| DATE | EVENT | LOCATION |
| February |
| 5-7 | 4th Global Congress/Counterfeiting and Piracy | Dubai |
| 15 - 16 | Marques Council/Team Meetings | Palma de Mallorca |
| 25 | Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (WIPO) | Geneva |
| 25 | 2nd Annual Global Forum on Innovation, Creativity, and Intellectual
Property, (hosted by the U.S. Chamber, together with the U.S. India Business Council (USIBC) and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)) | Mumbai |
| 27 - 28 | International Anti-Counterfeiting Strategies 2008 | Milan |
March |
| 2 - 6 | IPI-Confex 2008 (International Patent Information Conference & Exposition) | Seville |
| 3 | Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP), (WIPO) | Geneva |
| 4 - 5 | WIPO Inter-Regional Colloquium for the Judiciary on the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights | Khartoum |
| 10 | The Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights | Geneva |
| 11 - 12 | Trademark Regatta – Asia-Pacific, INTA | Sydney |
| 20 - 21 | European Intellectual Property Forum | Paris |
| 22 - 24 | ITMA International Meeting | London |
| 24 - 25 | Internet Intelligence, ICC Commercial Crime Services | Cambridge |
| 26 - 28 | 5th Patent Strategies conference, IQPC | San Francisco |
| 27 - 28 | Fordham Annual on Intellectual Property Law and Policy | New York |
April |
| 10 - 12 | 23rd Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference | Arlington, Virginia |
| 28 - 30 | 3rd Anti-counterfeiting & Brand Protection Conference, IQPC | New York |
May |
| 13-15 | IACC Spring Conference | Berlin |
| 17 - 21 | INTA 130th Annual Meeting | Berlin |
| 21 | CIPR annual general membership meeting | Berlin |
| 26 - 27 | WIPO Workshop for Mediators in Intellectual Property Disputes | Geneva |
June |
| 4 - 6 | Global Forum Pharmaceutical Anti-Counterfeiting | DC |
September |
| 6 - 11 | 41st World Intellectual Property Congress | Boston |
| 21 - 23 | IPO Annual Meeting | San Diego |
| October |
| 8 - 11 | FICPI, 11th Open Forum | Florence |
| 22-24 | IACC Annual Autumn Conference | Santa Monica CA |
November | | |
| 12 – 15 | INTA Leadership Meeting | Boca Raton |
