IPO promotes professional development and networking through an extensive offering of conferences and other meetings and events. IPO events bring together experts from the U.S. and abroad to discuss recent trends and developments in IP law and IP-related business issues. Mark your calendar for our annual meetings:

2015 IPO Annual Meeting, September 27-29, Hyatt Regency, Chicago, IL
2016 IPO Annual Meeting, September 11-13, New York Hilton, New York, NY
2017 IPO Annual Meeting, September 17-19, Marriott Marquis, San Francisco, CA
2018 IPO Annual Meeting, September 23-25, Hyatt Regency, Chicago, IL

This section contains IPO’s Global IP Calendar, which can be used to view IPO Meetings and Events or All IP Meetings and Events. Choose “Past IPO and IPO Education Foundation Meetings & Events” for a list of previously-hosted meetings.  In addition to in-person meetings and events, IPO offers the IP Chat Channel, a weekly one-hour webinar series on current topics in IP. Use the links to the right to navigate through this section of the website.

Sponsorship and Exhibitor Opportunities

Contact meetings@ipo.org with inquiries or to be added to the e-mail list to be notified of when opportunities become available. Please note that sponsorship opportunities are open to IPO members only. Exhibitor opportunities are available only during the IPO Annual Meetings and are open to members and non-members.