Programme

Wednesday 30 May 2012

9.00 hrs	Registration opens
10.30 - 12.30 hrs	Chairman: Nicolae Dascalescu, PATLIB Centre Baia Mare, Romania Opening address: Guy Robinson, Head of Business Support Policy, Intellectual Property Office, UK and Richard Flammer, Principal Director, Patent Information and European Patent Academy, EPO Keynote address: Funding the IP Centre at the British Library Isabel Oswell, British Library, UK Working with patent information centres: a patent attorney's perspective Richard Gallafent, Gallafents, UK British Library Business and IP Centre case studies Nigel Spencer, British Library, UK and Michael Korn, KwickScreen, UK
12.30 - 14.00 hrs	Lunch & table talks
14.00 - 15.30 hrs	Beyond patent information Chairman: Hélène Salaville, INPI, France Stimulating the role of patents by fiscal rules Sander De Vrieze, Centexbel, Belgium Patent searches for surgeons within the invention competition Mustafa Cakir, EBILTEM, Turkey Tailoring new and extended services for special clients - the case of Estonia Kaarel Paap, Estonian Patent Information Centre Exhibitor presentations
15.30 - 16.00 hrs	Coffee break
16.00 - 17.00 hrs	Chairman: Heidrun Krestel, European Patent Office Round table discussion: towards a closer and successful cooperation between the IP and innovation networks in Europe Technology and Innovation Support Center (TISC) networks Andrew Czajkowski, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) The OHIM network Jesús Romero Fernández, Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) The European Commission Enterprise network Raquel Fernandez-Horcajada, Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation (EACI)
17.00 - 17.30 hrs	Speed networking in the exhibition and registration area
19.00 hrs	Bus departs from Renaissance Manchester Hotel
19.30 hrs	Drinks reception in Manchester United Football Stadium (Old Trafford) hosted by the Intellectual Property Office

Thursday 31 May 2012

9.00 - 10.30 hrs	Tools for value-added services Chairman: Matthias Knöbel, PATLIB Centre Dresden, Germany The PATLIB Cymru Structured Development Plan - helping innovators to take their ideas forward Nia Roberts, Welsh Government PATLIB goes mobile Jouni Hynynen, Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment for Central Finland The SIGNO-PIZnet research quality standard in the European PATLIB context Ricarda Bonitz, PATLIB Centre Ilmenau, Germany Exhibitor presentations
10.30 - 11.00 hrs	Coffee break
11.00 - 12.00 hrs	Tools for value-added services - continued Chairman: Björn Jürgens, CITPIA PATLIB Centre, Spain www.puntocartesiano.it and the services provided by Sardegna Ricerche within its PATLIB centre Sandra Ennas, Sardegna Ricerche, Italy Keeping up-to-date in a changing legal environment through a combination of the patent and economical data Séverine Perbal, Public research Centre Henri Tudor, Luxemburg
12.00 - 13.30 hrs	Lunch & table talks
13.30 . 15.00 hrs	Seminar 1 English only - Room Bernini/El Greco Stimulating the role of patents by fiscal rules Sander De Vrieze, Centexbel, Belgium & Industry standards and technical rules - a convenient field to supplement PATLIB services in technology transfer Kristin Jirka, PATLIB Centre Aachen, Germany Seminar 2 English only - Room Raphael/Vasari IPR training and tools for better handling of IPR topics developed in Austrian cooperation innovation project Udo Gennari, CATT Innovation Management, Austria Seminar 3 With simultaneous interpreting - Room Medici New tools and services from the PATLIB pilot centres Chairman: Mustafa Cakir, EBILTEM, Turkey First experience of the Bratislava PATLIB centre using new tools Lubomir Kucka & Mária Harachová, Slovakia Supporting services for innovative enterprises Enn Hiiemets, Estonia Technology Watch Studies for Competitive Intelligence - its creation, promotion and presentation Björn Jürgens, CITPIA PATLIB Centre, Spain IP education for children Pavel Jirman, Czech Republic
15.00 - 15.30 hrs	Coffee break
15.30 . 17.00 hrs	Seminar 4 With simultaneous interpreting - Room Medici IP pre-diagnostics in the PATLIB network Chairman: Eve Tang, Estonian Patent Office Project "DIPIA" - Intellectual Property Diagnosis for SMEs Amalia Bernier, PATLIB Centre Seville, Spain IP Masterclass Sally Long, Intellectual Property Office, UK IP pre-diagnostic in France - what's new? Hélène Salaville, INPI, France Seminar 5 English only - Room Bernini/El Greco Design around competitors' technology: how to build a patent Alessia Edifizi, Centro Produttività Veneto, Italy Seminar 6 English only - Room Raphael/Vasari The engagement and commitment of industries' and universities' R&D through the IP protection and the technology transfer procedures approach João Pinto Guerreiro and Sofia Vairinho, Universidade do Algarve, Portugal
17.00 hrs	End of day two
19.30 hrs	Conference dinner in the Museum of Science and Industry (a 15-minute walk from the Renaissance Manchester Hotel)

Friday 1 June 2012

9.00 - 10.40 hrs	Running a PATLIB centre successfully Chairman: Olli Ilmarinen, National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland The launch of the Belgian patent information user group Bart Lindekens, PATLIB SIRRIS, Belgium Certification for patent searchers Susan Helliwell, Reckitt Benckiser, UK Patent Research Service: "triangle team" approach and the patent information community Bart Lindekens, PATLIB SIRRIS, Belgium FIDEO - INPI's CRM database Charlotte Yeates, INPI, France
10.40 - 11.10 hrs	Coffee break
11.10 - 12.15 hrs	Running a PATLIB centre successfully - continued Chairman: Richard Flammer, Principal Director, Patent Information & European Patent Academy, EPO ISO 9001 Certification Eric Catapano, INPI, France Quality certification for services - a step forward for the PATLIB centre Mircea Frunza and Boris Plahteanu, PATLIB Centre Lasi, Romania Review of the seminars Announcement of PATLIB2013
12.15 hrs	End of PATLIB2012