With nearly 85% of the value of the S&P 500 (over $21 Trillion) represented by intangible assets, intellectual property (IP) assets have emerged as critical for today’s enterprises in our global innovation-driven economy. Couple this with the current environment of unprecedented disruption where companies are grappling with evolving business models and how best to create enterprise value, IP assets are increasingly more critical for enterprise value creation, access to capital, de-risking supply chains, and protecting a re-imagined post-crisis future. Unfortunately, IP assets have historically been undervalued, under-protected, and under-appreciated as a source of significant value to companies of all sizes, at all stages and in all industries. Boards are now taking a fresh look at how best to build and leverage IP assets in their businesses. This panel will provide new insights on how best to integrate IP strategy into board and executive level discussions.
SPEAKERS
Lewis Lee
Lewis Lee is CEO and global head of Aon Intellectual Property Solutions, a business focused on enhancing enterprise value by executing IP-based value creation strategies and minimizing the cost of IP risk. Mr Lee is a member of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco’s Economic Advisory Council and is recognized as a top 300 IP strategist worldwide, and an experienced IP attorney, entrepreneur, author, inventor and educator. Mr Lee is the co-founder of Lee & Hayes, a leading US patent and business law firm.
Laurie Yoler
Laurie Yoler is an experienced board director and strategist skilled in advising companies and founders in imagining, building, and scaling disruptive technologies like artificial intelligence, robotics and cloud computing. She is known for taking a holistic, enterprise-wide view to quickly assess and shape technology into new, differentiated products and services. She is savvy in fundraising, M&A strategy and negotiations, cybersecurity oversight, intellectual property strategy, and in devising complex, unconventional strategic alliances. Yoler has served on the boards of public, private and non-profit organizations. She currently serves on the board of directors of Bose, Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD), Leaf Logistics, Lacuna.AI, Branch Metrics and the Computer History Museum, and on the advisory boards of Accenture, Platform Science, AI4All, and the Washington State Frank Scholars Entrepreneurship Program. She is also a General Partner with early-stage deep-tech venture capital firm Playground Global, as well as an active investor with Broadway Angels and HealthTech Capital.
F. Daniel Siciliano, moderator
F. Daniel Siciliano is a successful technology CEO-founder and entrepreneur, as well as Chairman of the board of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, and a recognized expert in corporate strategy and governance, capital financial markets, executive compensation, and technological disruption (including fintech, AI and cybersecurity). He is currently Chairman of SVDX and a fellow at Stanford University.