International Selection Board

International Selection Board

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International Selection Board 2008

For the 9^th IPI-Award, to be presented in the year 2008, an International Selection Board has been formed. The Board is comprised of eminent information professionals who donate their valuable time and bring their experience and knowledge of the industry to this cause. The Board’s responsibility is to evaluate the nominations and select the recipient for the IPI-Award.

The Chairman of the International Selection Board is Dr. Ian Sinclair, former Site Head, Information Management, Pfizer Global R&D (UK); also former Vice President of the Pharma Documentation Ring (PDR) in Europe.

Members of the International Selection Board for the year 2008:

(Titles and affiliations current with respect to 2007/2008)

Dr. Patricia Dedert, Section Head, Technical Information Research & Management, ExxonMobil Research & Engineering (US); Member of American Chemical Society (ACS) Council Committee on Chemical Abstracts Service

Mr. Koh Ishii, Senior Advisor of CKS Co.; formerly of Nippon Oil Corporation (Japan); past President of several patent information user groups in Japan

Mrs. Minoo Philipp, Scientific Information Manager, Henkel KGaA (Germany); President, Patent Documentation Group (PDG); Member, IPI-ConfEx Board of Counselors

Ms. Suzanne Robins, President, Patent Information Services, Inc. (US); Chair of Patent Information Users Group (PIUG)

Dr. Ursula Schoch-Gruebler, Senior Vice-President, BASF Group Information Center (Germany); former President, PDG; IPI-Award Recipient 2003

Ms. Edlyn Simmonds, Section Manager, Intellectual Property and Business Information Services, Procter and Gamble (US); past Chair and current Director-at-Large, PIUG; IPI-Award Recipient 2005

Dr. Ian Sinclair, former Site Head, Information Management, Pfizer Global R&D (UK); former Vice President of the Pharma Documentation Ring (PDR) in Europe; Member, IPI-ConfEx and Pharma-Bio-Med Board of Counselors

Aalt van de Kuilen, Senior Information Specialist, Solvay Pharmaceuticals B.V. (The Netherlands); Vice President of the Dutch Patent Information Group (WON); Member, IPI-ConfEx and Pharma-Bio-Med Board of Counselors

Mr. Roy Zimmermann, Principal Patent Information Specialist, Medtronic Inc (US); Customer Advisory Board Member and/or Vendor Committee Member for Lexis, Micropatent, Questel-Orbit and Delphion.

Mr. Ford Khorsandian, (Award Sponsor and non-voting Board Member); President, Technology & Patent Research (TPR) International (US); former Vice-Chair of the PIUG; Member, IPI-ConfEx and Pharma-Bio-Med Board of Counselors

International Selection Board 2007

Members of the International Selection Board for the year 2007:

(Titles and affiliations current with respect to 2006/2007)

Mr. Koh Ishii, Senior Advisor of CKS Co.; formerly of Nippon Oil Corporation (Japan); past President of several patent information user groups in Japan

Mrs. Minoo Philipp, Scientific Information Manager, Henkel KGaA (Germany); President, Patent Documentation Group (PDG); Member, IPI-ConfEx Board of Counselors

Ms. Suzanne Robins, President, Patent Information Services, Inc. (US); Chair of Patent Information Users Group (PIUG)

Ms. Edlyn Simmonds, Section Manager, Intellectual Property and Business Information Services, Procter and Gamble (US); past Chair and current Director-at-Large, PIUG; IPI-Award Recipient 2005

Mr. Roy Zimmermann, Principal Patent Information Specialist, Medtronic Inc (US); Customer Advisory Board Member and/or Vendor Committee Member for Lexis, Micropatent, Questel-Orbit and Delphion.

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International Selection Board 2006

Members of the International Selection Board for the year 2006:

(Titles and affiliations current with respect to 2005/2006)

Mr. Koh Ishii, Senior Advisor of CKS Co.; formerly of Nippon Oil Corporation (Japan); past President of several patent information user groups in Japan

Mr. Richard Kurt, Senior Technical Information Specialist, 3M (US)

In Memoriam, Mr. Richard Kurt:

The IPI-Award organizers would like to gratefully acknowledge the dedicated work of Mr. Richard Kurt in serving on the IPI-Award Selection Board for the past two years. It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Mr. Kurt in April, 2006. The patent information profession has been privileged to have had the benefit of Mr. Kurt’s superior knowledge and experience over his long and distinguished career. Above all, his bright and jovial personality will endure in the hearts and minds of all who met him and were inspired by his example.

