Unable to attend this year’s AI and IP Summit in person on April 23rd? No problem. The hosts are making free livestream access available. No registration required.
The speakers are leading experts in technology, AI, IP and education. This year’s theme: “Technology at the Crossroads: AI, IP Rights and New Opportunities.” Join the livestream here.
IPAS 2026 features 25 leaders in technology, AI, invention content creation, including speakers with three Academy Awards, two Grammy’s and a third with 13 Emmy Awards.
All are faced with opportunities and challenges for AI and are weighing how they will benefit or devalue copyrights, patents and trademarks, and impact privacy. Attending this year’s IPAS are entrepreneurs, content creators, inventors, investors, lawyers, educators, researchers, students and policymakers.
Hosting this year’s IP Awareness Summit® are the Center for IP Understanding (CIPU) and the Center of Science and Industry (COSI), the #1 public science and technology education venue in the U.S.
A partial list of the speakers:
- Arlyne Simon – Intel inventor and author, “Abby Invents”
- Diane Gabl Kratz – Dolby Labs, Director, IP Strategy & Operations
- Daryl Lim – Center for Socially Responsible AI; Penn State Dickinson
- Corey Salsberg – Global Head of IP Affairs, Novartis; IP-ed proponent
- James Conley – Kellogg School of Management; entrepreneur; inventor
- Dr. Frederic Bertley – COSI, sci-tech educator; 13 Emmy Awards
- Ruth Vitale, fmr Hollywood Studio Head; three Academy Awards
- Allison Gaul – Boston Consulting Group X; AI and IP rights expert
- Albhy Galuten – Producer-Inventor, 100M+ record sales; two Grammy Awards;
- Danny Marti, fmr White House IP Enforcement Coordinator; Global Strategy, Tencent

To obtain a discount or complimentary registration code for in-person attendance, email us at explore@understandingip.org.
Go here for the livestream link: https://www.youtube.com/live/gExjd4K2b7Y
Or visit CIPU’s YouTube channel for access: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZk165UL2V8fNiJjVcQtnmQ
IPAS 2026 will start promptly after in-person registration at 9:00 AM ET. There will be networking and lunch breaks, and two breakout sessions, unavailable to livestream viewers but summarized by the facilitators at 1:00 and 5:00 ET.
For the agenda, speakers and their biographies, visit www.ipawarenesssummit.com
Image source: CIPU
