Title	International Conference on IP Management Education and Research
Date	17.07.2008 - 18.07.2008
Location	Geneve (Swiss)
Details	Meeting with IP Education Specialists. The Conference welcomed the initiative taken by WIPO in organizing the first ever international conference on intellectual property management education and research. The participants examined the state of intellectual property management teaching and research, shared experiences and discussed future perspectives and challenges relating to this increasingly important discipline. The Conference produced concrete proposals for expanding and enhancing the scope and depth of intellectual property management education and research worldwide and called on WIPO to provide sustained leadership in order to foster this emerging discipline. The breakout sessions discussed and made recommendations on the following issues: − Intellectual property and strategy − Intellectual property, innovation and technology management − Intellectual property, marketing and branding − Intellectual property and finance − Intellectual property and corporate social responsibility The Conference concluded with a call for enhanced international cooperation and partnership in order to foster and strengthen intellectual property management education, considering the critical role intellectual property management education and research plays in understanding and appropriating the benefits of the intellectual property system.
Web site	http://www.wipo.int/academy/en/execed/conf/index.html