Jack Ma, Executive Chairman of Alibaba Group, the world’s largest online and mobile marketplace, will be the keynote speaker at the IACC 2016 Annual Spring Conference on May 18-20 in Orlando, Florida, U.S.A. The Spring Conference attracts more than 500 top leaders from business, law, security and government to discuss the intellectual property enforcement industry’s most up-to-date information and best practices.
This year’s event is being organized by the International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition (IACC) in partnership with the International Chamber of Commerce’s Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy (BASCAP). This is the first time the IACC has partnered with another group on this major annual event. The theme this year will be “Securing the Global Supply Chain from Counterfeiting and Piracy – Rights holders and intermediaries working together to stop fakes.”
Mr Ma founded Alibaba Group in 1999 and built it to become the global leader in e-commerce and the premium gateway for international brands to China. During his keynote session, he will address the importance of e-commerce and the industry coming together to collectively fight counterfeiting, as well as highlight Alibaba’s efforts to protect intellectual property rights on its platforms.
“The Spring Conference provides a communication channel between different parties to engage with one another and discuss practical and innovative solutions to counterfeiting and piracy,” said the IACC President Bob Barchiesi. “Intermediary companies play an increasingly important role in these discussions, and we look forward to the collaboration that will take place in Orlando.”
“We are delighted to be partnering with the IACC on this important event focusing on how intermediaries and rights holders can work together to stop counterfeiting and piracy,” said BASCAP Director Jeff Hardy. “The participation of senior intermediary channel and rights holder leaders demonstrates the importance of this topic, and we are confident this event will provide a balanced and constructive exchange of ideas leading to new collaborations and solutions.”
For the full Spring Conference agenda, see here.