Introducing myself
    Nia Roberts
      BSc (Hons) Physics 
      Former European Patent Examiner
      Chartered Patent Attorney, qualified European Patent Attorney
      Member of Technology & Innovation Team, Department for the          
       Economy & Transport, Welsh Assembly Government
      Supporting Welsh SMEs with innovation & technology issues
      Currently working on proposed new IP support project
                                 
     Supporting Welsh IP – Past:
     Pioneers in branding innovation
                           St Mary's church in the hollow of 
                           the white hazel near to the rapid 
                           whirlpool and the church of St 
                           Tysilio of the red cave
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     Supporting Welsh IP: 
     Shaping the Future
     ● Background
     ● Driving factors
     ● Future plans
                                   
    Supporting Welsh IP:
    Background
    IP Wales 
    ●   Award-winning programme - awareness-raising, grant funding, IP 
        research, first PATLIB in Wales
    ●   Based at University of Swansea, led by Andrew Beale – currently 
        working on secondment to WIPO
    ●   With Welsh Assembly Government funding
                               
    Supporting Welsh IP:
    Background
     Wales Innovators Network (WIN)
     ●   Award-winning Welsh Assembly 
         Government Initiative - part of 
         Technology & Innovation team
     ●   Helping individual innovators to 
         progress their ideas
     ●   Support with IP, market research, 
         prototyping, testing, manufacture, 
         commercialisation
     ●   Structured Development Plan