PIUG 2013 Annual Conference
An International Conference for Patent Information Professionals

Celebrating our Past 25 Years... Preparing for Our Future:
Best Practices for Keeping Up with the Rapidly Changing Patent Landscape

Workshops

The following workshops are being offered in conjunction with the PIUG 2013 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 15th. Regular registration fees apply thereafter or until the workshop fills up. Workshop schedule is subject to change.

Detailed Information for workshop hosts is in the Workshop Request Form. Submission deadlines: March 4 for workshops on Saturday April 27; March 18 for workshops on Sunday April 28 and Thursday May 2.

Saturday, April 27

Instructor	Workshop	Time	Location	Cost	Registration
Stephen Adams	Soft Skills and Squidgy Answers: The Importance of Presenting Useable Search Output to the Client	8:00am - noon	Magnolia B	For fee	Registration
Edlyn Simmons	Fundamentals of Current Patent Law	1:00pm - 5:00pm	Magnolia B	For fee	Registration
Tony Trippe	Patinformatics: The Next Generation	8:00am - 4:00pm	Magnolia A	For fee	Registration
Debbie Shalom	Personal Branding: Communicating the Authentic You	1:30pm - 4:30pm	Magnolia C	Free	Registration Members Only (Limit of 50)

Sunday, April 28

Instructor	Workshop	Time	Location	Cost	Registration
Bizint	Creating Patent Reports and Visualizations with the BizInt Smart Charts Product Family	8:30am - 10:00am	Terrace East	Free	Registration
Questel	Soaring into Orbit.com with Perfected Search and Analysis Tools	10:00am - noon	Arbors	Free	Registration
Relecura	Making IP Intelligence Easy and Intuitive	10:30am - 11:30am	Terrace West	Free	Registration
ProQuest Dialog	Exclusive Sneak Peek: ProQuest Dialog™ Patents	11:00am - noon	Terrace East	Free	Registration
Minesoft	Product Updates and Enhancements - PatBase, PatentOrder, Minesoft Inspec and Patent Archive	noon - 1:00pm	Terrace West	Free	Registration
STN	Searching in DWPI Chemistry Resource (DCR) on STN	12:30pm - 1:30 pm	Terrace East	Free	Registration
Thomson Reuters	Thomson Innovation: Enhanced Sources & Insight 2013	2:00pm - 3:30pm	Arbors	Free	Registration

Thursday, May 2

Instructor	Workshop	Time	Location	Cost	Registration
USPTO	America Invents Act	8:00am - 9:30am	Terrace West	Free	Registration
USPTO and EPO	Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)	9:30am - noon	Terrace West	Free	Registration
STN	STN Patent Forum	9:00am - 4:00pm	Terrace East	Free	Registration
Intellixir	INTELLIXIR New Version 8.0: Why do I need this application?	9:00am - 10:00am	Beech	Free	Registration