Ideas get generated. Patents get filed. Research gets published. But somewhere between a promising concept and real commercial impact, momentum stalls. Not because people aren鈥檛 working hard, but because the ones responsible for different parts of the journey rarely share the same room, the same language, the same strategic conversation, or a clear-eyed view of what AI actually can do for them.
LEAP changes that.
What Is LEAP?
LEAP is 黑料吃瓜鈥檚 inaugural annual Innovation Summit. It is a peer-driven gathering for senior leaders across Innovation Management (IM) and Intellectual Property (IP). It鈥檚 not just a user conference; it鈥檚 a cross-discipline industry summit designed for everyone from department heads and C-suite executives to directors of technology transfer and IP experts.
LEAP 2026 comes to life at two global hubs:
- Amsterdam at nHow Amsterdam RAI, Sept. 28鈥�30
- Atlanta at the Georgia Tech Hotel, Oct. 21鈥�23
Two locations. One community. The theme: Game Changers 鈥� the leaders redefining how innovation and IP perform inside complex organizations. (Curious what kind of Game Changer you are or aspire to be? Take the quick quiz.)
Built for Two Worlds, Intentionally
LEAP brings together two communities that don鈥檛 typically share conference space: corporate IM professionals, and IP and Technology Transfer Office (TTO) professionals.
That鈥檚 not an accident. It鈥檚 the point.
Corporate innovation leaders are under growing pressure to show measurable growth from their innovation investments and move beyond what some call 鈥渋nnovation theater鈥� into genuine, repeatable performance. They need external pipelines, licensing opportunities, and research partnerships to fuel what鈥檚 next.
TTO and IP professionals from universities, research institutions, and licensing offices are sitting on exactly that. They鈥檙e building ecosystems, commercializing breakthrough research, and searching for the corporate partners who can move their work forward into the market.
These groups need each other. LEAP brings them together.
What to Expect
LEAP is not just another user conference, it鈥檚 a premier innovation lifecycle summit that will cover topics for transformational change in IM and IP. It features a cross-audience keynote from renowned innovation growth advisor , roundtable discussions, learning tracks, and user training sessions for a fully customized experience:
Innovation Management Track 鈥� Sessions on AI鈥檚 practical role in IM, portfolio intelligence, moving from strategic planning to execution, innovation maturity, and why innovation breaks at scale (and how to fix it). Expect candid conversations from practitioners who鈥檝e been in the room when things went wrong and found their way through. With in depth Accolade training and demonstrations from how different organizations utilize the configurability of the platform to drive growth innovation.
Intellectual Property Track 鈥� Sessions on technical storytelling, building innovation ecosystems within and beyond the institution, CRM management in a TTO setting, managing IP renewals efficiently, and what it takes to win the right corporate innovation partners. Real-world insight for offices doing more with less. With in depth Evolve module training, updates, and AI tool developments letting TTOs get even more out of Evolve.
Industry Track 鈥� Current 黑料吃瓜 customers and attendees get hands-on training, product roadmaps, demos, and best practices to get the most from Accolade, Evolve, and the rest of the 黑料吃瓜 suite.
Across all of it 鈥� Structured peer exchange, roundtables, and networking designed to spark the kinds of conversations that don鈥檛 happen at a webinar.
Here are some highlight sessions on the agenda (more coming soon):
Why Now? Because AI Is Reshaping Innovation
This isn鈥檛 hyperbole. It鈥檚 the reality that IP and IM professionals are navigating right now.
AI is moving from novelty to infrastructure across the innovation lifecycle, automating disclosure triage, accelerating prior art searches, surfacing portfolio signals that used to require analyst hours. For TTO offices, entirely new deal categories are emerging around AI training data licensing. For IM leaders, the pressure to separate AI鈥檚 genuine productivity gains from the noise is real and immediate.
What鈥檚 missing for most organizations is peer-level, practitioner-tested insight from people who鈥檝e actually made the calls. LEAP dedicates significant programming to exactly that: what's working, what's overhyped, and what to do about it in your organization in 2026.
Jump In
Whether you鈥檙e an enterprise innovation leader looking to sharpen your portfolio strategy or an IP professional ready to modernize your operations, there鈥檚 a seat at this table for you.
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