Law Seminars International (LSI) will be holding a conference on Innovative Strategies for Accelerating the Commercialization of Life Sciences Inventions on January 29-30, 2009 in Phoenix, AZ.  During the conference, LSI's faculty will offer presentations on the following topics:

• Accelerating the "gap" from discovery to development to commercialization;
• Valuation of discoveries from discovery to development to commercialization;
• Consortia and other multi-party collaborations:  Increasingly important mechanisms for accelerating commercialization;
• Patent pools:  Another innovative tool to accelerate commercialization;
• Unique challenges associated with licensing inventions from academic research environment to private-sector life sciences company;
• Venture philanthropy as creative funding source; and
• Exit strategies for life sciences companies.

The agenda for the Commercialization of Life Sciences Inventions conference can be found here.  A complete brochure for this conference, including an agenda, list of speakers, and registration form can be downloaded here.

The registration fee is $622.50 for students and new employees, $945 for government employees, or $1,245 for all other attendees. Those interested in registering for the workshop can do so here, by calling 800-854-8009, or by faxing a registration form to 206-567-5058.