IP.com Presenting Panel Discussion at The Business Council of New York State Annual Meeting
Rochester, NY (PRWEB) September 18, 2014 -- IP.com, an industry-leading intellectual property and innovation solutions provider, announced they will be hosting a panel discussion at The Business Council of New York State Annual Meeting at The Sagamore Resort in Bolton Landing on Thursday, September 18, 2014, titled “Commercializing University-Based Innovation – Accelerating Growth in NYS.”
The distinguished panel includes Anthony G. Collins, President of Clarkson University, as moderator; and participants Kenneth Adams, President and Chief Executive Officer, Empire State Development and Commissioner, New York State Department of Economic Development; Robert L. Clark, Senior Vice President for Research and Dean of the Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University of Rochester; Scott Gucciardi, Senior Vice President, Welch Allyn, Inc.; Dr. Timothy Killeen, President of the Research Foundation and SUNY Vice Chancellor for Research; and Manny Schecter, Chief Patent Counsel, Associate General Counsel, and Managing IP Attorney, IBM Corporation.
“Innovation is critical to maintaining the leadership positions that New York State and our nation enjoy in the global economy. Among the most important assets of our State and nation are research focused universities and the game-changing intellectual property discovered by those institutions,” said John S. Bonin, Chief Operating Officer of IP.com.
Bonin went on to say, “IP.com is a leader in providing solutions to the world’s most innovative enterprises, and is particularly pleased to enable the connection of discovery and commercialization opportunities with our latest solution, InnovationQ. We are delighted to be able to bring together six senior officers who are internationally recognized thought leaders to discuss the commercialization of university innovation at the Annual Meeting of a most important business advocacy group – The Business Council of New York State.”
“Commercializing the many important innovations coming from New York State’s research-focused universities is critical to economic growth and job creation,” said Heather C. Briccetti, Esq., president and CEO of The Business Council of New York State.
About The Business Council of New York State
The Business Council of New York State, Inc. is the leading business organization in New York State, representing the interests of large and small firms throughout the state. Its membership is made up of thousands of member companies, as well as local chambers of commerce and professional and trade associations. For more information about The Business Council of New York State, please visit http://www.bcnys.org.
About IP.com
IP.com helps organizations make complex business decisions to manage and protect their innovations. Our industry-leading, easy-to-use portfolio of solutions enables businesses and research organizations to increase revenue, optimize R&D operations, and manage intellectual property risk through insightful patent and non-patent literature analytics and publishing. For more information about IP.com, please visit http://ip.com.
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