Blueprints for Innovation

Apr 23, 2025, 3:00 – 5:45 PM

Ballroom 212AB, Gatton Student Center

Blueprints for Innovation will feature a range of engaging discussions and presentations, providing valuable insights into the national innovation landscape and the importance of IP. The event will include a fireside chat featuring Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Andrei Iancu, board co-chair of C4IP and former under secretary of commerce for intellectual property and USPTO director. Attendees will also hear a national innovation perspective from Frank Cullen, executive director of C4IP.

The key panel discussion of the event will bring together a group of experts, moderated by Ian McClure, J.D., LL.M., vice president for innovation, UK HealthCare, and associate vice president for research, innovation and economic impact, UK Research.

Panelists include:

Mandy Decker, chair of KYIPA and patent attorney with Stites and Harbison
Jeffery Langer, general counsel of Zoeller Company
Terry Samuel, president of Kentucky Science and Technology Corp.
Raechele Smalls, director of Launch Blue Ventures
Michael Murray, Spears-Gilbert Associate Professor of Law at the UK Rosenberg College of Law

The forum will conclude with a Q&A session followed by a reception.

Unit

UK Innovate