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This preliminary agenda is subject to change. Updates will be posted to this page as they become available.
8:30–8:35 a.m. Welcome remarks
8:35–8:50 a.m. Keynote address
8:50–9:50 a.m. Session 1: IP5 perspectives in climate change
The IP5 Offices present their perspectives on climate change innovation, addressing their current and future initiatives, including eco-friendly efforts (such as paperless filings and energy efficiency); patent examination initiatives to encourage filings in climate technologies; and patenting process initiatives to streamline examination. The Offices will also touch on broader government efforts in climate change innovation.
9:40–9:40 a.m. Listening session A
A local business/innovator will share an inspiring story about their experience with climate-related technologies.
9:50–10:40 a.m. Session 2: Stakeholder perspectives: Bringing climate-related innovation to market
Industry, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and local startups highlight innovative climate technologies and describe what it takes to bring climate change technologies from research to market.
10:40–10:50 a.m. Session 2: Q&A
10:50–1 a.m. Break
11–11:10 a.m. Listening session B
A local business/innovator will share an inspiring story about their experience with bringing their climate-related technologies to market.
11:10 a.m.–12 p.m. Session 3: Stakeholder perspectives: Challenges in climate-related innovation
Representatives of industry, SMEs, and local startups discuss IP-related challenges for underrepresented groups and specific needs for SMEs and start-ups in this space. Panelists will also discuss the role of patent offices in climate change innovation.
12–12:10 p.m. Session 3: Q&A
12:10–12:30 p.m. Session 4: Final takeaways
An assessment of existing climate change innovation initiatives against the needs of the innovation community, and the role that the IP5 Offices have in addressing climate change.
Related Knowledge Center: Climate economics
Climate change is now a driver of the world’s economy. The impact is profound:
- Catastrophic weather events — hurricanes, floods, droughts, high temperatures — are more frequent and more extreme. The cost can be measured in both the initial damage caused and the longer-term impact on the economy.
- Vulnerable communities are increasing climate-related investments, hardening infrastructure and taking other protective measures.
- Investment in carbon capture and storage technologies is increasingly rapidly.
- Governments are making investments and crafting regulations to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
On top of all of this is the cost of uncertainty. As the Fourth National Climate Assessment, released in 2018 by the U.S. Global Change Research Program, says, “The assumption that current and future climate conditions will resemble the recent past is no longer valid.”