
Program
30 April
1 May
08:30 – 08:45
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Ichiro Nakatomi
LESI PresidentAvida ScienceLES Japan
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Bob Held
Conference ChairHeld IPLES USA-Canada
09:30 – 10:30
Panel Discussion
Introduction of new IP Business Models in Drug Discovery
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Mark Nawacki
PresidentSearchlight Pharma
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Lloyd Segal
PresidentRepare Therapeutics
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Yasunori Yamaguchi
President and CEOIP Gaia
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Gordon McCauley
President and CEOadMare BioInnovations
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Charles Gore
Medicines Patent Pool
11:00 – 12:30
Workshop 1
Navigating the Deep Tech Frontier in Life Sciences Innovation
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Joanne van Harmelen
ENSafrica
11:00 – 12:30
Workshop 2
It’s all about the Money – Licensing, Securitization, and other uses of IP portfolios by Start-up Companies in the US, Canada, Europe and Asia
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Bruce H. Bernstein
FounderGreenblum & Bernstein PLC
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Donald Min
Vice President and Chief IP CounselHyperloop Technologies, Inc.
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Nora Kessler
PartnerKlinkert Partners
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Santosh K. Chari
Founding PartnerCPST Intellectual Property
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Seungyeob Baik
Patent Attorney / FounderNear & Wise IP
11:00 – 12:30
Workshop 3
Unleashing Creativity in the Age of AI: Copyright Industry Challenges and Opportunities
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George Hwang
Hwang LLC
11:00 – 12:30
Workshop 4
Regulatory & Legislative Trends Affecting Standard Essential Patents (SEPs)
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Natalie Raffoul
Brion Raffoul
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John Donch Jr
President and ShareholderVolpe Koenig
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Stephane Tronchon
InterDigital
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Peter Toto
Sony
14:00 – 15:00
LESI Thought Leadership Program
Summary sessions
Track 1: Standard Essential Patents (SEPs)
Track 2: Automotive Industry
Track 3: Arbitration & Mediation
15:00 – 15:30
Roundtable 1
Differences in the Method of Technology Transfer from the Perspective of Universities in Turkey and Slovakia
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Onur Yolay
TTO ManagerBezmialem Vakif University
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Natália Molnárová
Slovak University of Technology
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Lucia Rybanská
Slovak University of Technology
15:00 – 15:30
Roundtable 2
Standard Essential Patents: Update on Global FRAND Rate Setting
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David Yurkerwich
Ankura Consulting Group
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Nina Belbl (invited)
WIPO
15:00 – 15:30
Roundtable 3
Surviving and Thriving: How Can Start-up’s Better Leverage Their IP Portfolios for Funding and Exit
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Efrat Kasznik
Foresight Valuation Group, LLC
15:00 – 15:30
Roundtable 4
Investing in Societal Good: Changing Paradigm
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William Stevens
Tech Tour
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James Mawson
Global Venturing
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Adam Rattray (invited)
Head of the Information and External Relations WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center.
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Mark Wilson
Strategic Technology Bio Consulting
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Omer Hiziroglu
Azur Strategy
15:00 – 15:30
Roundtable 5
IP-Led Growth and Expansion: Journey from the Chemistry Lab to Global Commercialization
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Jayde Wood
Patent Agent / Trademark AgentGowling WLG
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George Elvira
PartnerGowling WLG
15:00 – 15:30
Roundtable 6
Cross-Border IP and Licensing Issues for Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs)
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Renzo Scavia
Scavia & Scavia
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Mattia Dalla Costa
PartnerCBA
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Hilton Sue
Oyen Wiggs
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Tatiana Campello
PartnerDemarest Advogados
15:00 – 15:30
Roundtable 7
State of Industry Panel Discussion on CEEM Industries
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Ningling Wang
Finnegan
16:00 – 17:30
Workshop 5
Challenges of SEP Licensing in a Fully Connected World
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Tim Pohlmann
Iplytics
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Kimberly Chotkowski
Brandywine Ventures LLC
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Klaus Mannsperger
Mercedes-Benz Intellectual Property
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Fabian Gonell
Qualcomm
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Alan Fan
Huawei Technologies
16:00 – 17:30
Workshop 6
Data Rights Assertions are how Intellectual Property (IP) Providers Convey IP Rights to U.S. Government Customers
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Bruce Villard
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
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Gillian Fenton
