Schedule

7:30 am – 8:15 am - Continental Breakfast

8:15 am – 9:00 am - Plenary Session (Main Room)
Welcome and Opening Comments - Dave Perry

Guest Speaker: What is Your Plan? - Calvin M. Bacon, Jr., University of South Alabama, Mitchell School of Business

9:00 am – 10:30 am - Breakout Sessions
Room A
Intellectual Property 101-Protecting your invention - J. Nevin Shaffer, Jr., P.A.

Room B
Product Licensing -  Ms. April MacKenzie Mason , Burr and Forman, Partner

10:30 am – 10:45 am - Break

10:45 am – 12:15 pm - Breakout Sessions

Room A
TBA

Room B
Taking Your Invention to the Market - Donny Mecke, Browning, Mecke and O’Neal, LLC, Partner

12:15 pm – 1:45 pm Lunch (Main Room)

1:45 pm – 3:15 pm - Breakout Sessions
Room A
Intellectual Property—What to do when you suspect a problem - J. Nevin Shaffer, Jr. P.A.

Room B
Moving toward Sustainability - Casi Callaway, Mobile Baykeeper, Executive Director

3:15 pm – 3:30 pm - Break

3:30 pm – 4:30 pm - Plenary Panel Discussion (Main Room)
Calvin M. Bacon, Jr.
Casi Callaway
Donny Mecke
J. Nevin Shaffer, Jr.