IPAS 2026 Technology at the Crossroads: AI, IP and New Opportunities

ABOUT

AI's future is tied to intellectual property - and IP's future to AI. Is anybody ready for it? The 2026 Intellectual Property Awareness Summit® will help get you there.

IPAS 2026 will feature leading entrepreneurs, inventors, creative industry members, AI and IP experts, investors, executives and policy influencers from the world's leading organizations addressing topics that matter to individuals and their employers.  

The 9th IP Awareness Summit® is being hosted by the nonprofit Center for Intellectual Property Understanding (CIPU) at the Center of Science and Industry (COSI), America's top-rated public science and technology learning center. 

This year’s theme, ‘Technology at the Crossroads: AI, IP Rights, and New Opportunities', will guide attendees in exploring GenAI's sometimes precarious relationship with IP rights, including copyrights, patents and trade secrets.

IPAS 2026 provides participants on April 23rd in Columbus at COSI's 320,000 square foot learning facility an excellent opportunity for discussion and networking in an innovative setting.

​​​The IP Awareness Summit® is the only annual event that examines the impact of IP on innovation, creative expression, commerce and society, and the strategies for improving it.

LOCATION

Center of Science and Industry (COSI) | 333 W Broad St, Columbus, OH 43215