PIUG 2010 Annual Conference
An International Conference for Patent Information Professionals

Moving Targets: Current & Future Best Practices and Opportunities for Patent Information Professionals

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Saturday, May 1 to Thursday, May 6, 2010

Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor
(formerly Hilton Baltimore Convention Center)
401 West Pratt Street
Baltimore, MD 21201

Workshops

The following workshops are being offered in conjunction with the PIUG 2010 Annual Conference. Please note that you must register separately for each workshop. As space is limited please register early. Early bird registration deadline for workshops is March 31. Regular registration fees apply thereafter or until the workshop fills up. Workshop schedule is subject to change.

Saturday, May 1

Instructor	Workshop	Time	Location	Cost	Registration
Stephen Adams, Magister Ltd.	Understanding patent litigation: procedures and information sources	1:00pm-4:30pm	Peale A-C	For fee*	Registration

* Note that discounted fees are available to people who register for both Stephen Adams' and Edlyn Simmons' workshops.

Sunday, May 2

Instructor	Workshop	Time	Location	Cost	Registration
Edlyn Simmons	Patent Law Basics for Patent Searchers	8:00am-noon	Peale C	For fee*	Registration
WIPO	Updates from WIPO - PATENTSCOPE®	8:30am-9:30am	Johnson A	Free	Registration
BizInt	Creating and Updating Multi-Database Reports in BizInt Smart Charts for Patents 3.3 and 4.0	9:00am-11:00am	Peale B	Free	Registration
STN	Structure Searching Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI) using STN Express	9:00am-11:00am	Peale A	Free	Registration
Minesoft	Minesoft's PatBase enhancements	10:00am-11:00am	Johnson A	Free	Registration
Questel	Get the best IP Practices out of orbit.com, Questel's new patent portal [full presentation pdf document]	11:30am-2:00pm	Latrobe	Free	Registration
Thomson Reuters	Powering Your IP Research with Citation Analysis	2:15pm-3:30pm	Johnson B	Free	Registration

Tuesday, May 4

Instructor	Workshop	Time	Location	Cost	Registration
Dolcera	Dolcera Patent Dashboard Workbench	4:00pm-5:00pm	Holiday	Free	Registration
Intellixir	Intellixir system	4:00pm-5:00pm	Marshall BR	Free	Registration
Ocean Tomo	Enhanced Patent Analysis Using the Ocean Tomo Suite of Software Solutions	4:00pm-5:00pm	Pickersgill	Free	Registration

Thursday, May 6

Instructor	Workshop	Time	Location	Cost	Registration
Don Gregory, GenomeQuest	Web-based Searching for Patent Information Across Global Sequence Databases	8:00am-9:00am	Johnson B	Free	Registration
Inspec	Importance of non-patent literature in the patent process	8:00am-9:00am	Johnson A	Free	Registration
STN	STN Patent Forum	9:00am-4:00pm	Ruth	Free	Registration
Steve Melnick and Terry Mackey, USPTO	USPTO Classification Workshop: What’s Going on at PTO Related to Classification and Search	9:30am-11:30am	Peale B-C	Free	Registration
Search Technology	Improving your Vantage Point on Patent Information - Leveraging Non-Patent Content	9:30am-10:30am	Johnson A	Free	Registration
Tom Wolff	Learning and Sharing: Getting the Most out of the PIUG Wiki	9:00am-10:00am	Latrobe	Free	Registration
LexisNexis	Deep Patent Research Using LexisNexis IP Solutions with Semantic Search	9:00am-11:00am	Peale A	Free	Registration
Jane List and Ron Kaminecki, Dialog	Focus on Chinese Patents: A New Dialog Database	11:00am-12:00pm	Johnson A	Free	Registration
Tom Wolff	Learning and Sharing: Getting the Most out of the PIUG Wiki	11:00am-12:00pm	Latrobe	Free	Registration
Steve Melnick and Terry Mackey, USPTO	USPTO Classification Workshop: Case Studies in the Chemical, Electrical and Mechanical Disciplines	1:00pm-3:00pm	Peale B-C	Free	Registration