PIUG 2005 Annual Conference Update!

PIUG 2005
Annual Conference
An International Conference for Patent Information Professionals
The Future of Patent Information:
Tools and Techniques for Adding Value
Saturday, May 21 to Thursday, May 26, 2005

Hyatt Regency Crystal City
2799 Jefferson Davis Highway
Arlington, VA, USA 22202
(703) 418-1234
www.crystalcity.hyatt.com





Registration is open for the PIUG 2005 Annual Meeting in Crystal City
- The program is maturing into another fantastic meeting (program
details in a later correspondence)
- Many sponsors have signed on
- Numerous valuable workshops are planned
- Do you want to join us?

We hope to see you there - remember the valuable workshops when making
your travel plans!


REGISTRATION AND HOTEL RESERVATIONS

You can register for the meeting, renew your membership/join PIUG, even
reserve your room at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City, all online by
visiting the PIUG webpage, www.piug.org. Early bird registration for
members is $275 through March 31. Registration will be open to the
public at $425 April 1 through May 6. The registration fee includes
Monday-Wednesday breakfasts, lunches, refreshments during meeting
breaks, the Sunday night Welcome Reception, the Monday night Dinner
Event, the Tuesday night Ice Cream Social, and the Wednesday night
Dinner Event. Membership in PIUG is still only $35 for the year. The
room rate at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City for the PIUG Annual
Conference is $159+10.25% tax Single/Double (only until April 29, 2005).
If you reserve your room by phone be sure to mention you are attending
the PIUG Annual Conference in order to receive this reduced rate.


WORKSHOPS

As you make your travel arrangements please be aware that the following
workshops will be held in conjunction with the 2005 PIUG Annual
Conference, May 21-26, 2005, Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington,
Virginia.

Please watch this discussion list and the PIUG webpage (www.piug.org)
for upcoming details about these workshops, including how to register
for them.

Sat. May 21 afternoon - Stephen Adams will be offering a workshop -
"Statistics 101 - Making Sense of Patent Analysis"
Sat. May 21 afternoon - Questel*Orbit Workshop

Sun. May 22 morning - MicroPatent Workshop - "Leading-Edge Solutions for
Enterprise-Wide IP Management &Analysis in 2005 and Beyond"
Sun. May 22 morning - Dialog Workshop - "Searching Chemical Prior Art on
Dialog Using DialogLink 5.0"
Sun. May 22 morning - CAS Workshop
Sun. May 22 afternoon - Fiz-Karlsruhe Workshop

Thu. May 26 morning - Thomson Scientific
Thu. May 26 all day - STN Patent Forum

*Sat. May 21 AM - workshop space available - we will let you know
when/if a sponsor reserves this time

SPONSORS

A very special thank you to the following companies who are sponsors of
the 2005 PIUG Annual Conference! The following companies will also be
exhibiting in the Exhibit Hall. Please visit the PIUG webpage
(www.piug.org) for updates.

Diamond Level Sponsors

CAS
Thomson Scientific

Ruby Level Sponsors

Univentio
Questel*Orbit

Pearl Level Sponsors

Micropatent
Fiz Karlsruhe
TPRI
BizInt

Platinum Level Sponsors

Omniviz
TEMIS US
IP.com
Gene It
Minesoft


Please visit the PIUG webpage (www.piug.org) for more information
regarding the PIUG 2005 Annual Conference!

Suzanne G. Robins - Co-Chair Planning Committee
sgrobinspi_at_cs.com

Heidi Z. Stone - Co-Chair Planning Committee
Heidi.Stone_at_abbott.com




































































Received on Thu Feb 10 2005 - 04:32:47