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Blueprints for Innovation: Intellectual Property in the Bluegrass State
Wed, Apr 23
|UK Gatton Student Center Ballroom 212A
Join KYIPA, UK Innovate and the Council for Innovation Promotion for a forum focused on the critical role of intellectual property (IP) in fostering innovation in Kentucky.
Time & Location
Apr 23, 2025, 3:00 PM – 5:45 PM EDT
UK Gatton Student Center Ballroom 212A, 160 Ave of Champions, Lexington, KY 40508, USA
About the Event
Blueprints for Innovation will feature a range of engaging discussions and presentations, providing valuable insights into the national innovation landscape and the importance of IP. The event will include a fireside chat featuring Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Andrei Iancu, board co-chair of C4IP and former under secretary of commerce for intellectual property and USPTO director. Attendees will also hear a national innovation perspective from Frank Cullen, executive director of C4IP.
The key panel discussion of the event will bring together a group of experts, moderated by Ian McClure, J.D., LL.M., vice president for innovation, UK HealthCare, and associate vice president for research, innovation and economic impact, UK Research.
Panelists include:
Mandy Decker, chair of KYIPA and patent attorney with Stites and Harbison
Jeffery Langer, general counsel of Zoeller Company
Terry Samuel, president of Kentucky Science and Technology Corp.
Raechele Smalls, director of Launch Blue Ventures
Michael Murray, Spears-Gilbert Associate Professor of Law at the UK Rosenberg College of Law
The forum will conclude with a Q&A session followed by a reception.
