CenterforApplied Innovation

Initiatives

Five programs advancing intellectual property in commerce, policy, and practice.

Each initiative pursues a defined objective — from executive education to public-market IP investment. Together they form the Center’s active portfolio.

Flagship program

CIPO Future

A leadership program for tomorrow's Chief IP Officers.

Create a leadership program designed to prepare high-potential intellectual property professionals for future service as an enterprise Chief Intellectual Property Officer.

See the program

CIPO Future — a leadership program from the Center for Applied Innovation.

The four other initiatives

  1. Trade Secret Management and Monetization Symposium.

    Trade Secret Symposium

    Business and legal issues at the intersection of IP and the modern global economy.

    ObjectiveCreate an event that would meld together the IP business and legal issues that business persons and in-house counsel face in today's cyber-age global economy.

  2. IP Investments and Markets — June 17–18, 2014, Chicago, IL.

    IP Investments & Markets

    Foremost thinkers in IP asset management and investment banking, in one room.

    ObjectiveCreate an industry leading, groundbreaking event that will bring together foremost thinkers and practitioners in the emerging fields of IP asset management and investment banking, as well as the executives responsible for their oversight.

  3. Invent for Humanity Technology Transfer Exchange Fair — January 19–21, 2014, Geneva, Switzerland.

    Invent for Humanity

    IP as a bridge — sustainable technology transfer to under-served markets.

    ObjectiveIdentify, showcase, and support the efficient transfer of appropriate, sustainable technologies to under-served populations in developing markets by facilitating the transfer of these innovations using IP and licensing professionals.

  4. IPXI

    IPXI

    Advancing the national exchange of, and investment in, intellectual property.

    ObjectiveConcentrate and advance the national exchange of and investment in IP as a stimulus for economic growth concentrated within the State of Illinois.