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PRODUCT ROADMAPS FOR FAST-GROWING COMPANIES 10:00 – 11:00 International Room The product roadmap is one of the most sacred—and dynamic—plans an organization holds. Online language instruction company Open English Chief Product Officer Nicolette Moreno opens the hood on Open English's API and shares tips on managing the various demands of stakeholders as products evolve. Moreno led the product team during a critical phase of Open English's growth (from 5,000 to 100,000 registered students), so join this informative and interactive session to learn how Open English did it! NICOLETTE MORENO is a Founder and the Chief Product Officer at Open English, the leading online English school in the Americas. Nicolette has pioneered the language e-learning space through the design of innovative content and rich learning interactions between teachers and students. Under her leadership, her company has taught English to more than 100,000 students in almost 40 countries and is continuing to push the limits of online learning to new heights. PROTECTING INNOVATION DURING EXPANSION 10:00 – 11:00 Hunt Room Entrepreneurs expanding across borders need to know how and when to protect their ideas. Legal experts Diana Muller and Ted Weisz explain the concepts and latest trends around intellectual property—including trademarks, patents and copyright—for international entrepreneurs. DIANA MULLER is a recognized expert in international trademarks, licensing and transactional work. Her work with fashion, consumer products, Internet IP matters, mobile applications and sports entities has made her a driving force behind the creation of programs for protection of trademarks, names and likenesses of sports figures. Ms. Muller has lectured extensively on trademark subjects. She has written many articles and spoken at the New York Women's Bar Association and has been a guest lecturer on Intellectual Property at New York University and the Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI). Ms. Muller has taken part in the inaugural Women's Wear Daily Legal Roundtable on Protecting Intellectual Property and Actions Against Global Counterfeiting. TED WEISZ worked as an electrical engineer before going to law school and this gives him the ability to bridge the gap between the black-and-white world of engineers and the gray world of lawyers. He has been representing clients from many different industries and disciplines ranging from very high tech pacemakers, mobile telephony and content encryption, to the world of fashion, including designer pocket books and shoes and has obtained over 4,000 patents for these clients. Ted has lectured extensively to entrepreneurs and business leaders all over the world from India, Hong Kong and China to Kosovo and Hungary about Intellectual Property, its importance in the business world and techniques for monetizing patents. 14