Schedule at a Glance

*Subject to change

Pre-Meeting and Leadership Meetings & Events

IP Practice in Japan (Separate registration is required)
Tuesday, October 27 | 8:00 – 5:00 pm

IP Practice in Japan
Wednesday, October 28 | 8:00 – 12:30 pm

Executive Committee Meeting
Wednesday, October 28 | 8:00 – 10:00 am

Board of Directors Meeting
Wednesday, October 28 | 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Saturday, October 31 | 12:30 – 4:00 pm

Board & Committee Leadership Meeting
Wednesday, October 28 | 1:00 – 5:00 pm

Board & Committee Leadership Networking Event
Wednesday, October 28 | 6:00 – 7:30 pm

Thursday, October 29, 2026

6:45 AM    |  Corporate Practice Breakfast: Brand Enforcement Without the PR Nightmare 🎫 (In-house counsel only) | Sponsored by: Honigman, LLP
6:45 AM    |  5K Fun Run and Walk | Sponsored by: Spencer Fane, LLP
7:45 AM    |  AIPLA Committee Meetings 
7:45 AM    |  First-Time Attendee & New Member Orientation 
7:45 AM    |  Registration open and Continental Breakfast in AIPLA Cafe with Exhibitors 
9:00 AM    |  Opening Plenary: Ivan Arvelo, Director of Nat'l IP Rights Coordination Center
10:00 AM  |  Networking Break in AIPLA Cafe 
10:15 AM  |  CONCURRENT SESSIONS & SKILLS WORKSHOPS: 

• CLE Track 1: AI as a Patent Drafter, Prosecutor, and Strategist: Tool or Risk? 
• CLE Track 2: Hiding in Plain Sight: Litigating What is Readily Ascertainable Under the DTSA in the Age of AI
• Skills Workshop A:  Navigating Artificial Intelligence Issues in Life Sciences Law
• Skills Workshop B: Trademark Prosecution 101

11:00 AM  |  Networking Break in AIPLA Cafe
11:15 AM  |  CONCURRENT SESSIONS & SKILLS WORKSHOPS:  

• CLE Track 1: IPRs In Focus 
• CLE Track 2: The Rise of Non-Traditional Trademarks
• Skills Workshops A & B (continued)

12:00 PM  |  Luncheon Refreshment Break in AIPLA Cafe
12:30 PM  |  Keynote Luncheon 🎫 Fireside Chat with Judge Leonard Stark
 2:15 PM   |  CONCURRENT SESSIONS & SKILLS WORKSHOPS: 

• CLE Track 1: Skinny Labels and Second Medical Uses - Are the US and Europe Going in Opposite Directions?
• CLE Track 2: The Legality of Dupes  
• Skills Workshop A: From Presence to Pipeline: Setting the Stage for a Successful Career
• Skills Workshop B: Patent Drafting 101

3:00 PM  |  Networking Break in AIPLA Cafe
3:15 PM  |  CONCURRENT SESSIONS & SKILLS WORKSHOPS: 

• CLE Track 1: From Once Upon a Time to Happily Ever After (or Not): Client Intake, Engagement Agreements & Closing Letters (Ethics)
• CLE Track 2: Useful Works: Copyrightable in the EU/US?
• Skills Workshops A & B (continued)

4:00 PM  |  AIPLA Committee Meetings and Receptions
6:00 PM  |  New Members/First-Time Attendees Welcome Reception | Sponsored in part by: Morrison Foerster
6:30 PM  |  Diversity in IP Law Reception | Sponsored in part by: Auto Docs; Baker Botts, LLP; Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP; Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP; Morrison & Foerster
7:30 PM  |  Opening Night Reception: An Evening in the Nation's Capitol 🎫 | Sponsored in part by: DP Ahuja, Larson, & Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP

Friday, October 30, 2026  

6:45 AM    |  Women in IP Law Committee Breakfast: Leading From Any Seat: How to Build Influence, Confidence, and Impact Beyond Your Title 🎫 | Sponsored in part by: Foley Hoag, LLP; Merchant & Gould, PC; Solve Intelligence
7:45 AM    |  AIPLA Committee Meetings 
7:45 AM    |  Registration open and Continental Breakfast in AIPLA Cafe with Exhibitors 
9:00 AM    |  Morning Plenary: It's All About the Prompts...the AI Prompts
10:00 AM  |  Networking Break in AIPLA Cafe
10:15 AM  |  CONCURRENT SESSIONS & SKILLS WORKSHOPS: 

• CLE Track 1: IP License Agreements in an AI World
• CLE Track 2: How the UPC is Reshaping Patent Litigation 
• Skills Workshop A: The ABC's of IPR's
• Skills Workshop B: Hands-On Hague Workshop with WIPO

11:00 AM  |  Networking Break in AIPLA Cafe 
11:15 AM  |  CONCURRENT SESSIONS & SKILLS WORKSHOPS:

• CLE Track 1: Patent Prosecution in the Age of AI
• CLE Track 2: Anatomy of a Trade Secret Mega-Verdict: From Litigation Funding to Appeals, A Practical Look at the Key Issues Driving These Cases
• Skills Workshop A & B (continued)

12:00 PM  |  Luncheon Refreshment Break in AIPLA Cafe
12:30 PM  |  Keynote Luncheon: Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO, The Hon. John A. Squires 🎫
2:15 PM    |  CONCURRENT SESSIONS & SKILLS WORKSHOPS: 

• CLE Track 1: Medical Device Litigation: Perspectives from In House and Outside Counsel
• CLE Track 2: Unchaining the GUI: Navigating the USPTO’s New Frontier for Digital and Immersive Design Patents
• Skills Workshop A:  Using the Madrid System for International Trademark Protection
• Skills Workshop B: Patent Cooperation Treaty with WIPO
• Special Program for Students: Pathways to Success: Exploring Careers in IP Law

3:00 PM  |  Networking Break in AIPLA Cafe
3:15 PM  |  CONCURRENT SESSIONS & SKILLS WORKSHOPS:

• CLE Track 1: Pro Bono: Practical Considerations (for Public Service (Ethics)
• CLE Track 2: The Artificial Inventor Project and DABUS - Lessons Learned Around the World
• Skills Workshops A & B (Continued)

4:00 PM  |  AIPLA Committee Meetings and Receptions
6:30 PM  |  Networking Reception in the Exhibit Hall
8:00 PM  |  Dinner Entertainment: Smooth Sailing - a Yacht Rock Gala 🎫

Saturday, October 31, 2026               

8:00 AM    |  Registration open and Continental Breakfast 
9:00 AM    |  Closing Plenary: Year in Review
11:00 AM  |  Ethics Plenary: Fifty Ways to Leave: Ethical Issues At the Termination of An Attorney-Client Relationship
12:30 PM  |  Board of Directors' Meeting (For Board Members & invited guests only)