The 2027 Intellectual Property Awareness Summit® will be held at George Washington University Law School on May 20th in Washington, DC. It is the 10th anniversary Summit, and this one, the first in DC, is expected to exceed prior ones with leading speakers, businesses, inventors, content creators, investors, policymakers and educators.
The focus for 2027 is The Meaning of IP in a Changing World – AI, Rights and Return.
Topics, speakers and keynotes of past summits can be found at www.ipawarenesssummit.com. Photos and videos or past event are also there. Registration at the conference website opens on November 15th.
“In today’s blustery climate around cutting edge technologies, international trade, and national security, IP rights offer societies the opportunity to leverage human capital,” said F. Scott Kieff, Stevenson Bernard Professor of Law at the George Washington Law School and a former Commissioner of the U.S International Trade Commission (2013–2017).
“GW is pleased to be able to host the 2027 IP Awareness Summit in conjunction with CIPU and convene important discussions impacting technology and commerce, from AI to biotechnology and defense.”
IPAS 2027 is produced by the Center for IP Understanding (CIPU) a nonprofit that raises awareness about the impact of IP rights on creators, businesses, and society through events, innovative content and and community.
Past IP Summits have been held in conjunction with the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern (twice), UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business (twice), Columbia University, Northeastern University and Dolby Labs.
The George Washington University Law School (GW Law) is the oldest law school in Washington, D.C. With an alumni network that includes notables in the fields of law, government and business, it is ranked by U.S. News & World report as a leading law school
and among the very top in the field of intellectual property. Located in DC’s Foggy Bottom neighborhood, it is short walk to the World Bank and the Federal Reserve, the Kennedy Center, and the White House, the State Department, and several key federal courthouses, including the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. https://www.law.gwu.edu/.
The Center for Intellectual Property Understanding is an independent nonprofit established in 2016 that raises awareness about the impact of IP rights on creators, businesses, and society. CIPU provides outreach to a range of audiences to improve familiarity and promote sharing. It holds events, such as the annual IP Awareness Summit® (it is IPAS’ 10th anniversary in 2027), curates IPBasics.org and IdeasMatter.com, both information portals, and produces “Understanding IP Matters,” a critically acclaimed IP podcast series with 20,000 downloads. UIPM provides leading creators, entrepreneurs and industry experts a platform to share their IP story. To learn more, visit understandingip.org.
For further information visit http://www.ipawarenesssummit.com or write explore@understandingip.org.
Image source: GW Law; CIPU
