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PIUG 2013 Annual Conference
An International Conference for Patent Information Professionals
Celebrating our Past 25 Years... Preparing for Our Future:
Best Practices for Keeping Up with the Rapidly Changing Patent Landscape
Overview | Program | Full Printable Agenda | Conference Materials (PIUG members only)
Sponsors/Exhibitors | Travel | Workshops | Stu Kaback Award | Brian Stockdale Award
Saturday, April 27 – Thursday May 2, 2013
Hilton Alexandria Mark Center
5000 Seminary Road
Alexandria, VA 22311
+1-703-845-1010
Workshops
The following workshops are being offered in conjunction with the PIUG 2013 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 15th. Regular registration fees apply thereafter or until the workshop fills up. Workshop schedule is subject to change.
Detailed Information for workshop hosts is in the Workshop Request Form. Submission deadlines: March 4 for workshops on Saturday April 27; March 18 for workshops on Sunday April 28 and Thursday May 2.
Saturday, April 27
| Instructor | Workshop | Time | Location | Cost | Registration |
| Stephen Adams | Soft Skills and Squidgy Answers: The Importance of Presenting Useable Search Output to the Client | 8:00am - noon | Magnolia B | For fee | Registration |
| Edlyn Simmons | Fundamentals of Current Patent Law | 1:00pm - 5:00pm | Magnolia B | For fee | Registration |
| Tony Trippe | Patinformatics: The Next Generation | 8:00am - 4:00pm | Magnolia A | For fee | Registration |
| Debbie Shalom | Personal Branding: Communicating the Authentic You | 1:30pm - 4:30pm | Magnolia C | Free |
Registration |
Sunday, April 28
| Instructor | Workshop | Time | Location | Cost | Registration |
| Bizint | Creating Patent Reports and Visualizations with the BizInt Smart Charts Product Family | 8:30am - 10:00am | Terrace East | Free | Registration |
| Questel | Soaring into Orbit.com with Perfected Search and Analysis Tools | 10:00am - noon | Arbors | Free | Registration |
| Relecura | Making IP Intelligence Easy and Intuitive | 10:30am - 11:30am | Terrace West | Free | Registration |
| ProQuest Dialog | Exclusive Sneak Peek: ProQuest Dialog™ Patents | 11:00am - noon | Terrace East | Free | Registration |
| Minesoft | Product Updates and Enhancements - PatBase, PatentOrder, Minesoft Inspec and Patent Archive | noon - 1:00pm | Terrace West | Free | Registration |
| STN | Searching in DWPI Chemistry Resource (DCR) on STN | 12:30pm - 1:30 pm | Terrace East | Free | Registration |
| Thomson Reuters | Thomson Innovation: Enhanced Sources & Insight 2013 | 2:00pm - 3:30pm | Arbors | Free | Registration |
Thursday, May 2
| Instructor | Workshop | Time | Location | Cost | Registration |
| USPTO | America Invents Act | 8:00am - 9:30am | Terrace West | Free | Registration |
| USPTO and EPO | Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) | 9:30am - noon | Terrace West | Free | Registration |
| STN | STN Patent Forum | 9:00am - 4:00pm | Terrace East | Free | Registration |
| Intellixir | INTELLIXIR New Version 8.0: Why do I need this application? | 9:00am - 10:00am | Beech | Free | Registration |
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