The 2021 Intellectual Property Awareness Summit will be held virtually this year free of charge on April 28th-29th and feature a total of 18 speakers.

This year’s theme is ‘IP and the lives it touches.’ The registration fee is being waived due to the Covid pandemic.

Four panels will be held over two days with a keynote speaker on each day. IPAS 2021 will feature leading IP owners, educators, investors and creators. More than 200 persons are expected to attend, including policymakers, investors and students.

Senator Thom Tillis, Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, is Day One keynote.

James E. West, Hall of Fame Inventor and former Bell Labs researcher, will be the lead speaker on Day Two.