An IP Inclusive, CIPA, CITMA
and Jonathan’s Voice webinar
Thursday 10 October 2024
12.30 – 1.30 pm, online
Join us this World Mental Health Day for a discussion about supporting wellbeing in the IP professions. This webinar is a collaboration between IP Inclusive, CIPA, CITMA and Jonathan’s Voice and is free to attend for anyone who works in the UK’s IP sector.
Covid-19 and the resultant new working arrangements have had an impact on our community’s wellbeing and mental health – not forgetting, of course, the effects our often high workloads can have on stress levels and work-life balance. With the growing importance of mental wellbeing, work-life balance and inclusivity as factors in how happy and productive we are at work, World Mental Health Day is an opportunity to focus on these issues and talk about what the IP professions are doing.
Our panellists from a range of different working environments will talk about the challenges they’ve faced in supporting staff wellbeing, mental health and work-life balance. They will also share some of the solutions that their organisations and departments have implemented, and discuss the role that hybrid working can play in delivering them.
There will then be an opportunity for the audience to share their own experiences and solutions, and to ask the panellists questions.
We hope you’ll come away with some valuable ideas to implement in your workplace, as well as some reassurance that you are not alone in the challenges you face…
Our panel
The discussions will be chaired by Dr Anna Molony, Founder and Director at Two IP.
Confirmed panellists include:
- Michael Carter, Partner, Intellectual Property Law and Head of Automotive IP (UK) at
Gowling WLG - Angela Quinlan, Managing Director at Key Patent Innovations
- Penny Aspinall, Mental Health Consultant, Jonathan’s Voice
- Heather McCann, Partner (patent attorney), EIP
Anna Molony
Anna co-founded her first patent firm, Chapman Molony, in 2003. After almost 10 years’ building Chapman Molony, she decided she wanted a better work-life balance, so she sold out of Chapman Molony and set up Ingenium IP. In 2020, just as the global pandemic hit, Anna decided that it was time to provide a vehicle for other patent attorneys to enjoy the work-life balance she had achieved. So she evolved Ingenium IP into Two IP, a ‘new breed consultancy model’ patent and trade mark firm, which enables consultant attorneys to work for their own clients under the Two IP brand and within Two IP’s ecosystem of back office, patent formalities and business support functions.
Michael Carter
Michael is a Director in Gowling WLG’s intellectual property practice, based in Birmingham. He has extensive experience managing patent and design litigation in the English courts (from IPEC to the High Court) and coordinating international patent litigation. In his role as Head of Automotive IP (UK) Michael also has experience of advising clients on transactional issues and the development of IP & innovation strategies more generally, particularly in the automotive and engineering sectors.
Penny Aspinall
Penelope has over 30 years’ experience as a counsellor, psychotherapist and trainer, working in a range of settings, including Zeneca (Huddersfield), Arla Foods, the NHS and in private practice as a counsellor and organisational mental health consultant. However, most of her career has been spent working in Higher Education, most recently at the University of Bradford as Head of Disability, Counselling and Mental Health. She has been working with Jonathan’s Voice since 2019 and joined them as Mental Health Consultant and Lead trainer in early 2022.
Angela Quinlan
Bio to follow shortly.
Heather McCann
Bio to follow shortly
Who’s it for?
This event is for all UK-based IP professionals who are interested in mental wellbeing. We don’t mind where you work, what role you play there or what career level you’re at. This is an important topic, which touches many and matters to all of us.
Bring a guest
At IP Inclusive we want to reach as many IP people as possible. Why not invite a guest to watch the webinar with you – someone in a different role or at a different career level, perhaps; an ally or potential ally; or a colleague who’s not yet involved with IP Inclusive? They’ll be most welcome!
Registration
Click here or on the “Book to attend” button above right. If you have any specific access requirements, please let us know when you register or by emailing [email protected]; we’ll do what we can to help. Please note that the webinar is open to all IP Inclusive supporters, whether or not CIPA or CITMA members.
Cost
This event is free. So are all our resources. That said, we do need money to keep the show on the road, so if you enjoy the event please consider contributing. For more information, visit the IP Inclusive fundraising page.