"How to Navigate the 2008 ABA Annual Meeting" - A quick guide for Section members registered for the ABA Annual Meeting
This year's ABA Annual Meeting and ABA-IPL: the highest potential for yourself and your practice.
The ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law (ABA-IPL) is joining the 2008 ABA Annual Meeting in New York to create a gathering of unparalleled resources. We offer you the finest continuing legal education programming, networking opportunities and unique events in one of the most exciting and diverse cities in the world.
CLE Sessions will be held at the Presidential CLE Centre at the New York Hilton unless otherwise noted.
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August 7
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
CLE Program: Women’s Day of Equality Program: “First Chair: Trying Intellectual Property Cases”
co-sponsored with the Commission on Women in the Profession
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
ABA Board of Governors Committee Meetings (Finance; Operations; Program & Planning)
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Officers’ Meeting
10:00 a.m - 5 p.m.
IP Central Hospitality Hub with Cyber Café
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Registration/Expo time for all to check in, get badges, etc. at New York Hilton
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
ABA Presidential Showcase CLE Program: The Future of Music: The Collision of Law, Technology and Rock n’ Roll
Sponsor: Section of Science & Technology Law
12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Council Box Luncheon or Lite Luncheon available prior to Council Meeting
12:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Council Meeting
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Co-sponsored CLE Program: How to
Cross Market Your Client Across Multi-Media Platforms: Branding in the Entertainment, New Media, Arts, and Sports Industries
Sponsor: ABA Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries
7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Council and Young Lawyers Dinner (by invitation only - tickets $95)
Bryant Park Grill, 25 W. 40th Street
8:00 p.m.
Evening hospitality
Bay View Room, 25th floor
August 8
“Committees Day”
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
IP Central Hospitality Hub with Cyber Café
8:00 – 10:30 a.m.
CLE Program: How to Be at the Top of Your Game as an ADR Advocate— Best Practices in ADR Advocacy for Intellectual Property Cases
(Presidential CLE Centre)
Co-sponsored by The Young Lawyers Division
8:00 – 10:30 a.m.
CLE Program: Text and Mobile Marketing in a Wired World
(Presidential CLE Centre)
Co-sponsored by the Section of Science & Technology, the ABA Communications Forum and the Section of Public Utility, Communications and Transportation Law
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
ABA Board of Governors Meeting
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Section Committee Meetings
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Professional Development Program -
Presentation Skills: Coaching & Tips for the IP Practioners
Guest Speaker: Faith Pincus, Pincus Professional Education
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
SOC Finance Officers Meeting
12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m.
Section Committees Networking Luncheon
8:30 – 10:30 a.m.
Magazine Editorial Board Meeting
10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Annual Report Editorial Board Meeting
12:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Books Editorial Board Meeting
12:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Educational Programming Group Meeting
12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
SOC Chairs-Elect Meeting
1:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
SOC Technology Committee Meeting
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
CLE Program: Trying a Patent Case in the Southern District of New York
(Presidential CLE Centre)
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
CLE Program: Life after GPLv3: New Developments in Open Source Software Licensing
(Presidential CLE Centre)
co-sponsored by the Section of Science & Technology Law
2:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Content Advisory Board Meeting
3:00 p.m - 4:30 p.m.
Co-sponsored CLE program: What the Presidential Candidates Should be Saying About Judicial Selection
Sponsored by the: Judicial Division (Marriott Marquis)
4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
SOC Business Meeting
6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Cooperative Welcome Reception (ticketed event $25)
Joint reception with Sections of Science & Technology Law and International Law
Starlight Roof, 18th Floor
Sponsored in part by Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson LLP
8:30 – 10:30 p.m.
Section Networking Dessert Reception (ticketed event $50)
Club at One Central Park, entrance on the north side of West 58th Street between 8th & 9th Avenue, Time Warner Center, 51st floor
Sponsored by Stikeman Elliott LLP
8:00 p.m.
Evening hospitality
Bay View Room, 25th floor
August 9
7:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast for all
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
IP Central Hospitality Hub with Cyber Café
8:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Section Business Session: Debates and Members Forum (CLE Credit available)
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Section Business Session: Elections
11:45 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Cocktail Reception / Section Luncheon (ticketed event - $65)
with award presentations and guest speaker Doug Coblens, Executive Vice President, Business Integration, Discovery Communications, Inc.
(Discovery Channel)
"Business Pragmatism in an Ever Changing Media Law Landscape"
Starlight Room 3 & Rotunda, 18th Floor
Sponsored by Arent Fox LLP
1:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
IP Litigation:
Global Best Practices developed in cooperation with the International Bar Association Intellectual Property Law and Entertainment Law Committee
12:00 noon - 2:00 p.m.
Rule of Law Luncheon
New York Hilton
12:00 noon – 3:00 p.m.
Spouses/Guests Luncheon and Tour (ticketed event - $65)
Saks 5th Avenue private fashion show, luncheon and personal shopping tour
611 5th Avenue
5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
ABA Opening Assembly
Waldorf=Astoria
7:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.
ABA President’s Reception
Museum of Modern Art
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Section Evening Dinner & Dance (ticketed event $150)
Powerhouse Room, American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West & 79th Street
8:00 p.m.
Evening hospitality
Bay View Room, 25th floor
August 10
8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
IP Central Hospitality Hub with Cyber Café
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
CLE Program: Globalization of Trademark Practice
(Presidential CLE Centre)
8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Leadership Development Breakfast Meeting:
Incoming Division Chairs, Committee Chairs, and Liaisons
(with Division breakouts in the same room, all part of the same event)
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Margaret Brent Luncheon
Sheraton New York
12:00 noon – 5:00 p.m.
Spouses/Guest Luncheon and Tour
Private Tour of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and lunc in the Trustees Room
(ticketed)
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
CLE Program: State of the Courts Address: Is it Great to Litigate Patents in 2008?
(Presidential CLE Centre)
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
CLE Program: Counterfeiters and Pirates: "Knocking Them Off" Their Game
co-Sponsored by the ABA Forum on the Entertainment & Sports Industries
(Presidential CLE Centre)
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
2009 ABA Annual Meeting - Chicago Planning Meeting with new Chair, program chairs, etc.
3:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
Co-sponsored CLE program: Real Concerns When Practicing In Virtual Worlds
co-Sponsored by the Section of Science & Technology Law
(Presidential CLE Centre)
8:00 p.m.
Evening hospitality
Bay View Room, 25th floor
August 11
9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
ABA House of Delegates
12:00 noon – 2:00 p.m.
ABA Pro Bono Awards Luncheon
August 12
8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
ABA House of Delegates
Cyber Café
Metropolitan Suite, 18th Floor
Hours:
Thursday, August 7 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Friday, August 8 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, August 9 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, August 10 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
We invite you to join us here at anytime throughout the conference. IP Central will be a place for Section members to relax, network between sessions, catch up on work and learn more about upcoming ABA-IPL events and publications. We will also have a Cyber Cafe for your convenience. If you need more reasons, stopy by IP Central for the Espresso Bar and a refreshing chair massage!
Sponsors
ABA Annual Meeting Registration
Online ABA Annual Meeting Registration www.abanet.org/annual/2008
Those that wish to attend any Section of Intellectual Property Law events must registered for the ABA Annual Meeting.
Registration is now open.
» If you have already registered for the Annual Meeting but would like to purchase tickets for events or make changes to arrangements, click here
 A special thanks to the New York Intellectual Property Law Association (NYIPLA) for its support of ABA-IPL events at the 2008 Annual Meeting |
 Portions of the ABA-IPL porgram have been developed in cooperation with the International Bar Association Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Committee |
