Licensing Executives Society International

Highlights from 2013 Second Annual Global Technology Impact Forum

More than 75 professionals from over 50 international organizations, including the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the World Trade Organization (WTO), and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, gathered last week at WIPO’s Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland to participate during the Second Annual LESI Global Technology Impact Forum (GTIF).

Second Global Technology Impact Forum Scheduled for January 2013

As my travels as LESI President near an end, I am excited to assist President Elect Kevin Nachtrab and GTIF 2013 Co-Chairs Hector Chagoya (President, LES Mexico) and Martin Schneider (President, LES Switzerland) in planning for the second Global Technology Impact Forum (GTIF) taking place in Geneva, Switzerland, on January 20-22, 2013.

Jim Malackowski Participates in a Discussion with the UN Economic & Social Commission for Western Asia

My final stop in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was a small group discussion with the Executive Director of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, Fouad Mrad, members of the local Licensing Executives Society (LES) Arab Countries Chapter, and other invited guests.

We continued the discussion of intellectual property as a tool for economic development.

I shared three work streams:

Jim Malackowski Reports from the Licensing Executives Society Arab Countries Meeting in Abu Dhabi

Yesterday I attended a most interesting meeting of the Licensing Executives Society Arab Countries Chapter held in collaboration with the Abu Dhabi Higher Colleges of Technology. The meeting was held at one of Abu Dhabi's leading science centers, the CERT Technology Park.

Jim Malackowski Travels to Participate in the World Economic Forum Summit on the Global Agenda 2011

World Economic Forum LogoIn my role as President Elect of the Licensing Executives Society International (LESI), and primarily as a result of interest in the upcoming LESI Global Technology Impact Forum and related Invent for Humanity™ Technology Transfer Exchange Fair, I was invited to join the Intellectual Property Global Action Council for the