PIUG 2022 Virtual - Information & Awards

2022 Annual Conference  In-Person Meeting

Message from the Chair

Please make it a point to visit all the sponsors and exhibitors during the connecting and exhibit time, and plan to attend the sponsored workshops to learn about the products and services that are available to enhance and facilitate your work. The PIUG Board is thrilled that you are able to join us and your fellow patent information professionals for a terrific technical program, and to get to know and exchange experience and expertise with your colleagues from around the globe. I hope you take advantage of the opportunities to attend the workshops, to spend time with our sponsors, to network and to make a new friend or two! So glad you could join us!

While we continue to work through the COVID-19 pandemic, after two years of strictly virtual annual conferences, we finally find ourselves back together, in-person, at The Westin, Alexandria and I am excited to be here with all of you! Welcome to the PIUG 2022 Annual Conference! Our 2022 conference speakers have created presentations that all attendees can learn from and apply to their daily work. I would like to thank each and every one of them for their contribution to our conference. I would also like to thank this year’s program committee for their contributions to putting together such a great program: Lucy Antunes, Brad Buehler, Dominic DeMarco, Jane List, KimMiller, Yateen Pargaonkar, and Martha Yates. The success of PIUG’s conferences, of PIUG itself, would be unachievable without the dedication and persistence of our many volunteers. I would like to thank this years planning committee for their contributions to the putting together such a great conference: MalcolmHallam, Ron Kaminecki, KimMiller, Victoria Smith, Jane Thompson, and Martha Yates. Sincere appreciation and thanks go to our Administrative Coordinator, Ken Koubek. Without his dedication and knowledge of PIUG processes and procedures, this conference would not be possible. In addition to his administrative activities, he contributes to the Socio conference platform, the PIUG conference webpages, and works with all of our sponsors. Finally, tremendous appreciation goes to our sponsors and exhibitors, without whose generous and ongoing support our PIUG conferences could not take place. Our sponsors and exhibitors are full partners in PIUG’s efforts to flourish and fulfill our mission to “support, assist, improve, and enhance the success of patent information professionals….” This Conference, where delegates, speakers, and sponsors join together, represents our mission in action. Our Gold sponsors for the PIUG 2022 Annual Conference include: CAS, Clarivate, and IFI Claims. Our Silver sponsors include: Aptean GenomeQuest, BizInt, and PatSnap. Our Bronze sponsors include IPRally, Lexis Nexis, and Questel. This year’s exhibitors include: Averbis and Minesoft.

Warm Regards,

Shelley Pavlek, PIUG Chair 2020-2022

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