LeadershIP 2025
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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 geopolitical competition for technology leadership, innovation in emerging technologies, and the intersection of intellectual property and competition policy with economic and national security.
This event is made possible through general support to CSIS.
Agenda
Attendee Registration and Breakfast
Welcoming Remarks & Keynote Address
(Panel I) Economic Security and Technology: The Role of IP
National and economic security priorities are inextricably linked to technological leadership. What can innovation, IP, and competition policies do to help with these priorities?
Coffee Break
(Panel II) Innovation and IP Challenges in Critical Sectors
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.
Lunch
(Panel III) General Counsel Roundtable: Key Issues Facing Your Industry
(Panel IV) Intellectual Property and Artificial Intelligence
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.
Break
(Panel V) Architecting the Future: Call to Action for Innovation Policy
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?