USPTO - World Intellectual Property Day
Women and IP: Accelerating Innovation and Creativity
4-4:15 PM: Welcome and introductions.
Vincent E. Garlock, AIPLA Executive Director
Welcome remarks: Hon. Kathi Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, US Patent & Trademark Office (invited)
Introduction of Congressional Speakers, US IP Alliance, ABA-IPL, INTA, LESI
Remarks by Sponsor The Honorable Mazie Hirono. The Honorable Chris Coons (D-DE), Chair Senate Judiciary, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property (invited), The Honorable Thom Tillis (R-SC), Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property (invited), The Honorable Darrel Issa (R-CA) House IP Subcommittee Chair (invited), and The Honorable Hank Johnson (D-GA), Ranking Member House Judiciary IP Subcommittee (invited)
4:15-5:25 PM: Panel Discussion on Women Innovators, Creators, and Inventors
Includes Q&A Session.
Moderated by TBD, Intellectual Property Owners Association, and US Chamber Global Innovation Policy Center.
Elizabeth Dougherty, USPTO, Empowering Women's Entrepreneurship (WE) – The Value of Her Program
World Intellectual Property Organization Representative (invited)
Rachel Kahler, General Mills (invited)
5:25-5:30 PM: Closing remarks -
Hon. Shira Perlmutter, Register of Copyrights, US Copyright Office – (invited) -Women in the Copyright System Study
5:30-7:00 PM: Reception & Displays
Thank you to our co-hosts and industry co-sponsors:
