Organising Committee

Chairs
Johanna Churchill
Megan Ryder

Committee
Eugene Reinboth
Craig Vinall
Rosanne Rositano
Fiona Gilbert
James Seymour
Sarina Caruso
Muneesh Mudaliar
Iain Irvine
Bronwyn Lee

Expression of Interest

Conference Managers

arinex pty limited
http://www.arinex.com.au
ABN 28 000 386 676

arinex pty limited

arinex pty limited has been appointed as the official PCO (Professional Conference Organiser). arinex is the largest total service provider for conferences, events, business travel and exhibitions in Australia. They are the only Australian partner of INCON, an exclusive international network of the world’s top conference organisers and event managers. They are ideally placed to combine international know how and local expertise to this Conference and look forward to working with the Licensing Executives Society Australia and New Zealand Inc. and all its members to produce one of the best Conferences in its history.

Address for Communications

LESANZ Annual Conference 2010 Managers
GPO Box 128
SYDNEY NSW 2001 AUSTRALIA

Deliveries: Level 10, 51 Druitt Street, Sydney NSW 2001

Telephone: + 61 2 9265 0700
Fax: + 61 2 9267 5443
Email: lesanz2010@arinex.com.au

Welcome to the LESANZ Annual Conference 2010

On behalf of the Licensing Executives Society of Australia and New Zealand (LESANZ), it is my pleasure to invite you to attend the 2010 LESANZ Annual Conference to be held at the InterContinental in Adelaide from 22-24 April 2010.

LESANZ is a non-profit professional body whose members are actively involved in professional and business activities concerned mainly with intellectual asset management and technology transfer/commercialisation. Two of the organisation’s objectives are to provide a forum in which members can be educated in relevant professional and business issues and to enable them to meet and share experiences and learnings. The 2010 Annual Conference, which will be held over 3 days (two day conference plus one day of pre-conference professional development workshops), provides an excellent environment to exchange ideas, meet new people and form new business relationships.

The theme of the Conference is ‘Public Good and Intellectual Property Rights – grant me a monopoly for the benefit of all’ and the programme that we have planned is dynamic and different, bringing together local, national and international speakers on a range of topics. Proposed conference sessions include Contemporary issues in Intellectual Property Rights (IPR); Open access vs IPR; Co-operative Research Centres – Public good vs IPR; Geographical indications and defence industry update; Public health and IPR; IPR’s role in fund raising for new ventures; licensing and an informative debate on the question “Do IPR’s matter for commercialisation?”. Highlights of the Conference will also undoubtedly include the opening Cocktail Reception and the Conference Dinner. We look forward to unveiling further details about the programme for the Conference as arrangements are finalised.

We hope that you will be able to accept our invitation to attend the 2010 LESANZ Annual Conference as it promises to be an interesting, rewarding and enjoyable conference, and also to take the opportunity to experience some of the unique attractions that Adelaide has to offer.

Johanna Churchill / Megan Ryder
Chairpersons
2010 LESANZ Annual Conference Organising Committee