Testimonials
Prof. James Boyle
Duke University Law School
"If we were to think about Information Retrieval... at the beginning, when we are funding science,... saying that the product of this research must be findable, searchable, available... we would make much better science policy... better science, more drugs... something that would benefit all citizens."
Cynthia Barcelon-Yang
Bristol-Myers Squibb
"Excellent conference... Applies to what I am looking for as a patent searcher as well as manager of my group... Being able to work with people I don't meet at other conferences..."
Prof. Yike Guo
Imperial College London
"High quality attendance... Open and active discussions...Very user-driven meeting... Very stimulating..."
Anthony Trippe
3LP Advisors
"The IRF Symposium helps patent information professionals to take advantage of new learnings that apply to the new information retrieval society."
Parthiban Srinivasan
Parthys Patent Eagle
"A unique conference...A lot of novel technologies and practical applications...A platform to discuss business."
Teresa Loughbrough
Unilever
[about the coming together of academia and industry at the IRF Symposium]
"Academia and Industry work together as a team .... Together everybody achieves more."
Geetha Basappa
GE India Technology Center
"I really enjoyed the discussion on workflows ... We are lacking the software... We need an intermediary between academia and industry to bring an end-product to the end-users."
Prof. John Tait
Information Retrieval Facility
"The IRF has succeeded in putting the problems of patent search in the agenda of some of the people who fund research in the EU and in Austria."
Parvaz Mahdabi
University of Lugano
"The IRF Symposium broadened my view as a PhD student about the specific issues in patent retrieval... I want to focus on the interactive aspects of patent retrieval."