Call for proposals opens: August 21, 2024
Entries close: October 31, 2024 – Submission is Now Closed
We invite you to submit a proposal for a full concurrent workshop session or an individual presentation to be considered by our LESI 2025 organizing committee for the next LESI Annual Conference which will be held in Singapore (April 27-29, 2025).
Similar to past years, these sessions will run concurrently (4-5 sessions per slot). Individual proposals may be combined to create a complete workshop.
We encourage you to consider timely topics with engaging speakers that will draw interest, be of practical use and address core areas for LES global attendees. This includes Life Sciences, Automotive Industry, Energy & Green Tech, Telecommunications and Entertainment, Design and Branding, but also topics that reflect the region where we’ll be hosting (think sports, food, transportation and the financial sector!). You may also wish to bear in mind the theme of the conference, which is “Smart Cities, Smarter IP : IP and Licensing Strategies for Sustainable Smart Cities.” What are the technologies needed that make a city smart? What type of environment do we need to spur innovation and enable funding to flow to innovative endeavors? What role can government, industry and academic institutions play? We are looking for topics that are: (a) interesting, (b) useful to LES members and (c) reflect a unique conversation related to how IP can be (and is) being leveraged to bring needed technologies to the global market.
In your proposal, you should consider the diversity of the proposed panel and select speakers from multiple jurisdictions, different work backgrounds and genders. You should also consider how you can present a session which would be extremely engaging for the audience (think videos, visual aids and audience interaction!). Put your creative thinking caps on!
All proposals should identify speakers and/or moderators who will be involved in the proposed session. A pre-conference preparatory discussion with shortlisted panels will be scheduled.
Please read carefully before completing and submitting your proposal
• A concurrent session will last 80 minutes and can include up to 4 speakers.
• An individual presentation will be allocated approximately 15 minutes.
• Each proposal should include an abstract of up to 350 words describing the presentation. (Please do not exceed the word count)
• Speakers will advised of the outcome after December 2, 2024. If you are not selected for a workshop, you may be offered a 30 minute Roundtable slot.
• Speakers will also be required to register for the conference and pay the registration fee by February 14, 2025.
The speakers’ rate to attend the full conference is equal to the super early bird registration rate (US$1,100). The fee to attend only the day you are presenting will be US$600 and there will be an option to attend your session ONLY at no cost.
