Is the patent licensing market dead?

IP Dealmakers 2017 will take place from November 15-17, 2017, at the Apella at 450 East 29th Street, New York, NY. The Keynote Speaker this year will be Dr. Lulin Gao, the Founding Commissioner of China’s States IP Office (SIPO), and a senior advisor to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
In anticipation of the event this year I reached out to a number of those who will be speaking with several questions. The first was simple and straight forward: Is the patent licensing market dead?