Welcome Address: Dr. D. R. Agarwal, Director, ITAG Business Solutions Ltd.

Opening Remarks: Mr. Peter McKenna, Partner, Sughrue Mion PLLC, USA

Inaugural Address: By Chief Guest Hon’ble Sri. B.S.Yeddyurappa, the Chief Minister of Karnataka, India

Guests of Honour: Mr. S. Chandrasekaran, Technical Member, Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB), Chennai

Mr K. R. Girish, President, Bangalore Chamber of Industry and Commerce

Mr. S. N. Agarwal, Chairman, Bhoruka Group

Mr. Bryan Dalton, Chief Consul, US Consulate, Chennai

Dr. Prabuddha Ganguli, CEO, Vision IPR

Dr. N. L. Mitra Partner, Fox Mandal & Former Vice-Chancellor of NLSIU, Bangalore

Keynote Address: Mr. Dominic Keating, (First Intellectual Property Secretary at US Embassy)

Technical Session I: Importance of IP protection and use of patents as a competitive tool for the electronics and software industry in India

Chair Person: Mr. Dominic Keating, First Intellectual Property Secretary at US Embassy

Mr. Chid Iyer, Partner, Sughrue Mion PLLC, USA

Dr. Viswanathan Seshan, Country Manager, Philips Intellectual Property and Standards - India

Dr. Pinaki Ghosh, Head IP Cell at Infosys Technologies Ltd

Technical Session II: Patenting of software and electronic technologies in the United States in view of recent case law including Bilski

Chair Person: Mr. Chid Iyer, Partner, Sughrue Mion PLLC, USA

Ms. Susan P. Pan, Partner, Sughrue Mion PLLC, USA

Technical Session III: Developing and maintaining an optimal patent portfolio for large and medium size electronics companies with special emphasis on patents covering industry standards

Chair person: Mr. S. Chandrasekaran, Technical Member, Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB), Chennai

Mr. Peter McKenna, Partner, Sughrue Mion PLLC, USA

Mr. Laxman Badiga, Chief Information Officer, Wipro Ltd.

Technical Session IV: Technology Transfer in the fields of Software, Electronics and
Green Technology

Chair Person: Ms. Susan P. Pan, Partner, Sughrue Mion PLLC

Mr. Dominic Keating, First Intellectual Property Secretary at US Embassy

Dr. Prabuddha Ganguli, CEO, Vision IPR

Open House Discussion & Vote of Thanks

SATURDAY – 30TH JANUARY, 2010

08:45-9:00 AM

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Morning Refreshment

9:00-11:15 AM

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Technical Session V: Innovation Process Management in Research Institution

Chair Person: Mr. Peter McKenna, Partner, Sughrue Mion PLLC, USA

Mr. Navneet Bhusan, Founder-Director, Crafitti Consulting Pvt. Ltd

Dr. Arun Kumar Kashyap, Sr. Research Manager (IPR), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.

Dr. Pradeep V. Desai, Principal Consultant, TCS Ltd.

Mr. Lakshmikant Goenka, Managing Director, Dolcera

Mr. Kanwal Rai, Founder, Innovation Vault Applications Products & Services Pvt. Ltd (IVAPS)

11:15-11:30 AM

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Networking Coffee Break

11:30-1:00 PM

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Technical Session VI: International patent filing under PCT route and A comparative study of patentability of electronics and software technologies in US, Japan, EU, China and India

Chair Person: Dr. N. L. Mitra, Partner, Fox Mandal & Former Vice-Chancellor of NLSIU, Bangalore

Mr. Miku H. Mehta, Partner, Sughrue Mion PLLC, USA

Mr. Alban Kang, Managing Partner, ATMD Bird & Bird LLP, Singapore

1:00-1:45 PM

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Networking Executive Lunch

1:45-3:15 PM

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Technical Session VII: Green Technology for oil, gas and energy sector

Chair person: Dr. Anup Kacker, GM (co-ordin. & IP), Indian Oil Corporation Limited

Mr. S. Chandrasekhar, Managing Director, Bhoruka Power Corporation Limited

Dr. N. L. Mitra Partner of Fox Mandal & Former Vice-Chancellor of NLSIU, Bangalore

Mr. B. L. Chandak, Vice President Corporate Finance, RPG Enterprises

Technical Session VIII: IP policies, strategies and FTO analysis under a competitive
environment.

Chair Person: Mr. Miku H. Mehta, Partner, Sughrue Mion PLLC, USA

Dr. Prabuddha Ganguli, CEO, Vision IPR

Mr. Jitin Talwar, Advocate and Patent Consultants, Talwar & Talwar Consultants

Mr. Roshan Agarwal, Director, Siddhast IP Innovation Pvt. Ltd

4:30-4:45 PM

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Networking Coffee Break

4:45-6:30 PM

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Open house discussion with International speakers and Vote of Thanks.