When:
Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 12:00am to Friday, February 17, 2012 - 12:00am
Tampa, Florida
Embassy Suites Hotel/Busch Gardens at the University of South Florida
Keynote Speaker:
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, David Kappos
Key topics:
- The America Invents Act
- New Disruptive Technologies
- Translational Technology & Science
- Funding Innovation
- Patents & Public Policy
- Environmental & Ethical Impact of Technologies
- The Next Generation of Inventors
- Innovation & Job Creation
- Intellectual Property Protection
- Tenure, Promotion & Patents
- Changing the Academic Culture
- Technology Transfer & Commercialization