LES Annual Meeting 2026

It was held at Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego, 1 Market Pl, San Diego, CA 92101, United States.

The stated audience is licensing and IP professionals, from newcomers to seasoned experts.

It is most useful for licensing and IP professionals, from in-house technology transfer and licensing staff to outside counsel, since the speakers were billed to include Russell Levine of Kirkland & Ellis and Michael Perham of TSMC and the format mixed keynotes, roundtables and hands-on workshops. The registration was billed as covering three receptions, which suits those building a deal and referral network across a four-day meeting; professionals outside licensing, or anyone wanting a product exhibition rather than practitioner sessions, would get less from it.

Licensing and IP professionals, many of them lawyers, usually wear business casual to business professional at meetings like this, with suits or blazers for receptions.