The 2022 Sedona Conference on Trade Secrets

Date:

Monday, May 9, 2022 - 8:30am to Tuesday, May 10, 2022 - 1:00pm

Location:
The Brown Palace Hotel & Spa
Denver, CO

The 2022 Sedona Conference on Trade Secrets will be held at The Brown Palace Hotel in Denver, Colorado on Monday-Tuesday, May 9-10, 2022. A welcome reception will be held on the evening of Sunday, May 8, from 5:30-7:30 pm MT.

Session Information:

This Conference will present for public dialogue the first set of consensus, non-partisan publications from our Sedona Working Group 12 on Trade Secrets (WG12), most of which are to be published in final/post-public comment form in the weeks and months leading up to the Conference, consisting of:

WG12 Commentary on the Proper Identification of Asserted Trade Secrets in Misappropriation Lawsuits
WG12 Commentary on The Employee Life Cycle Relating to Trade Secrets
WG12 Commentary on Equitable Remedies in Trade Secret Litigation
WG12 Commentary on Monetary Remedies in Trade Secret Litigation
WG12 Commentary on Protecting Trade Secrets in Litigation About Them
WG12 Commentary on Governance and Management of Trade Secrets
WG12 Commentary on Trade Secret Issues Across International Borders: Extraterritorial Reach
WG10/12 Joint Commentary on Cross-Border Discovery in Patent Litigation and Trade Secret Litigation

We will close the Conference with a Judicial Roundtable, comprising some of our Judicial Advisors who have graciously and generously participated in our WG12 efforts to date.

Presentation of The Sedona Conference Lifetime Achievement Award for Contributions to Intellectual Property Law:

We will award The Sedona Conference Lifetime Achievement Award for Contributions to Intellectual Property Law to Jim Pooley, our Chair of WG12 at its creation and now Chair Emeritus. Please join us in celebrating Jim's many accomplishments and contributions to intellectual property law, including leading the efforts of The Sedona Conference Working Group 12.

Hotel Reservation Information:

We have obtained a very favorable room rate at The Brown Palace Hotel of $219 per night (plus tax) for a limited block of rooms on the evenings of Sunday and Monday, May 8 & 9. The government rate of $195 is available for full-time government employees. For those who wish to arrive early, leave late, or otherwise extend their stay, the room rate is available for three days preceding and three days following the dates of the room block, but subject to room availability. Accordingly, if you wish to book for additional nights, you should do so as soon as possible. The room block expires on Sunday, April 17. Reservation information will be provided in your meeting reservation confirmation email.

Health and Safety Protocols:

The Sedona Conference encourages all conference attendees to be vaccinated. We will follow all federal, state, and local health and safety protocols in effect at the time and place of the conference. The seating at the conference will be spread out and take full advantage of the size of the conference room. We will provide color-coded lanyards for your name tag that will signify you comfort level with social interaction at the conference. Green: I am open to shaking hands and conversing in less than 6 feet proximity while still respecting personal space; Yellow: I welcome conversation but prefer extra personal space, so please keep your distance and don't touch; Red: Please keep at least 6 feet of distance from me when conversing and don't touch.

Co-chairs:
David Almeling	Vicki Cundiff	James Pooley

O’Melveny & Myers LLP San Francisco, CA, USA	Paul Hastings LLP New York, NY, USA	James Pooley PLC Menlo Park, CA, USA

Working Group:

