PIUG 2007 Annual Conference

An International Conference for Patent Information Professionals

Boolean and Beyond:
Effective Patent Searching and IP Management

Saturday, May 5 to Thursday, May 10, 2007

Hilton Orange County
3050 Bristol Street
Costa Mesa, California
Tel: +1-714-540-7000, Fax: +1-714-540-9176

Workshops

The following workshops are being offered in conjunction with the PIUG 2007 Annual Conference. Please note that you must register separately for each workshop. As space is limited please register early. Early bird registration deadline for workshops is March 31. Regular registration fees apply thereafter or until the workshop fills up. Workshop schedule is subject to change.

Saturday, 5th May 2007

Instructor	Workshop	Time	Location	Registration
Stephen Adams	IPC 8 – One Year On From the Big Bang Magister Ltd. Reg. fees: $180 through March 31; $230 after	9:00am -12:30pm	Emerald Bay 1	PIUG SignUp123
Daniel Phelps	I Didn't know Excel Could Do That DJP Information Consulting Service LLC Reg. fees: $200 through March 31; $250 after	1:30pm-5:00pm	Emerald Bay 1	PIUG SignUp123

Sunday, 6th May 2007

Instructor	Workshop	Time	Location	Registration
TBA	Questel Updates on Industrial Designs and Patents Questel-Orbit	9:00am-10:00am	Emerald Bay 1	Questel-Orbit Reg.
Bob Stembridge Donald Walter Ron Kaminecki	What's New From Thomson Scientific for Patent Searchers: 1. What Has Been and What Will Be 2. Fun With Derwent Indexing in the Reloaded DWPI 3. The Newly-Reloaded Derwent World Patents Index on Dialog. Thomson Scientific	10:00am-12:30pm	Laguna Beach	Thomson Reg.
John Willmore Bertha Adamson	Creating Patent Reports with BizInt SmartCharts BizInt	1:30pm-2:30pm	Emerald Bay 1	BizInt Reg.
Rahman Hyatt	PatBase – New Data, New Machine Translation, New Search Tools Minesoft	2:30pm-3:30pm	Laguna Beach	Minesoft Reg.
Brian Elias	LexisNexis® Introduces PatentOptimizer™ LexisNexis	2:30pm-3:30pm	Pacific 1	Lexis Nexis Reg.

Thursday, 10 May 2007

Instructor	Workshop	Time	Location	Registration
John Zabilski	Using STN Analysis and Visualization Techniques to Improve Competitive Intelligence Information Chemical Abstract Service	8:30am-10:30am	Emerald Bay 1	STN Reg.
Terri Dockter	Boldly Go Where No Patent Searcher Has Gone Before: The NEW InpadocDB on STN! FIZ Karlsruhe	11:00am-12:00pm	Emerald Bay 1	STN Reg.
Hendrik Heus	GenomeQuest: Using Biological Sequences in Intellectual Property Searches GenomeQuest	9:00am-10:00am	Emerald Bay 2	GenomeQuest Reg.
Erik Reeves	Preview of a New Professional Search Solution - SumoBrain PatentsOnline, LLC	10:00am-11:00am	Emerald Bay 3	PatentsOnline Reg.
Eva Seip	MDL® Patent Chemistry Database – Tips & tricks for creating professional-looking reports and exports from search results Elsevier MDL	11:00am-12:00pm	Emerald Bay 2	Elsevier MDL Reg.
Barry Brager	Rapid Automated Patent Analysis to Impress your Managers and Clients Perception Partners Reg. fees: $395 through March 31; $495 after	1:00pm-5:00pm	Emerald Bay 3	PIUG SignUp123

Updated: March 25th, 2007, Sian Griffiths, Ric Snead