The University of Wisconsin is pleased to announce a two-day program on Intellectual Property (IP) Management planned in cooperation with Nanjing University and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, to be held at Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, on October 17 and 18, 2008. 
The program's schedule features speakers from Nanjing University, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and experts from fields of law and business.
Topics included:
- Intellectual Property Law: Recent Developments in China and U.S.
- Progress and Challenges of Obtaining and Enforcing Intellectual Property Rights in China
- Creating and Managing an IP Portfolio in China
- Technology Start-up and Venture Capital
- Commercialization of University Intellectual Property: Experience and Challenges
Speakers include:
Dr. Carl Gulbrandsen (WARF)
Dr. Rongxin Gan, Vice President for Technology Transfer, Shanghai Institute for Biological Sciences, Academic Sinica
- Dr. Kening Li (Pinsent Masons, Shanghai)
- Alex Zhang (Jones Day, Shanghai)
- Rochelle Klaskin (Godfrey & Kahn, Madison)
- Charlie Chang (02Micro)
- Dr. Pilar Ossorio (University of Wisconsin Law School)
- Pauline Stasiak, Associate Director of IP, Medical Research Council, UK
Registration information will be posted soon. A tentative schedule is available.
