PIUG 2011 Annual Conference
An International Conference for Patent Information Professionals

Best Practices Beyond Free-text: The Value of Indexing and Classification when Searching and Analyzing Patents

Overview | Program | Conference Materials (PIUG members only) | Sponsors | Travel | Workshops

Introduction

The conference will feature world-renowned experts on patent information for technology research and planning, for legal organizations, and for overall corporate IP management (technology licensing and related activities). The conference will include many opportunities for discussion and part of Tuesday afternoon will be dedicated to visiting the exhibit hall. Many workshops will also be held in conjunction with this meeting (before, during and after the technical sessions).

Attendees typically have a professional, scientific, or technical interest in patents and represent a multitude of companies. Previous meetings in San Antonio, Texas, and Baltimore, Maryland drew enthusiastic groups of over 320 and 330 people, respectively, to the three-day technical sessions. Nearly one-fifth of the attendees were international; that is, attendees came from Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, the Russian Federation, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. We expect about 400 attendees in 2011.

Join us as we continue in our third decade of PIUG! We look forward to seeing you in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

PIUG gratefully acknowledges the generous support of all our sponsors and exhibitors
including the following Emerald sponsor3.

Program Committee

Brian Bridgewater, Chair
Members: Kartar Singh Arora, Ron Kaminecki, Diane Wian, AJ D'Ambra, Alison Taylor, Lucy Akers, Zhifu Shu, Marty Goffman

Planning Committee

Anthony Trippe, Co-Chair
Denise Fobare-DePonio, Co-Chair
Mentor/Advisor – Suzanne Robins, Heidi Stone
Brian Stockdale Award Committee – Edlyn Simmons (Chair), Stephen Adams, Ken Koubek, Tony Trippe
Evaluations – Adrienne Shanler (Chair)
Exhibits – TBA
Gifts – Edlyn Simmons
Hospitality & travel – Edlyn Simmons
Meeting Book Liaison – Alison Taylor
Photography – Sandra Unger (Chair), Yuri Mozolev
Presentations Logistics Coordinator – A.J. D'Ambra
Registration Liaison – Malcolm Hallam
Signage – Sandra Unger
Sponsorship – Jane Thompson, Chair
Webpages – Tom Wolff (Webmaster)
Workshops – Martha Yates (Chair)