Agenda

8 - 8:30 AM

Registration, networking, continental breakfast

8:30 - 8:45 AM

Welcome

8:45 - 9 AM

About NCIIA

9 - 9:45 AM

Keynote address from David Kappos, Director of the US Patent and Trademark Office - Washington D.C.

9:45 - 10 AM

Break

10 - 10:45 AM

Track 1 session

Coming up with a Great Idea - How to Know if You've Got a Winner!

Track 2 session

Getting It Sold - How to get your Innovation into the Marketplace

11 - 11:45 AM

Track 1 session

How to Protect your Great Idea - Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights

Track 2 session

Building the Right Team - When Cash is Tight 

11:45 AM - 12:15 PM

Lunch

12:15 - 1:15 PM

Meet the Inventors Miles Maiden inventor of SteriPEN, Jeff Clapp inventor of Bells from Everest & Ann Marie Orr owner of Ann Marie's Kitchen

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Meet Dave Robertson and John Calvert from the US Patent and Trademark Office to learn what happens to your application after it has been filed and what you can do to expedite your patent approval

1:15 - 2 PM

Track 1 session

Getting it Made - Prototyping, Manufacturing, DIY (Do it Yourself)

Track 2 session

Finding the Money and Deal Structuring - Beyond the Start-up Phase

2:15 - 3 PM 

Track 1 session

Finding the Money to Fund the Start-Up "Idea" Phase

Track 2 session 

How Your Company can Foster a Culture of Innovation and Idea Generation

3 - 3:15 PM

Networking Break

3:15 - 4:15 PM

FINAL round of the PITCH competition - winner announced!

4:15  - 4:30 PM

Closing remarks and adjourn 

Event running concurrently 

Protecting Your Idea

Location - Target Technology Center

1:15 - 3:15 PM

Maine Patent Program holds 15 minute private meetings with inventors