Overview

Welcome to the First PIUG-PIAC Asia 2016 Session! This is the inaugural session co-organized by the Patent Information Users Group, Inc. (PIUG) and the Patent Information Annual Conference of China (PIAC) to be held in conjunction with the 7th PIAC in Beijing, China this year. For more information about PIAC, please click here.

The PIUG-PIAC Asia 2016 Session will provide opportunities to learn from experienced patent information professionals about key considerations for determining freedom-to-operate in the chemical and biological subject areas, particularly in the pharmaceutical industry, and the use of patent analytics tools to support business decision-making. The keynote address will provide an overview of PIUG, including benefits of becoming a member, opportunities to attend PIUG conferences, and PIUG's varied activities to engage and network with colleagues around the world in academia, industry, government and consulting services.

PLEASE BE ADVISED that attendees and speakers who are not members of PIUG will not have post-conference access to the conference presentations posted on the PIUG wiki, which is a PIUG member benefit. To enable post-conference access to PIUG conference presentations, and to also save significantly on PIUG conference registration fees, BECOME A MEMBER of PIUG by going to the PIUG Membership.

Join us @ PIAC in Beijing, China for a truly great conference to meet others with a professional interest in patent information.

Registration

Kindly register at the PIAC Registration Website. If you are registered as a PIAC attendee, no additional fee is required to attend this PIUG-PIAC Asia session. Attendees will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.

Program at a Glance

Planning & Program Committee

Planning Co-Chairs - Cynthia Barcelon Yang (Bristol-Myers Squibb), Qin Meng (Bright Information Group)
Program Committee - Cynthia Barcelon Yang (Chair), Qin Meng, Gin-Yun Eggerichs (abbvie)
Evaluations - Qin Meng
Exhibit - PIAC Booth #73 - Zheng (John) Wu (Beijing Iptalent Consulting)
Membership Registration Liaison - Ken Koubek (PIUG)
Photography - Zheng (John) Wu
Workshop Brochure - Qin Meng
Venue Logistics - Li Ren (Intellectual Property Publishing House)
Travel - Qin Meng
Webpage - Tom Wolff (Webmaster, Wolff Information Consulting)