How can businesses turn intellectual property and other intangible assets into real financing opportunities? From August 24 to 26, 2026, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) convened government officials and experts from the valuation, finance and investment communities in Singapore to address this question at Unlocking IP Value: A Regional Dialogue on IP Valuation and Financing Across Southeast Asia.
The event was organized in cooperation with the Singapore Cooperation Programme (SCP), with support from the Japan Patent Office (JPO) and the Funds-In-Trust Japan Industrial Property Global (FIT/Japan IP Global).Moving beyond high-level discussion, the dialogue took an end-to-end look at what it takes to build effective IP valuation and financing ecosystems. Participants connected valuation frameworks and enabling infrastructure with market practice, financing models and concrete pathways for regional implementation, all with a shared goal: helping businesses unlock greater value from their IP and other intangible assets.