IACC 2024 Highlights

Another successful year in the books! With over 630 attendees from all over the world, this was our biggest conference to date. We want to thank our conference co-chairs, keynote speakers, sessions speakers and moderators, sponsors, exhibitors, and all attendees for making this year so memorable.

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IACC Law Enforcement Training

Prior to the Annual Conference, we partnered with the US Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) - Orlando, the IPR Center and the Orlando Police Department to host training for federal, state and local law enforcement. We were also joined by members of the Transnational Criminal Investigative Units from throughout Latin America.

SME Task Force Meeting

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) gathered for an in-depth discussion and exchange of challenges and solutions SMEs are facing in brand protection.

LatAm Working Group Meeting

Conference attendees were invited to a working group meeting focusing on brand protection issues in Latin America and ideas on how the IACC can advance IP protection in the region. More than 200 attendees participated, emphasizing the importance and interest in the LatAm region. 35 Transnational Criminal Investigative Units members from 10 countries also joined the conference and meeting.

Workshop Roundtable Dialogues

Representatives from 15 organizations hosted roundtables at the Annual Conference and engaged in small group dialogue with conference attendees. Thank you to: Alibaba, Amazon, Amazon Counterfeit Crimes Unit (CCU), Bukalapak, eBay, MasterCard, Mercado Libre, Meta/Facebook, Shopee, Temu, Tencent, USPTO IP Attaches (Covering EU and Brazil), USPTO IP Attaches (Covering India and China), Visa and Walmart.

First Time Attendee & New Member Mixer

Our first time attendees and new members enjoyed the chance to network and get to know the IACC Board of Directors, Conference Co-Chairs and staff prior to the start of the conference.

Opening & Keynote Speakers

Solidifying and Building Partnerships

The Annual Conference not only brought together leading experts and professionals from all over the world, it also provided the perfect opportunity to regroup with our partners to enhance our collaboration and to build the foundation for new partnerships that aim to boost global brand protection resources for our members. In addition, we held meetings with e-commerce platforms TEMU and Shopee to convey member challenges on their respective platforms.