ipCG announces the detailed agenda for the upcoming 9th Annual Thought Leadership Conference - Connectovate: Innovate Across Connections to Create Value on 2-4Nov11 in Stowe VT. Includes agenda for main event and information about three add-on sessions for 2Nov11.

1. 9th ipCG Thought Leadership Conference
ConnectovateSM: Innovate Across
Connections to Create Value
November 2-4, 2011
The most successful Customers
modern businesses EXTERNAL
have established Values
Suppliers
repeatable processes & Culture
for connecting
Business
intellectual assets Competitors
Strategy
to their internal and
external business
environments. Products
& Services
VALUE Partners
This year’s
conference will focus
on how to identify Investors &
Technology
and strengthen Stakeholders
these connections
to create greater Processes Government
& Tools & Society
business value.
INTERNAL Legal & IP
Special guest speaker Jennifer C. Wolfe, Esq., APR, SSBB, author of
“Brand Rewired,” will explore the shift from traditional research-and-
development innovation to a Brand Rewired approach of innovating.
This approach optimizes the brand creation process and intersects
strategic thinking about intellectual property without hindering creativity.
Keynote speaker Marshall C. Phelps, Jr. is a Board Member at ipCG.
Mr. Phelps is currently an advisor to a number of companies including
Microsoft, Waggener Edstrom and Viral Genetics, and serves five other
boards of directors. In 2006, he was elected to the initial class of the
Intellectual Property Hall of Fame.
November 2 – 4, 2011 Stowe Mountain Lodge Stowe, Vermont
For more details and registration go to: http://www.ipcg.com/?file=ipcgconference
© 2011, ipCapital Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

2. 9th ipCG Thought Leadership Conference Agenda Once again, this year’s
The theme of this year's conference will be finding the right connections. This task is one of the conference will take
biggest business challenges and greatest opportunities for value creation. The most successful place at the new and
modern businesses have established repeatable processes for connecting intellectual assets to stunning Stowe
their internal and external business environment.
Mountain Lodge
Space is limited to 50 attendees to encourage casual, collegial exchange.
Wednesday, November 2: Thursday, November 3 (cont’d): Friday, November 4 (cont’d):
3:00-6:00pm Registration and Resort 12:45-2:00pm Networking Luncheon 9:15-10:15am “Connecting Disruptive
Check-In Technology and IP to
2:00-3:00pm “Spurring Open Innovation Build Significant
6:00-7:00pm Wine & Vermont Artisan Shareholder Value”
Cheese Reception with IP Tools & Connecting
the Results to Stagegate℠” Peter Conley
7:00-8:30pm Welcome Dinner Stewart Mehlman Sr. Managing Director-
Director-Licensing, Alliances Investment Banking
Thursday, November 3: and Emerging Technologies MDB Capital Group
Praxair, Inc 10:15-10:45am Networking and
7:15-8:15am Networking Breakfast
Refreshment Break
3:00-4:00pm “TBD”
8:15-8:20am Welcome and Opening
Remarks 10:45-12:45pm
Robert McDonald Track 1 “From Startup to
Thom Nealssohn
Managing Director & Acquisition: How Vocollect
Manager, Innovation
President Created Value Through
Implementation Services
ipCapital Group Building Intellectual
Masco Corporation
Assets”
8:20-9:15am “Connectovate℠ to
create Business Value” 4:00-4:30pm Networking and Roger Byford
Refreshment Break Co-Founder, Chairman,
John Cronin
and Chief Technology
Managing Director & 4:30-5:30pm “Innovation & Core
Officer
Chairman Technology Management:
Vocollect
ipCapital Group Leadership, Connections,
and Accountability”
9:15-10:15am Individual Introductions “Linking Technology
& “How Does Your Terry Adams Scouting, Open Innovation
Organization Assistant Vice President, and IP Strategy: Making
Connectovate℠” Intellectual Property Diverse Connections to
Nestec S.A. (subsidiary of Create Competitive
Nancy Edwards Cronin
Nestlé S.A.) Advantage”
Principal Partner
ipCapital Group 5:30-6:30pm Relax and Refresh Bob Bonahoom
Director Technology & IP
10:15-10:45am Networking and MSA
6:30-7:30pm Cocktail Reception
Refreshment Break
Track 2 “Measuring and Optimizing
10:45-11:45am “Brand Rewired” 7:15-8:45pm Dinner
your Capacity to
Jennifer Wolfe, Esq. Collaborate to Innovate”
Invited Guest Speaker Dolly Greenwood, Ph.d.
Friday, November 4:
Director for Army
11:45-12:45pm “Creating Value by 7:15-8:15am Networking Breakfast Enterprise and ISR
Connecting Customers to MITRE Corporation
Our Business Strategy to
Improve Products & 8:15-9:15am “You Have Some IP – “New Models for
Services” So What?” Innovation Partnering”
Jonathan Hollow Marshall C. Phelps, Jr. Graham Cross, Ph.D.
Director of Innovation and Keynote Speaker Director of Innovation
Strategy Acceleration and
Business Link Commercial Alliance
Unilever
12:45-1:45pm Networking Luncheon
November 2 – 4, 2011 Stowe Mountain Lodge Stowe, Vermont
For more details and registration go to: http://www.ipcg.com/?file=ipcgconference
© 2011, ipCapital Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

