Your Schedule at a Glance

*Subject to change

Pre Meeting Events and Board and Leadership Meeting Schedule

May 11 - 2-5 PM - Executive Committee
May 11 - 7 - 10 PM - AIPLA Past President's Dinner
May 11 - 1 - 5 PM - Advanced Chemical and Biotech Patent Practice Summit (separate registration required)
May 12 - 8 AM - 5 PM - - Advanced Chemical and Biotech Patent Practice Summit (separate registration required)
May 12 - 10 AM - 12 Noon - Board Meeting
May 12 - 1 - 5 PM - Board and Committee Leadership Meeting
May 12 - 6-7:30 PM - Board and Committee Leadership Reception
May 15 - 12:30 - 4:00 PM - Board Meeting

Day One Schedule - May 13, 2026

6:45 AM - Corporate Practice Breakfast (in-house counsel only)
6:45 AM - 5K Fun Run and Walk - Sponsored by: Finnegan and NL Patent
7:45 AM - AIPLA Committee Meetings 
7:45 AM - First-Time Attendee/New Member Orientation Program
9:00 AM - Opening Plenary
10:15 AM - CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Concurrent Track 1: AI and Patent Prosecution: Where Are We Now? and “Due Care” Around the World
Concurrent Track 2: Risks of Using AI-Generated Content and Data-Rich IP Transactions: AI-Driven Deals, Trade
Secrets, and Privacy
Concurrent Skills Workshop A -- Behind the Dialogue: Improving Your Patent Examiner Interview Skills
Concurrent Skills Workshop B --  It’s All About the Prompts! The AI Prompts
10:15 AM - LAW STUDENTS - Pathways to Success Program
12 Noon - Luncheon Reception
12:30 PM - LUNCHEON (tickets required)
2:15 PM - CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Concurrent Track 1: A Fresh Start on Subject Matter Eligibility? and Lawyers’ Liability: The Game of Risk and Reward in an AI World
Concurrent Track 2: The Impact of AI on ISP Liability for Copyright Infringement and AI and Evidence Before the TTAB
Concurrent Skills Workshops A -- Navigating the Intersection Between IP and Regulatory Exclusivities for Protecting and Evaluating Pharmaceutical, Biologic, and Medical Device Products
Concurrent Skills Workshop B -- Ex Parte Appeals
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM -- AIPLA Committee Meetings and Receptions 
6:00 PM - New Members/First-Time Attendees Welcome Reception
7:30 PM - Opening Night Reception (tickets required)

Day Two Schedule, May 14, 2026  

6:45 AM - Women in IP Law Breakfast (registration required): Know Your Worth: Mastering Self-Advocacy and Negotiation Skills for Women in Intellectual Property
7:45 AM - AIPLA Committee Meetings
9:00 AM - AM PLENARY
10:15 AM - CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Concurrent Track 1: IPR Institutions in Flux and Trade Secret Identification in Litigation
Concurrent Track 2: The Impact of AI on Trade Secrets: What Every Lawyer and Client Needs to Know and The Innovation and IP Partnership: Success Stories
Concurrent Skills Workshop A -- Securing Patent Foreign Licenses
Concurrent Skills Workshop B -- Trademark Prosecution 101
12:30 PM - LUNCHEON (tickets required)
2:15 PM - CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Concurrent Track 1: Failure to Function - Trademark Prosecution Inter Partes Revue—California Here IP Comes
Concurrent Track 2: Bringing Back Means-Plus-Function Claiming and Current Trends in IP Mediation and Arbitration at the WIPO Center
Concurrent Skills Workshop A --
Concurrent Skills Workshop B -- Patent Drafting 101
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM - AIPLA Committee Meetings and Receptions
7:00 PM - Diversity in IP Law Committee Reception
8:00 PM - Dinner Celebration (tickets required)

Day Three Schedule, May 15, 2026                                          

8:00 AM - PRESIDENT'S FORUM - TENTATIVE
9:00 AM - CLOSING PLENARY
12:00 Noon - Sessions Conclude
12:30 - 4:00 PM - AIPLA Board of Director's Meeting

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Program as of February 13, 2026. Subject to change.

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