ASSOCHAMS International Conference on Intellectual property rights

Event Profile

ASSOCHAM, India's premier apex chamber covers a membership of over 4 lakh companies and professionals across the country, plans to hold one day International Conference on Intellectual Property Rights “Harnessing Intellectual Property for Strategic Competitiveness - Electronics, IT & Engineering Sector (SME’s)” on 31st May, 2012 in Chandigarh.
Today Intellectual property (IP) is a key consideration in day-to-day business decisions. New products, brands and creative designs appear almost daily in the market and are the result of continuous human innovation and creativity. While Indian industry has been increasingly realizing the importance and benefits of IP creation and protection, the Indian Government has been doing their best in creating conducive environment by upgrading infrastructure and bringing in policy level initiatives in the country which has resulted in sweeping changes in IP culture and administration in the Country.
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Exhibitor Profile

Who Should Attend

• Chief Executive Officers (CEO's) and Managing Directors
• Directors of Legal, Management & Research Institutions.
• Research & Development Scientists in IP or IP-related areas.
• Law Attorneys, Patent Agents, Patent Litigators & Managers in different technical domains
• IP Managers, Professionals in Legal Domain related to various technologies
• CA's, Legal Heads, Company Secretaries, Finance & Risk Management Groups
• Trademark Attorneys and representatives of Law firms
• IP Investors, Patent Agents, Attorneys & IP Consultants
• Academicians

Highlights

Key Issues
An overview of recent changes in patent regimes in India - Electronics, IT & Engineering Sector
Scope and nature of the patent surge - A view from IT & Electronics Industry
IP protection, policies & best practices
Innovation process management in research Institution
Promoting the use of IP Instruments by SMEs
Changes in patent regimes
Legal challenges to patent validity in India
Patenting trends across Industry

Organising Committee

The Associated Chambers Of Commerce And Industry
The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM), India's premier apex chamber covers a membership of over 2 lakh companies and professionals across the country.

Eminent Speakers (Invited)

• Ms. Prerna Puri Wasu IAS, Secretary (Information Technology), UT Secretariat, Chandigarh
• Dr. Ajai Kumar Garg, Scientist E, Additional Director, Department of Information Technology (DIT), Ministry of Communication & Information Technology, GOI
• Dr. K. S. Kardam, Deputy Controller of Patents & Designs, Intellectual Property Office, New Delhi
• Mr. Chris King, First Secretary Trade & Economics, Australian High Commission
• Mr. N Chandrasekaran, CEO & Managing Director, Tata Consultancy Services Limited & Chairman, NASSCOM
• Mr. Ashok Khanna, Chairman, ASSOCHAM'S National Environment Council & Chairman, Khanna Watches Ltd.
• Mr. Tabrez Ahmad, Director IP Policy, Legal & Corporate Affairs, Microsoft Corporation (India) Pvt. Ltd.
• Mr. Chandra Sekaran, Group Chief Executive, Technology & Operations, Cognizant Technology Solutions.
• Dr. Viswanathan Seshan, Head of IP&S India, Philips Electronics India Ltd.
  
• Mr. Pinaki Ghosh, AVP, HEAD IP Group, Reliance Industries Ltd.
• Mr. D. P. Vaidya, Director IPR & Head Engineering, Lakshmi Kumaran & Sridharan Attorney.
• Mr. Vivek Atray, Additional Transport Commissioner, Haryana & Former Director-IT, Tourism, Technical Education and Science & Technology, Chandigarh.
• Mr. Sudipta Ghosh, Head IP Management & IPR Council, Wipro Technologies.
• Ms. Ramapriya parthasarathy, GE Global Research OR.
• Mr. Hitesh S. Barot, Senior Counsel, Intellectual Property & Vice President, Technology Policy, GE India.

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