The Suffolk Law IP Center is pleased to present the Sixth Annual Intellectual Property & Innovation Conference, which will bring together a cross-section of the intellectual property community, including IP scholars, law firm practitioners, in-house counsel, and policy makers. Join us for this free hybrid event where experts from various fields and backgrounds will explore cutting edge issues in IP and innovation.

We are pleased to announce that our keynote speaker will be Dr. Chidi Oguamanam, a Full Professor in the Faculty of Law (Common Law Section) at the University of Ottawa, who is affiliated the Centre for Law, Technology and Society; the Centre for Environment and Global Sustainability; and the Centre for Health Law, Policy, and Ethics. He is also a member of the International Law Group and holds the Research Chair in Bio-Innovation, Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Global Knowledge Governance at the University of Ottawa.

Dr. Oguamanam is also the director of Access and Benefit Sharing Canada (ABS-Canada), an organization dedicated to creating a Canadian ABS policy that will protect biodiversity while respecting Indigenous traditional knowledge, as well as the co-founder of the Open African Innovation Research (OpenAIR) Network, a unique collaborative network of researchers in more than 20 African countries, Canada, and elsewhere in the world, with a primary goal to uncover new insights about the balance between control and access to knowledge.

In addition to our keynote address by Dr. Oguamanam, confirmed speakers include:

• Rebecca Curtin, Professor of Law, Academic Co-Director of Suffolk Law IP Law Center, Suffolk University Law School
• Dalindyebo Shabalala, Professor of Law, Academic Co-Director of Suffolk Law IP Law Center, Suffolk University Law School
• Darrell Mottley, Assistant Clinical Professor, Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship Clinic Suffolk University Law School
• Damian Porcari, IP Advisor, former Midwest Regional Director, the US Patent & Trademark Office
• Sarah Burstein, Professor of Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law
• Meredith Lowry, Partner, Wright, Lindsey & Jennings LLP
• Rachael Dickson, Founder, Catalytic Law
• Sari Mazzurco, Assistant Professor of Law, SMU Dedman School of Law
• Alexandra Roberts, Professor of Law and Media; Faculty Director, Center for Law, Information and Creativity (CLIC), Northeastern School of Law
• Betsy Rosenblatt, Professor of Law, Case Western Reserve School of Law
• Safraz Ishmael, Partner, DLA Piper
• Chris Duerden, Associate, DLA Piper
• Greg Penoyer, Global Lead Product Counsel – Technology, IP, and Supply Chain, SimpliSafe
• Gary Ganzi, Senior Counsel, Lando & Anastasi
• Robert Greenberg, Associate General Counsel, Intel Americas
• Andrea Reed, Of Counsel, Lando & Anastasi

The current version of the agenda can be found here.

You are welcome to attend this event in person at Suffolk Law School or virtually via a livestream of the conference. If you would like to attend virtually, details regarding the livestream of the event will be sent out to registrants closer to the event date. 

For those attending in person, a reception will follow the conclusion of our programming.

This event is free and open to the general public and to all members of the Suffolk community, including alumni, current students, faculty, staff, and administration. Current JD students can earn one (1) hour of CLE credit for attending this event in accordance with the SULS Experiential Learning & Professional Development Requirement.

Questions? Please contact Jenn Karnakis at jkarnakis@suffolk.edu