The U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Federal Circuit will be holding a Judicial Conference entitled
"The Federal Circuit: A National Court of Appeals: Approaching 30 Years" on May 20, 2010 in Washington, DC.  Topics and speakers at the conference
will include:

• A Conversation
about the Federal Circuit's History – Professor F. Scott Kieff, George
Washington University Law School (moderator); Dr. Steven Flanders, former
Circuit Executive of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and
author of "A Dramatic But Measured Judicial Innovation: Establishing the
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit"; and George E.
Hutchinson of Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP and the
first clerk of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit;

• Fact-Finding and
Decision-Making by Administrative Tribunals within the Federal Circuit – Michael
J. Schaengold of Patton Boggs LLP (moderator); Paul Williams, Chairman of the Armed
Services Board of Contract Appeals; Michael R. Fleming, Chief Judge of the Board
of Patent Appeals & Interferences; James P. Terry, Chairman of the Board of
Veterans' Appeals; Paul J. Luckern, Chief Administrative Law Judge for the U.S.
International Trade Commission; and Deborah Miron, Chief Administrative Judge
of the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board;

• State of the
Court – Chief Judge Paul R. Michel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal
Circuit;

• Federal Circuit
Rules Update – Jan Horbaly, Circuit Executive and Clerk of Court of the U.S. Court
of Appeals for the Federal Circuit;

• En Banc Session of the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Federal Circuit;

• Luncheon Speaker –
Andy Serwer, Managing Editor of FORTUNE Magazine;

• The States of
Patent and Trademark Law – David J. Kappos, Under Secretary of Commerce for
Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office;

• State of the
Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences – Michael R. Fleming, Chief Judge;

• State of the
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board – Gerard F. Rogers, Acting Chief Judge;

• Review of Crucial
Recent Supreme Court and Federal Circuit Decisions Impacting Patent and
Trademark Law – William F. Lee of WilmerHale (moderator); Tina M. Chappell, Senior
Litigation Counsel for Intel Corp.; Professor Lisa A. Dolak of Syracuse
University College of Law; Professor John F. Duffy of the George Washington
University Law School; J. Michael Jakes of Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow,
Garrett & Dunner, LLP; Carter G. Phillips of Sidley Austin LLP; James D.
Smith, Associate General and Chief IP Counsel for Baxter International; and Richard
Taranto of Farr & Taranto.

The program for the
conference can be found here. 
The registration fee ranges from $285 (for government employees) to $335
(general registration).  Those
interested in registering for the conference can do so here.