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Please join LeadershIP and CSIS on April 1 for LeadershIP 2025, the premier conference on intellectual property (IP), innovation, and national security policy.
In this new era of great power competition, technology and innovation have never been more critical. Yet the policies that promote innovation and technology leadership are often misunderstood. Secure IP rights incentivize the investment and risk-taking required to innovate in a broad range of critical industries, from semiconductors to artificial intelligence to pharmaceuticals. Healthy market competition drives innovation, as companies vie to offer superior products and services to their customers. How can these core pillars of innovation be harnessed to ensure our economic and national security?
Join experts, policymakers, and industry leaders to analyze and debate the pressing topics in IP, innovation, and national security policy - including the geopolitical competition for technology leadership, innovation in critical and emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, biotechnologies, and integrated communication and networking technologies, and the intersection of intellectual property and competition policy with economic and national security.
Learn more about speakers here.
This event is made possible through general support to CSIS.
Dr. Kirti Gupta, Executive Director, LeadershIP; Senior Adviser, Renewing American Innovation, CSIS
Navin Girishankar, President, Economic Security & Technology Department, CSIS
Coke Stewart, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Acting Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
National and economic security priorities are inextricably linked to technological leadership. What can innovation, IP, and competition policies do to help with these priorities?
Dr. John J. Hamre, President and CEO, and Langone Chair in American Leadership, CSIS
Hon. Anne Neuberger, Former Deputy National Security Adviser for Cyber and Emerging Technology
Hon. David L. Norquist, President and CEO, National Defense Industrial Association
As the world becomes increasingly interconnected and reliant on cutting-edge technologies, the role of IP in fostering innovation and ensuring fair competition has never been more critical. This panel will explore the complex challenges and opportunities surrounding IP in key sectors that drive global progress: biopharmaceuticals, standards-essential patents (SEPs), software/AI, and universities.
Dr. Anne Pritchett, Senior Associate, Renewing American Innovation, CSIS
Thomas DiLenge, Senior Partner, Global Public Policy, Regulatory & Governmental Strategy, Flagship Pioneering
Laurie Self, Senior Vice President & Counsel, Government Affairs, Qualcomm
Hemal Shah, Senior Director, IP & Trade Policy, Gilead Sciences
Dr. Stephen J. Susalka, CEO, AUTM
Tonya L. Combs, Sr. Vice President – General Patent Counsel, Eli Lilly and Company
The Artificial Intelligence revolution has raised key questions that society has yet to answer, from pending litigation over training data ownership to questions around AI-assisted inventorship. This panel explores the pressing issues at the intersection of AI and IP relating to patents, copyrights, and trademarks.
Dr. Kirti Gupta, Executive Director, LeadershIP; Senior Adviser, Renewing American Innovation, CSIS
Dr. Francesca Ferrari, Professor, University of Insubria
Hon. Dr. Harold Furchtgott-Roth, Senior Fellow and Director, Center for the Economics of the Internet, Hudson Institute
Andrei Iancu, Senior Adviser, Renewing American Innovation, CSIS
There are several legislative proposals on the table today affecting IP, antitrust, and competition. Is more (or less) needed to establish a holistic innovation policy regime that prepares us for the future?
Jamie Simpson, Chief Policy Officer and Counsel, Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP)
Hon. Makan Delrahim, Partner, Latham & Watkins
Judge Paul Michel, Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Ret.)
Adam Mossoff, Professor of Law, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University
Brian Pomper, Partner, Akin Gump
