Agenda
Interested in speaking? Contact Annabelle Thorpe at Annabelle.Thorpe@LBResearch.com.
Tuesday, November 10, 2026
8:40 AM-9:10 AM
Registration and networking
9:10 AM-9:20 AM
Welcome address
9:20 AM-9:50 AM
Keynote: Driving trade secret strategy from hidden asset to board-level metric
9:50 AM-10:40 AM
Panel: AI and the new reality of trade secret exposure
- Protecting trade secrets in an AI enabled workforce
- How AI is changing reverse engineering and the liability it creates
- AI vulnerabilities: leaks and prompt injection attacks
10:40 AM-11:10 AM
Networking break
11:10 AM-12:00 PM
Masterclass: The patent v trade secret debate
- The market forces reshaping the innovation protection conversation
- Converting trade secrets into patents: the risks worth taking and the pitfalls to avoid
- Holistic IP protection: trade secret lessons from across industries
12:00 PM-12:50 PM
Panel: Unlocking the commercial value of trade secrets
- Structuring licensing deals that protect and extract value
- Unprotected R&D assets and collaboration liabilities
- Why trade secret valuation is the conversation your C-suite needs to have
12:50 PM-2:20 PM
Lunch and networking
2:20 PM-3:10 PM
Lightning talks: The trade secret litigation landscape in focus
A series of 15-minute presentations led by subject matter experts
How the collapse of non-competes is driving a new wave of trade secret claims
Why escalating damages and criminal enforcement are raising the stakes
China's trade secret enforcement reform and the strategic response it demands
3:10 PM-4:00 PM
Risk scenarios: A cross-functional response to trade secret threats
- The departing employee: when talent walks out with more than a resignation letter
- The AI tool: when legal, HR and IT cannot agree on the protocols to protect trade secrets
- A trusted contact: an employee has been sharing information with an external research partner
4:00 PM-4:30 PM
Networking break
4:30 PM-5:20 PM
Panel: Stress testing your trade secret framework
- The trade secret inventory dilemma facing every in-house IP team right now
- How cross-functional misalignment undermines even the strongest frameworks
- What separates a trade secret framework that holds from one that fails under scrutiny
5:20 PM-5:25 PM
Closing remarks
5:25 PM-6:25 PM
Networking drinks reception
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