Orrick’s Successful Women in IP group is hosting our seventh annual program and networking reception in Silicon Valley. Our Fall 2015 program will be focused on corporate policies aimed at promoting the advancement of women. The program will include a keynote address, followed by a panel and small group discussions, and conclude with a cocktail hour.
AGENDA:
2:00 – 2:30 p.m.
Networking and Registration
2:30 p.m.
Welcome
- Denise Mingrone, Chair, Intellectual Property Group and Partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
2:30 – 3:00 p.m.
Keynote Address
- Deborah Rhode, Ernest W. McFarland Professor of Law, Director of the Center on the Legal Profession, and Director of the Program in Law and Social Entrepreneurship at Stanford University. She is one of the country’s leading scholars in the fields of legal ethics and gender, law, and public policy. She has authored over 250 articles and 20 books, including The Beauty Bias, Women and Leadership and Moral Leadership. Her new book, The Trouble with Lawyers, was recently released by Oxford University Press.
3:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Strategies that Work: New Approaches to Advancing Women in IP
Panel discussion on innovative policies, programs, and strategies for promoting and advancing women in the work place.
- Joelle Emerson, Founder and CEO at Paradigm (Moderator)
- Cynthia Bright, Vice President & Associate General Counsel, IP Litigation & Public Policy at Hewlett-Packard
- Brian Cabrera, SVP and General Counsel at NVIDIA
- Karen Johnson-McKewan, Partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
- Samantha Parish, Principal at Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP
4:00 – 4:45 p.m.
Facilitated Small Group Discussions
Breakout sessions discussing the efficacy of gender-focused policies and barriers to implementation.
4:45 – 6:00 p.m.
Cocktail Hour
LOCATION:
Orrick Silicon Valley (1100 Marsh Road, Menlo Park)
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP is an accredited MCLE provider in the State of New York. This transitional continuing legal education course has been approved in accordance with the requirements of the Continuing Legal Education Board for a maximum of 1.5 credit hour, of which 1.5 credit hour can be applied toward the practice management requirement.
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP is an accredited MCLE provider in the State of California. This continuing legal education course has been approved in accordance with the requirements of the State Bar of California for a maximum of 1.5 credit hour, of which 1.5 credit hour can be applied to the elimination of bias requirement.
ABOUT ORRICK’S SUCCESSFUL WOMEN IN IP SERIES:
Orrick’s Successful Women in IP (SWIP) group brings together leaders from the Bay Area’s most successful companies and educational institutions, large and small law firms, as well as others engaged in the field of intellectual property. Our program provides a forum to discuss issues in the field of intellectual property. For more information please visit our SWIP web site.
QUESTIONS?
Please contact Kristi Anderson Firmin at 650-289-7136 or kanderson@orrick.com.