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Wednesday 8 October

Congress: Pre-Conference Drinks Reception 2025

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Date and time

Start: Wednesday 8 October 2025, 06:30 PM

End: Wednesday 8 October 2025, 09:30 PM

Location

Event Overview

Join us for an evening of networking to mark the launch of  Congress 2025: IP and AI hosted by the CIPA EDI committee.

Come and connect with delegates, network meet key speakers, and enjoy the kick-off to Congress with a celebratory, entertaining program located in Bristol (venue to be confirmed) to mark, the 10th anniversary of IP Inclusive and the culture of innovation in the South West. Whether you’re a first-time guest or a returning participant, this casual yet curated experience is designed to set the tone for what’s to come.

Attendance is open to all members.

Extra Events

Congress 2025: IP and AI – 9th October

This year’s Congress will be held at the Bristol Marriot Royal Hotel, Bristol City, on Thursday, 9 October 2025.

Annual Dinner- 9th October

This year’s Congress Annual Dinner will take place at 7.00pm on Thursday 9 October 2025, after the conference, and is bookable separately. Join us for an evening surrounded by peers accompanied by a three – course meal. Please click the link above to learn about the Annual Dinner.

 

Audience

Programme & Speakers

Wednesday 8 October

  • Presentation by CIPA's EDI Committee and IP Inclusive
    Speakers
    Andrea Brewster OBE, IP Inclusive

    Andrea Brewster OBE, IP Inclusive

    Andrea is a Chartered Patent Attorney and a former CIPA President. In the past she has served on the Institute’s governing Council and several of its committees.

    Before her retirement she was a partner in a small regional IP practice, Greaves Brewster LLP, of which she had been a co-founder.

    Andrea established IP Inclusive in 2015 to promote equality, diversity, inclusion (EDI) and wellbeing throughout the UK’s IP professions. Alongside many enthusiastic volunteers, she has developed the initiative into a well-connected and influential player in the IP sector. She became its first Lead Executive Officer in 2019.

     

  • What the Dickens did Brunel think of patents?
    Speakers
    Alex Rogers, Haseltine Lake Kempner LLP

    Alex Rogers, Haseltine Lake Kempner LLP

    Alex is normally occupied with oppositions, appeals, oral proceedings at the EPO, and lots of IP around chocolate, chewing gum, particles, polymers and electrochemistry.  However, earlier this year, inspired by his firm’s 175th anniversary, he found himself playing the role of historian, delving into the archives of the Brunel Institute in Bristol to find out what the great Isambard Kingdom Brunel thought of IP, and what patents he had.  The answers were not what he expected.  But what has this got to do with AI? Alex will explain…

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