AGENDA
Sunday, March 5, 2023
OPENING RECEPTION 5:00pm-7:00pm
Join us in the Library of the Nita Lake Lodge. Registrants and Accompanying Persons will get to know each other, pick up registration materials as required, be informed of the events of the week and get a brief overview of the mountains.
Monday, March 6, 2023
BREAKFAST (delegates only) 7:30am Train Station, Nita Lake Lodge
MORNING BUSINESS SESSION 8:00-9:45am
WELCOME DINNER 7:00pm Join us in the Lakeside Restaurant at the Nita Lake Lodge
Tuesday, March 7, 2023
BREAKFAST (delegates only) 7:30am Train Station, Nita Lake Lodge
MORNING BUSINESS SESSION 8:00-9:45am
DINNER 7:00pm Join us at the Hunter Gather which specializes in local BC Craft Beer and Family Style BBQ fare. See location on the map in your package. Transportation on your own.
Wednesday, March 8, 2023
BREAKFAST (delegates only) 7:30am Train Station, Nita Lake Lodge
MORNING BUSINESS SESSION 8:00-9:00am
AFTERNOON BUSINESS SESSION 4:00-5:30pm
DINNER Dinner is on your own in one of Whistler’s many fine restaurants.
Thursday, March 9, 2023
BREAKFAST (delegates only) 7:30am Train Station, Nita Lake Lodge
MORNING BUSINESS SESSION 8:00-9:00am
PATSKI FUN RACE 10:00am
Join us at the Pontiac Race Centre on Blackcomb Mountain for a fun, recreational race. This is fun for skiers/boarders of all abilities. Prizes will be awarded for the fastest and best matched times. Upload from Creekside and then take the Peak to Peak to Blackcomb mountain
FAREWELL DINNER 7:00pm TBD
Our final evening will be a time to relax, swap ski stories and the annual awards presentations. Who will win the coveted “Best Crash” Award this year?
Challenges (and opportunities?) for SMEs in the Modern Patent World
There are growing concerns that patent laws are increasingly favouring the largest corporations while SMEs are being left behind. For example, there are concerns that large pharmaceutical corporations and tech companies are disproportionately benefitting from recent changes to the US patent system. As another example, there are concerns that Europe’s soon-to-be-introduced Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court may hinder SMEs in Europe. Moreover, the COVID pandemic has introduced new challenges (and opportunities) for small to medium size patent applicants and patent law firms alike. To explore some of these topics and related issues, the theme of the business session presentations for 2023 therefore will be “Challenges (and opportunities?) for SMEs in the modern patent world”.
