IP Licensing Forum Update

Maximizing Profits through Intellectual PropertyThis new conference will present innovative case studies of licensing trends relating to intellectual property. Designed for General Counsel, IP Counsel and Licensing Executives, this program will examine how your intellectual property has changed in light of the recession. There are new opportunities to pursue and some agreements that should be revised. Learn how to use your IP to be more competitive in these changing times.

Topics to Be Discussed Include:

  • How Does the Recession Affect Your Intellectual Property?
  • Mock Licensing Re-Negotiation of Software License
  • IP Securitization
  • Licensing Mistakes
  • Cross Licensing Agreements, Partnering and Joint Ventures
  • International Trademark Licensing
  • Trends in Licensing based on Recent Cases
  • Celebrity Endorsements
  • Ethical Issues to Consider

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AWT Workshops & Speaker Series – Getting LinkedIn with Nick Chavis

Benefits of Using LinkedIn for Your Job Search and Career Networking

Nick Chavis will discuss the benefits of using LinkedIn for Job Search and Career Management. He will share how to use LinkedIn to be more effective in your daily work and show how to using it effectively may open doors to opportunities using the professional relationships you already may have. Whether conducting a current job search, or for ongoing career management and personal branding, Linkedin is a tool that can help everyone network more effectively and efficiently.

EXPERIENCE the POWER of POSITIVE CONNECTIONS!

With the growing demands of business, and the level of competency and the need for dedicated professionals continues to increase, this program provides opportunities for expanding your professional network, learning and knowledge, building confidence and personal development.

AWT’s Professional Development Program consists of Workshops, Mentorship, Speaker series, and Technology Forums to provide educational opportunities.

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Ask-A-Recruiter: How Much Does Your Past Salary Impact Future Prospects

istock_000005168521xsmall1.jpgContributed by Caroline Ceniza-Levine of SixFigureStart

I am planning to accept a job that pays below market because everything else about it is ideal, and I expect to move in two to three years anyway. How much impact will the lower salary have on my future negotiations?

This was a question from one of our last coaching telecalls. I commend the caller for considering other factors than salary in her job decision (she had really done her research but I didn’t include all the details for space reasons and to preserve her confidentiality). At the same time, salary history carries a lot of weight in future salary negotiations so the decision to take a lower salary now will require extra work in the future:

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WSTA “Connections” Networking Event

Stay Connected with WSTA Members, Affiliates and IT Industry Professionals!

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Tickets are $50 ($60 at the door)

Ticket price includes one drink, lite snacks. Reasonably priced cash bar.

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Executive Compensation Conference

Everything Directors and Senior Executives Need to Know About Effective Pay Strategies for a Changing World

The recession has put a spotlight on executive compensation. With the exposure of the shortcomings of pay programs at now distressed companies have come numerous questions, legislative and regulatory initiatives and demands for program redesign, including changes in pay mix. Many experts predict that several of the regimens imposed on companies receiving federal aid will migrate into what is considered best practices for all companies.

This Conference offers a highly significant and timely source of practical guidance and opportunity to network and brainstorm with your peers as they re–examine how to design fair, reasonable and effective executive compensation packages that provide the right rewards to the right people.

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ABI Women of Vision Award honorees provide glimpse into the future of technology

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Padmasree_Warrior__ABI_WOVA_2009_1_.jpgby Heather Cassell (San Francisco)

Innovation, collaboration, and the future of technology was the theme of this year’s Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology’s Women of Vision Awards.

The fourth annual awards event brought out 650 attendees April 30 to applaud innovative honorees Yuqing Gao, Jan Cuny, and Mitchell Baker and to focus on the future.

“You are all a precious resource to us,” Elizabeth Wilems, vice president of IT and chief information officer of Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, told an estimated 136 young college women invited by sponsors to attend the event.“It should be encouraging to you that these opportunities are out there for you,” continues Wilems, telling the young women that there are programs to help them develop their careers and be successful. “Add your voice and watch your career take off.”

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Advanced Mergers and Acquisitions

Leading Players – Innovative Strategies

With the disappearance of easily accessed capital, the marketplace and courts are redefining acceptable sale terms and conditions.

Join your peers to acquire first-hand expertise from talented strategists who are developing a wide array of bold tactics for navigating in this new economic environment.

  • The BCE Deal: What Has Changed for Boards of Directors?
  • New Pricing Realities: Finding Common Ground on Value
  • M&A in Distressed Situations: Canadian and U.S. Approaches
  • Financing Mid-Market Deals: Sub-debt Opportunities; “One-stop” Debt Shopping; Emerging Trends
  • Bill C-10: Fundamental Changes Proposed to Merger Review
  • Negotiating Restructurings Outside of CCAA
  • Infrastructure Deals: How They Differ From Other M&A Transactions
  • Hostile Takeovers: Recent Twists and Defences
  • M&A Financing: The Impact of Credit Market Constraints

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Doing Good During Downtime

iStock_000000723468XSmall_1_.jpgby Liz O’Donnell (Boston)

Imagine you’re graduating from law school and have a job lined up with a well-respected law firm. You’re one of the lucky ones, right? Not necessarily. According to the AM Law Daily, several law firms have delayed the start for their first-year associates. Some are bringing a percentage of the new hires on in 2010 instead of 2009, and some are delaying a percentage of the hires, but not all. Given the current economic climate, firms have to adjust plans in order to weather the situation.

Goodwin Procter is one of the firms delaying starts from fall 2009 to fall 2010. However, the deferred associates have an interesting option for how to spend their year of delayed employment. The firm has partnered with NewProfit and CommonGood Careers, to place first-year associates in non-profit jobs for the year. CommonGood Careers is working closely with the non-profits to develop specific job descriptions that are applicable and attractive to the future attorneys. Goodwin Procter will pay the associates a stipend for the year of work.

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Women on Boards: Dallas

Currently, women represent only 15.2% of Fortune 500 company board membership and we are out to change that!The event will educate and prepare women for board service. Our panelists are top-level executives with extensive board experience and a desire to share their knowledge and necessary tools for serving as a director.Topics include: being an effective board member; how to position yourself to get on a board; how to transition from serving on non-profit boards to for profit boards.

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Movers and Shakers: Magda Yrizarry, Verizon’s Vice President for Workplace Culture, Diversity, and Compliance

Magda_Yrizarry_1_.jpgby Tina Vasquez (Los Angeles)

Getting out of a bad neighborhood is a hard thing to do. It is so hard, in fact, that often young people use their immediate surroundings as an excuse as to why they haven’t done more with their lives or for their community. The opposite was true for Magda Yrizarry, Verizon’s Vice President for Workplace Culture, Diversity, and Compliance, who turned her upbringing in a housing tenement in a less-than-ideal Brooklyn neighborhood into an opportunity to give back to the community she once called home. Yrizarry’s father died when she was three, which left her mother to raise three young children alone.

“My personal motto, which I’ve had all my life, comes from my mother,” Yrizarry said. “When we were kids she drilled this into our heads: ‘To whom much is given, much is expected.’ We didn’t have material wealth, but we were blessed and fortunate and had every opportunity presented to us and with that, came the obligation to pass it on.” Read more

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