Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is proud to sponsor Emory's Innovator Diversity Pilots Conference. Join the Diversity Pilots Initiative and a series of speakers including Wilson Sonsini Partner Derrick Rowe  for the second innovator diversity pilots conference, in partnership with the National Council on Patent Practicum (NCPP), Adapt.Legal, and a host of other sponsors focused on projects and effective practices to increase participation in innovation.

Conference participants will:

• Learn from and share with peers and others a wealth of practices for increasing diversity and inclusion in invention and innovation and evidence of their effectiveness;
• Hear from leading academics, corporate attorneys, and the USPTO about how to run pilots using best practices as documented by the IPO Diversity Toolkit and High Tech Law Institute’s Best Practices in Diversity Guide to quantify their impact;
• Join a community of leaders exploring and deploying novel ways to increase the participation of women and underrepresented groups in innovation and inventing.

The 2024 Conference will be held on Friday, September 20, 2024 in Tull Auditorium at Emory University School of Law.