3. “Building the Billion-Dollar Company
Through IP Creation”
Wednesday November 2, 2011
11AM – 4PM
John Cronin Peter Conley
Managing Director & Chairman Senior Managing Director
Jed Cahill
Senior Manager
KEY TOPICS WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Patents/IP: The New “Vanguard” of Micro-cap CEO’s, investors, analyst
Innovation
Executives responsible for building
Micro-cap/IP/Value/Disruption and protecting significant value
Billion Dollar Blueprint Company based on market-changing
technology and innovation
The Key to Billion Dollar Value:
Strategic IP Creation Micro-cap, nano-cap, and pre-IPO
companies
The Mind of the Investor
IP Counsel who support micro-caps
Communicating the Value: Process
and Success Stories
REGISTRATION
Registration fee for the Thought Leadership Conference main program is $1495 (includes receptions and meals).
The specialty add-on session carries a separate fee of $595 (includes lunch).
Total fee for the main conference plus add-on session is $2000.
Space is limited to 15 total attendees.
November 2 – 4, 2011 Stowe Mountain Lodge Stowe, Vermont
For more details and registration go to: http://www.ipcg.com/?file=ipcgconference
© 2011, ipCapital Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

4. “IAM: Creating Higher Value IP”
Wednesday November 2, 2011
10AM – 4PM
Bruce Story Darrel Docking
Senior Advisor Senior IC Leader
ipCapital Group Dow Chemical Company
KEY TOPICS BRUCE STORY
Bruce Story is a Senior Advisor at ipCapital
Value of “Business-Driven” IP Strategy Group with sixteen years of experience
developing and implementing global
IP Strategy Development intellectual asset management processes
used to create and protect intellectual
IP Strategy Implementation Processes property. He is leveraging his experience to
Planning and Motivating help clients meet the challenge of managing
IP in an increasingly global competitive
Creating and Acquiring
environment.
Documenting
Reviewing
Protecting
DARREL DOCKING
Extracting Value and Measuring Darrel Docking is Senior Intellectual Capital
Leader at The Dow Chemical Company with
Sustaining Implementation Processes over 17 years of experience managing IAM
processes in the Polyolefins and Dow
Elastomers businesses.
REGISTRATION
Registration fee for the Thought Leadership Conference main program is $1495 (includes receptions and meals).
The specialty add-on session carries a separate fee of $595 (includes lunch).
Total fee for the main conference plus add-on session is $2000.
November 2 – 4, 2011 Stowe Mountain Lodge Stowe, Vermont
For more details and registration go to: http://www.ipcg.com/?file=ipcgconference
© 2011, ipCapital Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

5. “Mining the Gold: New Strategies for
Leveraged Licensing Plays”
Wednesday November 2, 2011
11:30AM – 4:30PM
John Cronin John Ciannamea Dennis McBride Fred DuFresne
Managing Director Partner Partner Senior Advisor
KEY TOPICS WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Why standard licensing no longer works: Buyers and sellers of IP
the effect of the litigation eco system.
Leveraging the new Licensing “Axis” Microcaps and investors of them
Deal vs. diligence vs. approaches (esp. those struggling in market cap)
Leveraging the Litigation spectrums: from
Landmark cases to “micro-litigation” Highly valuable small portfolio owners
Investors in IP
Specific New leverage strategies:
Microcap models (in, out, augmenting) Licensing executives (esp. “to-be’s”)
Leverage pools (e.g. during litigation)
“Giants” view of IP IP strategist who want to build the new
The 100-Patent Build Leverage Play valuable portfolios of the future
Crowdsourcing
REGISTRATION
Registration fee for the Thought Leadership Conference main program is $1495 (includes receptions and meals).
The specialty add-on session carries a separate fee of $595 (includes lunch).
Total fee for the main conference plus add-on session is $2000.
Space is limited to 15 total attendees.
November 2 – 4, 2011 Stowe Mountain Lodge Stowe, Vermont
For more details and registration go to: http://www.ipcg.com/?file=ipcgconference
© 2011, ipCapital Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved.