The second IPWARE-SUMMIT will take place 5 - 7 October 2011 in Sanremo, Italy in the gorgeous environment of one of the World's Leading Hotels, - the international five star Royal Hotel.

The IPWARE-SUMMIT 2011 is an international conference for the IP professional whether being a service provider or an IP owner/user (i.e. a person employed with a company using Intellectual Property rights as a tool for protecting and marketing their products).

The IPWARE-SUMMIT 2011 is of special interest for IP managers, IP information searchers and analysts, IP consultants and persons responsible for selecting service providers and computer software products to support IP activities.

During the whole conference vendors will have the opportunity to exhibit, demonstrate and market their software.

The IPWARE-SUMMIT 2011 will focus on ways and means to maximize the benefits of IP rights by focusing on:

1. Organization of IP activities
   How to establish an efficient organization of the IP activities
   
   
2. IP Management
   How to set up procedures for strategic IP management of present and potential future IP rights
   
   
3. Selection of IP software and IP service providers
   Meet software suppliers and other IP service providers offering services/products to administer IP activities efficiently

The conference is thus inviting papers on the topics which include, but are not limited to

• Interactions between IP and the other C-level functions within a company
• IP management in maintaining company's profitability, growth and competitive edge
• Economic Aspects of Using IP Software
• Software tools for
  • Strategic management of IP
  • IP Valuation
  • IP Knowledge Management
  • Case Handling, Cost Calculation
  • Patent Analysis
  • Keyword Extraction, Indexing and Search
  • Patent Machine Translation
  • Patent Composition
  • Patent and Trademark Search and Processing
• Integration of IP software into General Purpose Business Software
• User-Tailored Applications
• User Experiences
• Evaluation of IP software Systems

Speakers will have 20-30 minutes for presentations and 5-10 minutes for Q&A.

Please visit the conference web site (http://ipware-summit.com) for the up-to-date information and registration.

Paper submission

To submit a paper to the IPWARE SUMMIT it is necessary to write a brief abstract outlining the proposed presentation and send it via email to program@ipware-summit.com along with a personal biography and proposed presentation title. The deadline for submission of papers is 30 April, 2011. Only a limited amount of speaking space may be available after this date.

Any recommendations on specific high-interest topics or for a keynote speaker on a particular topic are welcome. Please share your views with the conference organizers via email program@ipware-summit.com

Important Dates

Viggo Hansen,
Conference Organizer

Information about the previous 2009 IPWARE-SUMMIT is on IPWARE-SUMMIT 2009 page