The United States Patent Trademark Office (USPTO), Office of Innovation Development, presents the Women's Entrepreneurship Symposium on March 21, 2018.
The symposium will be held at the Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County and will focus on women inventors, entrepreneurs and the importance of intellectual property.
The symposium will offer networking opportunities with experts in the intellectual property field, as well as government and industry representatives who will help attendees gain insight into all facets of the patent process.
Registration is free and includes all conference sessions and materials.
For more information, contact us at oidevents@uspto.gov
Tentative Agenda
9:00 – 9:15 am Registration
9:15 – 9:30 am Welcome / Day Overview
9:30 – 10:15 am Finding ideas in Everyday Life
Learn how an inventor thinks
Speaker: Sandra Marlow, Founder and CEO, Baqua Inc
10:15 – 11:00 am Understanding IP
What is it and why is it important
Speaker: Zandra Smith, Supervisory Patent Examiner, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
11:00 – 11:15 am Break
11:15 – 12:00 pm Does my Idea Exist?
Know how and where to look to for ideas that may or may not exist
Speaker: Linda Kocis, Reference Librarian, Main Library, Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County
12:00 – 1:15 pm Lunch (on your own)
1:15 – 2:15 pm Getting connected in the community
Finding opportunities in the community for leadership and engagement with STEM programs
Panelists:
Ashley Earle,
IP Attorney with Dinsmore & Shohl Volunteer STEM Coordinator for Cincinnati
(http://www.dinsmore.com/)
Chelsea Nuss
MORTAR Graduate with Docere 4 Parents
(http://www.docere4parents.org)
2:15 – 3:00 pm Finding the resources to help protect your IP
Free government resources for inventors
Speaker: Zandra Smith, Supervisory Patent Examiner, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
3:00 – 3:15pm Break
3:15 – 4:15 pm Commercialization and Manufacturing
Working to bring your product to Market
Panelists:
Matt Anthony
Director of First Batch
(http://www.firstbatch.org)
Thomas Dalziel, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Center for Entrepreneurship & Commercialization (CEC)
Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship & Strategic Management
(http://business.uc.edu/academics/centers/entrepreneurship/about-us/executive-director.html)
4:15 – 4:30 pm Wrap Up