LES Global News—Highlights
A 10th Anniversary With Energy, Great Content And Lively Networking For Young Members Of LES A Look Back At The Past Year Of YMC Events Dear LES members, both young and experienced! The YMC Committee has celebrated its 10th Anniversary this year, and it has truly been an amazing year for the young members of LES worldwide! Here are a few stats that speak for themselves: • 300+ attendees at three regional YMC events held in Montreal, London and Seoul; • 93 percent satisfaction rate on the quality of the events; • 96 percent of attendees said they would recommend the YMC regional events to fellow young IP professionals, LES members or not; • 90 percent of LES members said these events played a part in the renewal of their membership to LES. But all of this success comes because of the help of many YMC volunteers and leaders around the globe, who have worked very hard in making the YMC Committee a symbol of energy, dedication and engagement within the big LESI family! You will find below a short summary of each regional event. It has been a pleasure to serve as Chair of the YMC Committee for such a pivotal year. Now, rest assured that nothing will stop the YMC Committee from innovating, not even a global pandemic! Stay tuned for our ideas on how to make the most of next year, even given these turbulent times, under the leadership of Georgina Busku, the YMC Chair for 2020-2021. Stay safe everyone! Vincent Bergeron, 2019-2020 Chair of the YMC Committee
Chair, Vincent Bergeron, and an organizing committee of LES members from Canada and the United States. The event included panels on Data Licensing for AI and ML, Medtech Industry: Revolutionizing the Health Ecosystem—a Pan-American Perspective, and Licensing in the Entertainment Industry. The event's content ended on a Vincent Bergeron, lighter note with a Licensing Workshop Chair of the YMC on Cannabis Related IP. Committee. Attendees also had several opportunities to network in more relaxed settings, including an informal get-together the night before the event, an in-house counsel breakfast (exclusive for in-house counsel), François Painchaud, Past-President lunch on a rooftop terrace, of LESI, and Fiona Nicolson, dinner on an evening boat Past-President of LESI. cruise, and a casual get-together in a trendy nightclub near the old port in Montreal.
Roundtables during the Licensing Workshop.
The YMC attendees at the LESI Annual Meeting in Yokohama.
Montreal The 5th Pan-American LES YMC Event, held in Montreal, Quebec on July 12, 2019, was a great success, displaying both strong content and networking opportunities. The event was at full capacity with over 100 young licensing professionals from eight different countries attending, 33 percent of which were in-house counsel. The President of LES USA & Canada, Bob Held, and the President of LES International, Fiona Nicolson, both attended the event, as well as several Board Members of LES USA & Canada. The event was hosted by YMC 22
Licensing Executives Society International
Circus show on the boat cruise.
London On the 13th of September, 2019, over 120 young and enthusiastic IP and licensing professionals descended on London for the 7th Pan European LES YMC Congress, again at full capacity. The event was co-chaired by Richard Pinckney and Cora Griffin. Those attending represented 23 different countries and 22 different LES societies from as far afield as Australia, Japan and China as well, as Korea, Malaysia, the U.S.A., Canada, and everywhere in between. What resulted was a diverse, thought-provoking, engaging and fun congress covering IP entrepreneurship, AI and robotics, and the interaction of IP and competition law, as well as dynamic sessions on how to lead a business and personal development through change. There were also unique in-house perspectives on licensing programs and a look inside the YMC, continued on Page 23
