IPxED 101: A Guide for Teaching Intellectual Property
for Innovative Educators

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Session 3: 2:00pm-2:50pm | F | Rom 201

Meet the IPxEd 101 Guide, featuring strategies & practices for infusing Intellectual Property education into multiple courses & disciplines across campuses. Leave with an open-source text, teaching materials and activities you can use on your own campus as course modules or standalone IP courses. Diane & John were joined by guest Rick Kosakowski, IP Attorney.

Presenters:

John J. Diffley teaches history and serves as Program Coordinator for both the Liberal Arts/General Studies Program and the Commonwealth Honors Program.  Additionally, Professor Diffley holds a law degree from Western New England University School of Law and is admitted to bars in both Massachusetts and Connecticut. 

Diane Sabato joined the Springfield Technical Community College (STCC) faculty in the School of Business & Information Technology, in 2009. She serves as the lead faculty for entrepreneurship and innovation. Previously, she was Director of the Entrepreneurial Institute at STCC, responsible for a continuum of programs in entrepreneurship education and student business incubation throughout western Massachusetts.