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