September 19 – 20
Baltimore Marriott Inner Harbor at Camden Yards
Baltimore, Maryland

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MONDAY, SEPT. 19
7:00 – 8:00 A.M.	Registration Coffee and Tea Available
8:00 - 8:15 A.M.	Welcome & Introduction
8:15 - 8:45 A.M.	Introduction to Software Kick off the two-day course with an introductory session on why software and data are different and critical. You'll also have the chance to meet the Course planning committee.
8:45 – 10:00 A.M.	Startup Licensing This session will explore the highs and lows of software-based startups. What are software entrepreneurs interested in and seeking out from TTOs? Are TTOs making money in software startups? What terms are common in software startup license agreements, and are any contract clauses unduly holding up negotiations? This session will explore all this and more.
10:00 – 10:30 A.M.	Break Network with all AUTM University Attendees
10:30 – 11:45 A.M.	New AI/ML License Agreement Models Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) has shown early power to transform the marketplace in healthcare, robotics, agriculture, transportation, and others. As AI/ML becomes more prevalent, TTOs is seeing more and more AI/ML applications in need of licensing. This session will explore new licensing models to accommodate the explosion of AI/ML innovations.
11:45 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.	Morning Q&A - Ask the Experts
12:00 – 1:30 P.M.	Lunch Network with all AUTM University Attendees
1:30 – 2:30 P.M.	Contemporary Topics in Open Source & Dual Licensing This session will review basic, intermediate and advanced topics in open source and open source licensing. Come see what issues are at the forefront of this ever expanding and adapting field of software licensing and development.
2:30 – 3:15 P.M.	FDA: Digital Therapeutics & Regulation Medical Devices and digital health often require FDA regulation if not approval. This session will explore this area in detail with specific examples of how and why compliance is an essential component for any TTO hoping to license digital health innovations.
3:15 – 3:45 P.M.	Break Network with all AUTM University Attendees
3:45 – 5:00 P.M.	Data and AI/ML: Ethics and More This session will look in detail at a real-world AI/ML example in the field of computer vision and training data; its effects on the research output in addition to the responsibility of its participants and commercialization partners to ensure ethical considerations are integrated into research methods themselves as these techniques become more common in the marketplace.
5:30 – 6:30 P.M.	Neworking Reception

 

TUESDAY, SEPT. 20
7:00 – 8:00 A.M.	Breakfast
8:00 – 8:45 A.M.	Different Perspectives: What would each University do?! Join a panel of experts as they provide rapid fire information about how they manage digital assets. We’ll hear from four different universities on topics including how they value software, assessing the pros and cons of running a broad nonexclusive licensing program, when they consider filing a patent application, university policy on ownership of copyright, obtaining grant backs or most favored nations terms in licenses, and other things you may have wondered about
8:45 – 10:15 A.M.	Blockchain, NFT & Metaverse: Lightening Rounds Everyone’s talking about Blockchain, NFTs and the Metaverse and how it will revolutionize IP. This session will explore these concepts, describing what they are, why they matter, and what TTOs can do with them, if anything. In the process we can separate fact from hyperbole in this emerging field of IP inquiry
10:15 – 10:45 A.M.	Break Network with all AUTM University Attendees
10:45 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.	Data Policy Learn how to examine your existing IP policies for all types of data coverage, identify gaps that need reinforcing, and gain a solid understanding of the controlling federal regulations as well as potential liabilities.
12:00 – 1:30 P.M.	Lunch Network with all AUTM University Attendees
1:30 – 3:00 P.M.	Corporate Relationships & Alliances Through the TTO Lens Join a discussion on the evolving role of the licensing professional in developing and managing research partnerships within the University setting. With increased interest of commercial partners, consortiums and other hybrid structures  the role of the licensing manager  in rights management, intellectual property development and long term support for investigators and centers has come to the forefront. Learn about different considerations (and challenges) to developing strong long term value- based relationships and support, key points in sponsored research agreements and the evolving role of the technology transfer professional in creating new, exciting and mutually beneficial relationships with industry and other sponsors.
3:00 – 3:30 P.M.	Break Network with all AUTM University Attendees
3:30 – 4:45 P.M.	Ask the Experts  After a full two days, it's now is your chance to ask any final questions before closing the 2022 Software Course.
4:30 – 5:00 P.M.	Course Wrap Up
5:00 P.M.	Course Concludes