DIVERSITY PRESENTATIONS
by S. Harrison, J. Chan, and J. Mulgrew
Why, What, and How?
by S. Harrison, S. Frank, and K. Soler Riba
by Suzanne Harrison, Robertha Höglud, Laura Gisler, Laure Van Oudheusden, Mike Hatrick, Tove Audhav
Gender And Racial Diversity in Invention and Patenting
A discussion of the latest research on biases and obstacles keeping women in out of inventorship and how copmanies and academia can eliminate them. With Elyse Shaw, IWPR. This is from a session at the 2021 Increasing Diversity in Innovation…
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Reaching Diverse Inventors Using Brainstorm Techniques
Reaching Diverse Inventors Using Brainstorm Techniques panel with: Saadia SaifuddinIP Analytics and Strategy, Cisco Ahsan ShaikhHead of Patent Prosecution, McDermott Will & Emery Michelle MartinezSenior Patent and Open Source Counsel, eBay This is from a session at the 2021 Increasing…
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Once you get your data, now what?
Data – Lessons learned from the front lines on how to establish your baseline, how to analyze your data for anomalies and/or bias and where to focus your first efforts. Panel with: Robert PechmanChief IP Counsel, Seagate Technology LLC Jason…
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Catalyzing the Transformation of STEM Women into New Inventors
Research – “Mapping the Regions, Organizations and Individuals that Drive Inclusion in the Innovation Economy” with Mercedes Delgado. This is from a session at the 2021 Increasing Diversity in Innovation conference that took place on July 26-29, 2021. The conference…
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Inventor diversity data – how to get it and what metrics to use
How can companies easily get their baseline data? Panel with: Erik OliverPartner, Richardson Oliver Law GroupDavid AndrewsChief Data and Analytics Officer, IP Solutions, AonSamantha HsuSenior Counsel, IP, Uber Technologies, Inc. This is from a session at the 2021 Increasing Diversity…
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Patent inequality – a research perspective with Michael Schuster
An overview of academic research in diversity & Inclusion and how it relates to companies. This is from a session at the 2021 Increasing Diversity in Innovation conference that took place on July 26-29, 2021. The conference was hosted by…
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Why diversity in innovation matters – a CEOs view with Deb Liu of Ancestry.com
Fireside chat with Deb Liu, CEO of Ancestry.com Moderator: Ray Millien This is from a session at the 2021 Increasing Diversity in Innovation conference that took place on July 26-29, 2021. The conference was hosted by UC Berkeley Fung Institute…
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Diversity Pilots Clearinghouse – Colleen Chien
How can companies, academics and non-profits work together to promote change in the innovation ecosystem? This is from a session at the 2021 Increasing Diversity in Innovation conference that took place on July 26-29, 2021. The conference was hosted by…
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The Diversity Pledge was designed to facilitate collaboration among corporations who collectively represent the largest filers of patents. Pledgees include over 40 companies spanning a variety of industries including consumer products, telecommunications, social media, software, finance and biologics among others. We hope many more companies join the founding pledgees to make actionable and measurable change in increasing diversity in innovation with their current employee base.
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Suzanne Harrison
USIPA, Diversity & Inclusion
Bowman Heiden
UC Berkeley Fung Institute
Karla Soler Riba
Center for Intellectual Property (CIP)
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