2023 Day of Diversity | Hosted by PPP & ADAPT

Join us for a full day celebrating diversity, equity, and inclusion in the intellectual property space, as well as the 2023 Patent Pipeline Program Graduation at the Crowne Plaza Palo Alto. Choose a registration level below to get started, space is limited.

Agenda

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM – Luncheon

12:15 PM – 1:00 PM – Fireside Chat Topic: Increasing the Patent Pipeline

Valencia Martin-Wallace, USPTO

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM – Fireside Chat Topic: Why Firms “Can’t Find” Diversity

Braxton K. Davis, Associate General Counsel, META

Christopher Arena, Partner, Baker Hostetler

Nidhi Nahar, Head of Patents & Open Source, Block

2:00 PM – 2:10 PM – Break

2:10 PM – 2:20 PM – How will you ADAPT (Intro to ADAPT)

2:20 PM – 3:10 PM – Hopes and Dreams – an IP Profession that Embraces All

3:10 PM – 3:20 PM – ADAPT Professional Guide Launch

3:20 PM – 3:30 PM – Break

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM – Interactive – Small Table Discussions

4:00 PM – 4:15 PM – What is Next?

4:15 PM – 5:00 PM – PPP/TPP Graduation

Jeremiah Chan, Director and Associate General Counsel, Meta

Braxton Davis, Associate General Counsel, Meta

Ruky Tijani, Founder and Managing Attorney, Firm for the Culture

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM – Drink Reception

Please note: Sponsorship/registration for the Day of Diversity on May 2nd does not include registration for the IP Counsel Cafe for May 3rd or May 4th. Registration for IP Counsel Cafe is separate.

Watch last year’s inaugural graduation:

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