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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

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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  

 

Program

The program for the LESANZ Annual Conference 2010 promises to deliver on its theme: ‘Public Good and Intellectual Property Rights – grant me a monopoly for the benefit of all’. The program brings together invited speakers from all over Australia and will cover the following topics:

Click here to download the program

 

Conference Workshops – Thursday 22 April 2010

Workshop sessions will be held on Thursday 22 April 2010, to complement the Conference program. These workshops are half day sessions and will be hosted at Minter Ellison Lawyers.

Workshops are not included in the conference registration, and delegates will need to purchase additional tickets to attend these sessions.

Title: Managing Risks in Intellectual Property Contracts

Presenter: Philip Heuzenroeder, Principal, Spruson & Ferguson Lawyers 
Date: Thursday 22 April, 2010
Time: 1000 - 1300
Venue: Minter Ellison Lawyers
25 Grenfell Street, Adelaide SA 5000

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Contracting in IP R&D and commercialisation arrangements is all about managing risk.  It is therefore critical for commercial managers and advisers to have a working understanding of the types of risks that arise in IP contracting and how best to deal with them.

Take this opportunity to learn from an experienced IP practitioner who has managed risk both as a lawyer and as a commercial manager.  The workshop will be hands on, utilising practical tools to identify, assess and manage risk in a number of IP scenarios.  You will come away with a simple framework and easy to understand tools to help you manage risk in your day to day work, as well as an understanding of industry practice in this important area, including:

  • How to identify different sources of risk and liability
  • Assessing risk against commercial and legal requirements
  • Allocating risk between the parties in a fair and transparent manner

Identifying best practice in risk mitigation and management in IP due diligence and IP contracting

Title: Valuation of I.P

Presenter: Simon Dalgarno, Leadenhall VRG
Date: Thursday 22 April, 2010
Time: 1400 - 1700
Venue: Minter Ellison Lawyers
25 Grenfell Street, Adelaide SA 5000

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To Jump or not to Jump

This practical workshop will use an actual case study to decide whether to licence out IP or grow a business organically.

Commercialisation Managers and IP Lawyers are often asked to assist in making decisions about the appropriate way to commercialise technology (or value technology). Using the Ocloc Vineyard Post Repair System as an example, Simon Dalgarno from Leadenhall will work through the financial analysis used to assist the owners of the Ocloc systems make decisions regarding the most appropriate commercialisation strategy.

For further information and a short video demonstrating the technology, please visit the Ocloc web site http://www.ocloc.com.au/

Key questions included:

  • maximum sales with and without a distribution partner;
  • take up rates with and without a distribution partner;
  • market evidence of royalty rates;
  • royalty rates established from base principals;
  • relative riskiness and required rates of return; and
  • the required up front cost of commercialisation.

A copy of the excel model used in the evaluation will be provided to participants for them to use in the analysis of similar decisions.

Title: Cut Through for Commitment
How to get better “buy-in” from potential partners

Presenter: Shelley Dunstone, Legal Circles
Date: Thursday 22 April, 2010
Time: 1000 - 1300
Venue: Minter Ellison Lawyers
25 Grenfell Street, Adelaide SA 5000

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How to get better “buy-in” from potential partners

In this competitive world, where everyone is selling something, you need to craft a compelling proposition to cut through the promotional “noise”.  The skills of Thought Leadership can help you persuade financiers and other potential commercialization partners to buy in to the concepts you are promoting.  In this workshop you will learn a range of communication and influencing techniques to help you shift their way of thinking and get their attention and commitment.

Presenter: Shelley Dunstone
Shelley is a Mentor with Thought Leaders Ltd.  She is a former lawyer and educator, who helps people and businesses to “use what they’ve got, to get what they want”.