The Association of Corporate Patent Counsel (ACPC) is pleased to gather with its Chief Patent Counsel community at the 2024 Winter Meeting for three days of in-person professional programming, networking, and social activities at the Four Seasons Hotel in New Orleans, LA on January 21-24, 2024.
Pavan Agarwal (Partner, Washington, D.C.) will be speaking at the following session:
AI in Practice: How AI Systems Are Being Deployed, Utilized, and Protected | 9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Wednesday, January 24
Moderator: Lily Lim, Fortive
Panelists:
- Michael Lee, Google LLC
- Heidi Martinex, Xerox Corporation
- Pavan Agarwal, Foley & Lardner LLP
- Dan Choi, Microsoft
More information about the program can be found here.
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