Innovator Diversity Pilots Conference
Below are the proceedings of the Innovator Pilot Conference hosted at Santa Clara University in the Fall of 2022. See you at Emory University in Atlanta at the next conference in Fall 2024.
2022 Schedule
| Friday, November 18, 2022 | |
| 8:45am – 9:00am | Welcome – SCU and Emory (video) Dean Michael Kaufman (SCU), Margo Bagley (Emory) |
| 9:00am – 9:15am | From Progress to Potential to Piloting (video) (slides) Sandra Nowak (IPO/3M) and Laura Norris (SCU) |
| 9:15am – 9:30am | The Why and How of Innovator Diversity Pilots (video) (slides) Colleen Chien (SCU) and Heidi Williams (NBER, Stanford, IFP) |
| 9:30am – 10:10am | Session 1: Getting People off the Bench – Inventor Diversity Pilots – chaired by Suzanne Harrison (Percipience) (video) (slides) Firestarter 1: (39.25) Addressing Organizational Barriers to Patenting through Opt-Out Framing and Other Diversity Nudges – Colleen Chien and Jillian Grennan (SCU and the Innovator Diversity Pilots Initiative) (slides) Firestarter 2: (49.49) Diversity Piloting at Meta – Jyoti Uppuluri (Meta) and Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio (Harvard) Firestarter 3: (1:00:58) Affinity groups piloting at the USPTO – Bismarck Myrick (USPTO) (slides) |
| 10:10am – 10:25am | Piloting for Scale – the Voltage Effect (video) John List (The University of Chicago) – REMOTE |
| 10:25am – 10:45am | Break |
| 10:45am – 11:25am | Session 2: Data and Tools for Progress – chaired by Sandra Nowak (IPO/3M) (video) Panel: Sam Wiley (PatSnap), Mike Schuster (UGA) and Steve Gong (Google) (slides) |
| 11:25am – 12:30pm | Session 3: Innovator Diversity Policy Pilots – chaired by Colleen Chien (SCU) (video) Firestarter 4: (2:15:33) USPTO Pilot Program Reduced Gender Disparities in Patenting, Andy Toole, Office of Chief Economist (USPTO) – REMOTE (slides) Panelists: Caleb Watney (IFP), Heidi Williams (NBER, Stanford, IFP), Damon Tull (UCOP) (slides) and Jamie Renee (NAI) |
| 12:30pm – 1:15pm (12:55pm – 1:15pm) |
Lunch Fireside Chat with Hon. Kathi Vidal, Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office: USPTO Diversity Initiatives Changing the Innovation Ecosystem (video) Introduced by: Arpita Bhattacharyya (Finnegan) |
| 1:15pm – 2:15pm | Ideation Breakout / Brainstorm – chaired by Laura Norris (SCU HTLI) |
| 2:15pm – 2:30pm | Break |
| 2:30pm – 4:00pm | Session 4: Let’s Pilot Together! (video) Pitches to USPTO, and other co-sponsors/organizers Co-chaired by Valencia Martin Wallace (USPTO), Joy Peacock (HTLI) Pitch – (3:51:06) Diversity at the Patent Office – Paul Gugliuzza and Rachel Rebouche, (Temple) (slides) Pitch – (3:58:04) Double Attribution – Jordana Goodman (BU/MIT) and Sabra-Anne Truesdale (Western Digital) (slides) Pitch – Diversity and Inclusion initiatives at AUTM – Alice Li (Cornell University and AUTM) (slides) Pitch – (4:09:15) Law and Technology Pipeline Consortium – Keith Robinson (Wake Forest) Pitch – (4:22:35) Adapting the Diversity Pledge to the Academy – Lolita Darden (George Washington) (slides) Pitch – (4:34:41) Reframing Rejections; Company Family Leave Policies: Is there an Innovation Premium? – Gauri Subramani (Lehigh) and Colleen Chien (SCU and the Innovator Diversity Pilots Initiative) (slides)(slides) Open call for pitches from participants |
| 4:00pm – 4:10pm | Reflections Margo Bagley (Emory) and Colleen Chien (SCU) (video) (slides) |
| 4:10pm – 5:00pm | Session 5: Diversity in the Profession and Pipeline , chaired by Caren Ulrich Stacey (USPTO) (video) Firestarter 5: (5:03:09) DEI at Orrick: The Mansfield Rule Pilot and Learnings – Alyssa Caridis (Orrick) (slides) Firestarter 6: (5:12:21) Tech Law Summit – Lateef Mtima (Howard Law) (slides) Panelists: Piers Blewett (Schwegman) (slides), Jeremiah Chan (ADAPT, PPP, Meta) (slides) |
| 5:00pm | Conclusion Valencia Martin Wallace, USPTO |
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