A venture capitalist who concentrates on the life sciences field, Steve Kanzer has been chairman and chief executive officer of Accredited Ventures, Inc., since 2001. To augment and inform his professional endeavors, Steve Kanzer holds active membership in the Licensing Executives Society International (LESI). A global network of national and regional senior licensing administrators, LESI sets international industry standards and promotes the economic importance of licensing and related business sectors. Its flagship event is the LESI Annual Meeting. The 2021 LESI Annual Meeting took place on May 27 and 28 in a virtual format that provided programming around the clock. This innovative format was an ideal way to serve its global audience of attendees. The main program featured six plenary sessions and 36-panel discussions. The 2021 annual meeting also featured a broad spectrum of structured live roundtable discussions and a 24-hour virtual café that provided unstructured networking opportunities and allows visitors to meet various event speakers. These speakers included WIPO director general Daren Tang who discussed IP commercialization and Apple head of licensing Sarita Venkat who spoke on the benefits of diversity within in-house innovation teams.

1. Steve Kanzer

2. Introduction
A venture capitalist who concentrates on the life sciences field, Steve Kanzer
has been chairman and chief executive officer of Accredited Ventures, Inc.,
since 2001. To augment and inform his professional endeavors, Steve Kanzer
holds active membership in the Licensing Executives Society International
(LESI).

3. A global network of national and regional senior licensing
administrators, LESI sets international industry standards and promotes
the economic importance of licensing and related business sectors. Its
flagship event is the LESI Annual Meeting.

4. The 2021 LESI Annual Meeting took place on May 27 and 28 in a virtual
format that provided programming around the clock. This innovative
format was an ideal way to serve its global audience of attendees.

5. The main program featured six plenary sessions and 36-panel
discussions. The 2021 annual meeting also featured a broad spectrum of
structured live roundtable discussions and a 24-hour virtual café that
provided unstructured networking opportunities and allows visitors to
meet various event speakers. These speakers included WIPO director
general Daren Tang who discussed IP commercialization and Apple
head of licensing Sarita Venkat who spoke on the benefits of diversity
within in-house innovation teams.