Some of the themes to de discussed in this Conference are: Patent Valuation – How It Works, and What Every Patent Information Professional Should Know, Influence of Patent Searches on Pharmaceutical Research, A Review of Biosequence Database Coverage, Analysis Tools and Front End Designs for Genomics-Based Intellectual Property Protection. The conference will be held in Benalmádena (Malaga), Spain, on March 6 – 9, 2005.