The Bulletin & Advertising with LESANZ

LESANZ Bulletin

LESANZ publishes a Bi-monthly Bulletin specifically written for LESANZ members and others with interests in technology transfer and licensing of intellectual property. The latest edition of the Bulletin is available here - September 2011.   Next due for publication is December 2011.

From the President’s Desk

It has been a busy time in LESANZ world. Over the past few months we have had a lot of activity in our regions. All our regions have run seminars in the last couple of months with multiple events in some regions. WA and QLD have both run IAM courses. These educational activities have provided opportunity for all members to take direct benefit from their LES membership.

If you have not taken the opportunity to attend one of these events you are missing the opportunity to network with other licensing professionals and to keep up with the cutting edge of technology and licensing.

We have also prepared a white paper on the gene patenting issue. This paper is being distributed to key players in the debate and our various sister organisations, such as IPSANZ, IPTA, etc. This type of engagement on policy issues provides an indirect benefit to members by establishing a channel for members to voice views on significant matters that impact on our profession.

I strongly commend the LESANZ website to those of you who are not using it. Apart from useful information like the latest bulletin there is a full calendar of events, such as the 2011 Francis Gurry Lecture Series that LESANZ is co-sponsoring. This lecture will be delivered in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.

The major event coming up is the LESI 2012 Annual Meeting to be held in Auckland next April. Registration is now open and I urge all members to register early to assist with planning. I am attending and LESI International Management and Delegates Meeting next month and would like to be able to report significant registrations from LESANZ. Get on board now and support your society.

Finally, your executive held a face-to-face planning meeting in Melbourne last week. We only meet twice a year with monthly telephone conferences. These face-to-face meetings are an excellent opportunity to focus on building the society and maximising member benefits. One of the major discussions was about how LESANZ can utilise social media to communicate with members and the community. We already have a LinkedIn group and are investigating the value of Twitter. If you are a user of LinkedIn I recommend you look at the LESANZ Inc, LESI 2012 and Licensing Executive Society International groups. Please join.

 

Governance

LESANZ is part of LES International (LESI) which is governed by an international board of delegates that elects a president and other executives. The LESI executive has met recently in London and this is reported elsewhere by Karen Sinclair.

Locally we have a similar structure. The executive of LESANZ was elected at the annual meeting in Sydney in March. The executive positions are:

President: Mark Horsburgh    President-elect: Tim Jones    Vice-President: Albert Ferraloro    Past-president: Karen Sinclair

Secretary: Phillip Heuzenroeder    Treasurer: Mark Pullen

We also have 5 elected trustees with specific responsibilities:

External Relations: Jeff Bergmann    Communications: Frik de Beer

Education: Shona Foster    Policy: Jan Tennent

Membership: Marissa Di Pasquale

 

Within in each of our regions the local activities of LESANZ are overseen by a committee headed by a regional chair. Our regional chairs are:

New Zealand: Gus Hazel    Queensland: Duncan Ferguson    Victoria: Geraldine Farrell

New South Wales: Peter Lightbody    South Australia: Bronwyn Lee    Western Australia: Guy Provan

ACT: Stephanie Von Gravel

Our executive is ably supported by our Secretariat, Beth Benson, who will be the first point of contact for most matters. 

Congratulations to the new and continuing members of the executive. To those that have (at least temporarily) completed their service to the organisation, thank you.

_________________________________________________

LESANZ ANNUAL CONFERENCE -

Registration is open! For more information visit the conference website Link

1-4 April 2012, Auckland

Theme: "Commercialising Innovation to Save the World"


__________________________________________________________

Advertising charges and deadline for next edition

Deadline for articles and advertising for the next edition is 1st June 2011

All advertising artwork is to forwarded to the Secretariat as a .pdf in full colour or mono colour and is subject to the Secretariat’s discretion before confirmation of inclusion is given.

Advertising is available to members of LESANZ for

Or

for non member Companies wishing to advertise their events or other related items to the LESANZ membership, contact the Secretariat further details on 613 59427066. Advertising in the LESANZ Bulletin has a strict code and all material will be reviewed prior to publication.

Advertising is available to Non member companies of LESANZ for

LESANZ- Copyright 2012. Site by Click Creative Online Solutions