The Gathering2.0 is a global community for all professionals involved in managing intellectual property (IP) and I-stuff – all non-legally protected intangibles - as strategic business assets. Our mission is to improve our member’s ability to realize the value of their company’s intangibles.
If you are an intellectual property (IP) executive, intellectual asset (IA) manager, innovation leader or other business manager tasked with protecting, monetizing and filling gaps in your company’s' intangibles portfolio, this community is for you!
The Gathering2.0 Community website is a place to share, learn, find resources, offer opinions, get involved and make connections across multiple industries and countries. Peer-based collaboration is a powerful business force for change and learning - and now, that power is in the hands of IP and IA professionals. Together with our members, we will develop, benchmark and share both leading and emerging best practices for IP monetization and risk management.
There are two ways to join the Gathering2.0 Community:
Basic Membership provides you with limited access to community content made public, including industry surveys, statistics, and analysis via webinars, blogs and document libraries.
COMING SOON: Premium Membership (Individual or Corporate) will provide you with full access to exclusive community content, including detailed surveys, statistics, and analysis, as well as allowing you to contribute your commentary, analysis, and experiences with your own blog or by responding to others.
We invite you to join now!
Company History
The Gathering2.0 Community builds on the legacy of the ICM Gathering, which was founded in 1995 by Pat Sullivan, Suzanne Harrison and seven Fortune 100 companies to create, define and benchmark best practices around extracting value from intangibles. A sister group, called the IP Forum was formed in 2000. These two groups are collectively referred to as Gathering1.0 each meet three times a year, and collectively have over 25 global companies as active members, with over 100 alumni all over the world.
Gathering1.0 members are recognized globally as pioneering current best practices for extracting value from intellectual property (IP) and non-legally protected intangibles (I-stuff). This group has provided the best practices for four of the top selling books about IP and I-stuff management. For a list of the current Gathering1.0 members please click here.