Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox is pleased to present our Global IP Strategy Conference, an exclusive one-day symposium centered on Global IP Strategy. This complimentary forum will address strategies that enable companies – from the largest tech and consumer product companies to emerging innovators – to capture return on investment from their IP. The conference will take place on Friday, March 15, 2019 from 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., with a closing reception from 4:30-6:00 p.m.

The deadline to register for the conference is Wednesday, March 13, 2019**.

Featured speakers and panelists include:

  • Dana Cizmadia of Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.
  • Paul Golian of Bristol-Myers Squibb
  • Jeffery Langer of Stites & Harbison, PLLC
  • Christine Lhulier of DuPont Industrial Biosciences
  • Jason Skinder of Aptiv
  • Christian van Os of ASML
  • Tobias Wuttke of Meissner Bolte & Partner GbR

Topics include:

  • IP Strategies for the 4th Industrial Revolution: Protecting IP as Technologies Converge
  • Building Globally Robust Patent and Trademark Portfolios
  • Creative Anti-Counterfeiting and Brand Protection Strategies
  • Developments in Global IP Law: China, Europe and US
  • IP Enforcement in a Global Economy

**The deadline to register for a complimentary one-night hotel stay is Thursday, February 21, 2019.


Hotel Information

The deadline to register for your complimentary one-night hotel stay has passed. If you need a hotel room for the night of Thursday, March 14th please contact the hotel directly. The Embassy Suites Convention Center, located at 900 10th Street, NW between I and K Streets, NW (there is no J Street) and two blocks from Sterne Kessler’s offices. Feel free to contact the hotel at 202.739.2001 to check for room availability.


Location & Access

The conference will be held in our office. We are located at 1100 New York Avenue, NW between 11th and 12th Streets NW. From the hotel, make a right down 10th Street, a right down New York Avenue, and cross New York Avenue at 11th Street. Our building entrance is at the center of the block. You must check in at the Security Desk and let them know you are here for Sterne Kessler’s Global IP Strategy conference. Either security or a Sterne Kessler staff member will assist you to the East Bank of elevators, sending you to our 6th floor reception area.

Both the Embassy Suites Convention Center and Sterne Kessler’s offices are conveniently located in Downtown, DC. Travelers arriving from out of town can find more information on our location and travel options on our office page.