Patent Information Users Group, Inc.

The International Society for Patent Information Professionals

PIUG 2014 Annual Conference
An International Conference for Patent Information Professionals

Patent Knowledge & IP Strategy:
Riding the Waves of Change to Achieve Business Success

Saturday, April 26 – Thursday, May 1, 2014
Hyatt Regency Orange County
11999 Harbor Blvd
Garden Grove, CA 92840
+1-714-750-1234 (phone), +1-714-740-0465 (fax)

Workshops

The following workshops are being offered in conjunction with the PIUG 2014 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 7, 2014. 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 3 for workshops on Saturday April 26; March 17 for workshops on Sunday April 27 and Thursday May 1.

Saturday, April 26

Instructor	Workshop	Time	Location	Cost	Registration
Stephen Adams	IP in Africa - Shedding Light on the "Dark Continent"	8:00am - noon	Garden 4	For fee	Registration
Edlyn Simmons	Fundamentals of Current Patent Law	1:00pm - 5:00pm	Garden 4	For fee	Registration
EPO/Nigel Clarke	EPO Products Roadshow	1:30pm - 4:30pm	Garden 3	Free	Registration

Sunday, April 27

Instructor	Workshop	Time	Location	Cost	Registration
Ambercite	Find better patents faster	8:30am - 9:30am	Royal B	Free	Registration
Intellixir	INTELLIXIR Version 9.1: Business Cases for Mining Patents and Non-patent Literature	9:00am - 10:00am	Royal A	Free	Registration
Questel	From Disclosure to Monetization: Leading You Along the IP Lifecycle	9:00am - 11:00am	Royal CD	Free	Registration
Gridlogics	Advanced Patent Analysis and Visualization Using Patent iNSIGHT Pro	10:00am - 11:00am	Royal B	Free	Registration
Gridlogics	PatSeer - Global Patent Database with Many Unique Capabilities, Breakthrough Analytics and Powerful Collaboration Tools	11:00am - noon	Royal B	Free	Registration
STN	Maximizing the Derwent Value-Added Features on STN – A Multi-Database Approach	10:30am - 11:30am	Royal A	Free	Registration
BizInt	BizInt Smart Charts: Developing a "Cookbook" of Reports and Visualizations to Support Drug Target and IP	11:30am - 12:30pm	Royal CD	Free	Registration
Minesoft	PatBase Celebrates its 10th Year With a Bevy of Enhancements including Legal Status Tools and PatBase Analytics	noon - 1:00pm	Royal A	Free	Registration
Innography	IP Across Your Enterprise: From Ideation to Licensing	12:30pm - 1:30pm	Royal B	Free	Registration
ProQuest/Dialog	A Whole New World of Patent Research with ProQuest Dialog™	1:30pm - 2:30pm	Royal A	Free	Registration
Relecura	Multi-device Approach to Deliver Timely and Contextual IP Intelligence	2:00pm - 3:00pm	Royal B	Free	Registration
Thomson Reuters	Thomson Innovation: Enhanced Sources & Insight 2014	2:00pm - 3:30pm	Royal CD	Free	Registration

Thursday, May 1

Instructor	Workshop	Time	Location	Cost	Registration
Ron Kaminecki	Advanced Strategies for Searching Patents in Any Source	8:00am - 9:00am	Grand F	$50pp	Registration
STN	STN Patent Forum	9:00am - 3:00pm	Grand E	Free	Registration
USPTO	CPC Workshop	9:00am - noon	Grand G	Free	Registration

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