Patent Information Users Group, PIUG was founded in the United States in 1988 by an ad hoc group of patent information scientists working in the chemical, pharmaceutical, petroleum, and technology industries.

Pathology Education (PEI), Faculty will discuss basic to advanced techniques, pitfalls and pearls to pathology diagnosis. Rounding out the program, for the second year, are interactive case reviews of hematopathology, breast, placenta and perinatal pathology emphasizing the material presented at the beginning of the week.