| 13:00-19:30 | Registration | |
| 14:00-17:00 | Optional Workshop | Strut Your Stuff: Oral Advocacy Skills for IP Practitioners Optional Workshop | Patent Drafting in the Age of AI – Strategies for Protecting Interdisciplinary Inventions |
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| 17:30-19:30 | Welcome Reception | |
| 07:00-17:00 | Registration | |
| 07:00-08:00 | Breakfast | |
| 08:20-08:40 | Opening Remarks | |
| 08:40-09:40 | Keynote Speaker | Michele Romanow | Dragon on CBC’s Dragon’s Den and co-founder of Clearco | |
| 09:40-10:00 | Networking Break | |
| 10:00-11:15 | Plenary | Get it Right the First Time: Tips from the Patent Appeal Board, the Trademarks Opposition Board and the Federal Court | |
| 11:15-12:15 | Plenary | Jurisdiction and Territoriality of IP Rights and Remedies in Canada | |
| 12:30-13:45 | Lunch & Fireside Chat | |
| 14:00-15:00 | Breakout | Patentable Subject Matter: Pharmascience v Janssen Breakout | The Norval Morrisseau Art Frauds: Examining the Exploitation of Indigenous Art in Canada |
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| 15:00-16:00 | Breakout | Patents Without Borders: Comparative Insights about International Patent Law Breakout | Strategic Brand Enforcement: Public Relations and Litigation |
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| 16:00-17:00 | Centennial Networking Mixer | |
| 18:30-22:00 | Trivia Night in Support of the IPIC Foundation | |
| 07:00-15:00 | Registration | |
| 07:00-08:15 | Breakfast | |
| 08:30-09:00 | Plenary | CIPO Update | |
| 09:00-10:00 | Plenary | IP, Trade, and the World as It Really Is: A Conversation with Ambassador Nadia Theodore | |
| 10:00-10:15 | Networking Break | |
| 10:15-11:15 | Breakout | Innovation Underdogs and Patent Powerhouses: Global Lessons for Canada’s Evolving Economy Breakout | IP in Sports: Navigating a Complex Playing Field |
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| 11:15-12:15 | Breakout | Patent Office Practice Update Breakout | Trademarks Office Practice Update |
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| 12:30-13:45 | IP Roundtables and Lunch | |
| 14:00-15:00 | Debate | “The Robot of Ordinary Skill in the Art”: Be It Resolved that AI Will Destroy the Novelty/Originality Required for Patent/Copyright Protection in Canada | |
| 15:00-16:15 | Plenary | Top IP Law Cases of the Century | |
| 16:15-16:20 | Closing Remarks | Closing Remarks | |
| 18:30-22:30 | Centennial Gala | |