Trade Secrets - Working Group 12

Faculty

John P. Barry Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP New York, NY	Jennifer A. L. Battle Carpenter Lipps LLP Columbus, OH, USA	Russell Beck Beck Reed Riden LLP Boston, MA, USA	Hon. Laurel Beeler U.S. District Court, Northern District of California San Francisco, CA, USA
David Bohrer NexTracker LLC San Jose, CA, USA	John Bone Stout Chicago, IL, USA	Barry Brown Applied Materials, Inc. San Francisco, CA, USA	Leigh Ann Buziak Blank Rome LLP Philadelphia, PA, USA
Amy Candido Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC San Francisco, CA, USA	Monte Cooper Goodwin Procter LLP Redwood City, CA, USA	Hon. Julianna Earp North Carolina Business Court Greensboro, NC USA	Michael P. Elkon Fisher & Phillips LLP Atlanta, GA, USA
Seth Gerber Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Los Angeles, CA, USA	R. Mark Halligan FisherBroyles, LLP Chicago, IL, USA	Dean Harts 3M 3M Saint Paul, MN, USA	Byron Holz Nokia Atlanta, GA, USA
Randall E. Kahnke Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Minneapolis, MN, USA	Randy Kay Jones Day San Diego, CA, USA	Mark Klapow Crowell & Moring LLP Washington, DC, USA	Carol Ludington Ludington Ltd. St. Paul, MN, USA
Elizabeth McBride Applied Materials Inc Santa Clara, CA, USA	Jennifer Lynn Miller Renmatix, Inc. King of Prussia, PA, USA	Hon. Laurie J. Miller Hennepin County Fourth Judicial District Minneapolis, MN, USA	Robert Milligan Seyfarth Shaw LLP Los Angeles, CA, USA
Hon. Kristen L. Mix U.S. District Court, District of Colorado Denver, CO, USA	Mary Nix Lynn Pinker Hurst & Schwegmann, LLP Dallas, TX, USA	Patrick J. O'Toole Jr. Kirkland & Ellis LLP Boston, MA, USA	Eric Ostroff Meland Budwick, P.A. Miami, FL, USA
Jeff A. Pade Paul Hastings LLP Washington, DC, USA	Dean Pelletier Pelletier Law, LLC Chicago, IL, USA	Prof. Michael Risch Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law Villanova, PA, USA	Prof. Elizabeth Rowe University of Virginia School of Law Gainesville, FL, USA
Prof. Mark F. Schultz University of Akron School of Law Akron, OH, USA	Avi Skoff Moses & Singer LLP New York, NY, USA	Erik W. Weibust Epstein Becker & Green P.C. Boston, MA, USA

Agenda - 2022 Trade Secret Conference

Time	Session	Panelists
	Monday, May 9, 2022 (all times MDT)
8:30 — 8:45	Welcome and Introductions	Almeling, Cundiff, Pooley, Weinlein
8:45 — 10:15	[Panel 1] The Proper Identification of Asserted Trade Secrets in Misappropriation Cases	Almeling, Klapow*, Mix (J), O'Toole, Pelletier, Risch

10:15 — 10:30	Break
10:30 — 11:45	[Panel 2] Equitable Remedies in Trade Secret Litigation	Battle, Beeler (J), Cundiff*, Elkon, Rowe
11:45 — 1:15	Lunch
1:15 — 2:30	[Panel 3] Caselaw Synergies	Buziak, Pelletier*, Weibust
2:30 — 2:45	Break
2:45 — 4:15	[Panel 4] Trade Secret Issues Across International Borders	Cooper, Gerber, Harts, Kay*, Pade, Schultz
4:15 — 5:30	[Panel 5] Inevitable Tension: Reconciling Public Court Access with Protecting Trade Secrets in Litigation	Barry, Halligan, Kahnke*, Miller (J), Nix, Ostroff
5:30 — 5:40	Presentation to Jim Pooley of The Sedona Conference Lifetime Achievement Award for Contributions to Intellectual Property Law	Pooley, Weinlein

Time	Session	Panelists
	Tuesday, May 10, 2022 (all times MDT)
8:30 — 8:45	Update on Current and Future Sedona WG12 on Trade Secrets Commentary Drafting Team Efforts	Almeling, Cundiff
8:45 — 10:00	[Panel 6] Leveraging Internal Assets in the Governance and Management of Trade Secrets	Beck, Brown, McBride, Miller, Milligan*
10:00 — 10:15	Break
10:15 — 11:30	[Panel 7] Monetary Remedies in Trade Secret Litigation	Almeling*, Bohrer, Candido, Earp (J), Ludington, Skoff, Bone
11:30 — 1:00	[Panel 8] Judicial Roundtable	Beeler (J), Earp (J), Miller (J), Mix (J), Pooley*
1:00 — 1:05	Closing Statements	Weinlein
*Panel Moderator

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