IP owners
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Entrepreneurs
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Inventors and Creators
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Investors
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Educators
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Policymakers
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Researchers
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Engineers
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IP professionals
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IP and policy organizations
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Students
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Journalists