Mrs. Minoo Philipp, Scientific Information Manager, Henkel KGaA (Germany); President, Patent Documentation Group (PDG)

Ms. Suzanne Robins, President, Patent Information Services, Inc. (US); Vice Chair of Patent Information User Group (PIUG)

Dr. Ursula Schoch-Gruebler, Senior Vice-President, BASF Group Information Center (Germany); former President, PDG; IPI-Award Recipient 2003

Dr. Ian Sinclair, Site Head, Information Management, Pfizer Global R&D (UK); former Vice-President of the Pharma Documentation Ring (PDR) in Europe

Dr. Sandra Unger, Advanced Research Associate, Information Research & Analysis, ExxonMobil (US); past Chair and current Director-at-Large (PIUG)

Aalt van de Kuilen, Senior Information Specialist, Solvay Pharmaceuticals B.V. (The Netherlands); Vice- President of the Dutch Patent Information Group (WON)

Mr. Yutaka Wada, Chairman & President, PATOLIS Corporation (Japan)

Ms. Julie Watters, Palo Alto Library Manager/Firmwide Patent Resources Librarian, Morrison & Foerster LLP (US); immediate past Co-Chair of the Intellectual Property Librarians Caucus of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL)

Mr. Ford Khorsandian, (Award Sponsor and non-voting Board Member); President, Technology & Patent Research (TPR) International (US); former Vice-Chair of the PIUG

International Selection Board 2005

Members of the International Selection Board for the year 2005:

(Titles and affiliations current with respect to 2004/2005)

Mr. Roland Herberger, Head of Corporate IP Support and Patent Searching, Siemens AG (Germany); President, Patent Documentation Group (PDG)

Mr. Koh Ishii, formerly of Nippon Oil Corporation (Japan); past President of several patent information user groups in Japan

Mr. Richard Kurt, Senior Technical Information Specialist, 3M (US)

Dr. Ursula Schoch-Gruebler, Senior Vice-President, BASF Group Information Center (Germany); former President, PDG; IPI-Award Recipient 2003

Dr. Ian Sinclair, Site Head, Information Management, Pfizer Global R&D (UK); former Vice-President of the Pharma Documentation Ring (PDR) in Europe

Ms. Lucy Teixeira Akers, IPI-ConfEx organization; former Team Leader, Intellectual Property Management at ExxonMobil (US); past Chair of the Patent Information Users Group (PIUG)

Dr. Sandra Unger, Advanced Research Associate, Information Research & Analysis, ExxonMobil (US); past Chair and current Director-at-Large (PIUG)

Mr. Yutaka Wada, Chairman & President, PATOLIS Corporation (Japan)

Ms. Julie Watters, Patent Resources Librarian, Morrison & Foerster (US); Co-Chair of the Intellectual Property Librarians Caucus of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL)

Mr. Ford Khorsandian, (Award Sponsor and non-voting Board Member); President, Technology & Patent Research (TPR) International (US); former Vice-Chair of the PIUG

International Selection Board 2004

Members of the International Selection Board for the year 2004:

(Titles and affiliations current with respect to 2003/2004)

Ms. Lucy Akers, Akers & Company; Former Team Leader, Intellectual Property Management at ExxonMobil (US); current Chairperson of the Patent Information Users Group (PIUG)

Mr. Jeffrey Forman, Manager, Information Services, Intellectual Property Law of IBM (US); Chairman of one of the PIUG committees

Dr. Christoph Haxel, Director, Henkel InfoCenter (Germany); current President of the Patent Documentation Group (PDG)

Mr. Koh Ishii formerly of Nippon Oil Corporation (Japan); past President of several patent information user groups in Japan

Ms. Barbara Peterson, Manager, Global Knowledge Management, Ecolab (US); former Director of Library & Information Services at 3M (US); past Chair of the Industrial Technical Information Managers Group (ITIMG)

Mr. Wolfgang Pilch, Principal Director at the European Patent Office (Austria); IPI-Award Recipient, 2002

Dr. Ian Sinclair, Site Head, Information Management, Pfizer Global R&D (UK); former Vice-President of the Pharma Documentation Ring (PDR) in Europe

Dr. Sandra Unger, Advanced Research Associate, Information Research & Analysis, ExxonMobil (US); Director-at-Large, Patent Information Users Group (PIUG)

Mr. Yutaka Wada, Chairman & President, PATOLIS Corporation (Japan)

Mr. Ford Khorsandian, (Award Sponsor and non-voting Board Member); President, Technology & Patent Research (TPR) International; former Vice-Chair of the PIUG

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