It was great to join Dan Brown, PhD (Northwestern University) | Tony Trippe Owens Corning) | Phil Hartstein (Soryn IP Capital Management) on a panel on “AI + IP = ROI” at the IP Awareness Summit 2026 hosted at COSI – Center of Science and Industry. Dan, Tony, and Phil were excellent panelists. Our discussion focused on how AI is reshaping the way organizations create, evaluate, and extract value from intellectual property.

Thank you to Bruce Berman and his team for curating and convening such a thoughtful, timely program. Frederic “Dr. B” Bertley and Sara Leikin, Ed.D, Ed. D., were gracious hosts who respectively spoke eloquently on trust, transparency, and continued learning and fighting negative intellectual property stereotypes. The program as a whole benefited from a deep and diverse bench of speakers, and I am grateful for the many insights shared across panels.

It was a pleasure to reconnect with colleagues and to engage with new voices at the event.

It was also valuable to spend time with colleagues at The Ohio State University. Conversations with Joshua Gagliardi and Andrew Frueh highlighted how technology is transforming professional education, particularly in fields like nursing, where simulation, interface design, and human-centered systems intersect in powerful ways.

Allison Gaul | Terry Hart | Albhy Galuten | Jaci McDole | Tiffany Norwood | Ian D. McClure | Massyl M. | David Mess | Wayne Stacy | Diane Gabl Kratz, JD | James Conley | Arlyne Simon, Ph.D. | Corey Salsberg | Jamie Simpson