Special Counsel GSK
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Adriana S. Luedke
Director and Associate General CounselLockheed Martin Corporation
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Carolyn Tomberlin
Collins Aerospace
16:00 – 17:30
Workshop 7
The Unified Patent Court — It Has Finally Arrived
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Robert Stern
Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
16:00 – 17:30
Workshop 8
Various Legal Issues in the Metaverse
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Georgina Busku
Attorney-at-LawThum & Partner
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Sherry L. Rollo
Hahn Loeser
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Sungpil Hwang
E.M. Hwang & Partners
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Eszter Szakács
Danubia Legal
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Allen Wang
Beijing TA Law Firm
16:00 – 17:30
Workshop 9
High-Growth Technology Business Forum – Special Start-up Edition. A Live Case Study Experience
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Juergen Graner
CEOGlobalator
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Audrey Yap
Managing DirectorYusarn Audrey LLC
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Thomas Bereuter
Programme Area ManagerEPO
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Dana Robert Colarulli
Executive DirectorLESI
2 May
08:30 – 09:00
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Dana Robert Colarulli
Executive DirectorLESI
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Mike Lasinski
Incoming LESI PresidentAnkura
09:00 – 09:30
Keynote Speaker
On the Path to Net Zero: Air Mobility Compelled to Innovate
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Marc St-Hilaire
Chief Technology Officer and Vice President, Technology & InnovationCAE
09:30 – 10:30
Panel Discussion
AI’s Evaluation and Impact Given to the Business and Intellectual Property Law Systems
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Toshimoto Mitomo
Senior Executive Vice PresidentSony Group
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Leann Pinto
IPwe
11:00 – 12:30
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James Sobieraj
PartnerCrowell & Moring LLP
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Adam Rattray (invited)
Head of the Information and External Relations WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center.
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Pamela Cox
PartnerMarshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP
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Charles Valauskas
Legal CounselValauskas Corder LLC
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Linda Kawano
GroupOptima
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Peggy Burns
PublisherDrawn & Quarterly
11:00 – 12:30
Workshop 11
Foodie Art: RTD to Plant-Based Products – Commercialization of IP in the Food and Beverage Industry
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Jayde Wood
Patent Agent / Trademark AgentGowling WLG
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Rickey Yada
Dean of the Faculty of Land and Food SystemsUniversity of British Columbia
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Janet Lau
Senior IP & Compliance ManagerMark Anthony Group
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Yves Potvin
FounderYves Veggie Cuisine and Garden Protein International
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11:00 – 12:30
Workshop 12
The Future of Branding & Licensing in the Entertainment/Games Industry and in Online Virtual Reality
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Lionel Tan
Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP
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Alan Hunt
Lewis Silkin LLP
11:00 – 12:30
Workshop 13
UPC Litigation & UP Prosecution – Chances, Risks, Strategies
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Tilman Müller-Stoy
Patent LitigatorBardehle Pagenberg
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Agathe Michel de Cazotte
Carpmaels & Ransford
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Mattia Dalla Costa
PartnerCBA
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Jean-Hyacinthe de Mitry
Gides
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Gertjan Kuipers
De Brauw
14:00 – 14:30
Roundtable 8
Data Analytics for the Modern IP Professional
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Sam Wiley
Conference Co-ChairPatSnapLES USA-Canada
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Neil Rostowski
StoneTurn Group
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Elise Neils
GE Licensing
14:00 – 14:30
Roundtable 9
Latest Case Decisions Affecting Patent License in U.S., Europe, and Japan
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Yorikastu Hohokabe
Senior AdvisorOBLON Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi Jimusho
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Dirk Schüßler-Langeheine
Patent LitigatorHoffmann Eitle
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Hideaki Kobayashi
PartnerOhno & Partners
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Frank J. West
PartnerOblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, LLP
14:00 – 14:30
Roundtable 10
How will the new European Horizontal Block Exemption Regulations affect Cooperation Agreements like Standardization and R&D
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Dario Paschetta
Frignani Virano e Associati
14:00 – 14:30
Roundtable 11
Licensing in an Era of Pandemics, Regional Conflicts, and Climate Change: Mitigating your Supply Chain Risks
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Eric Gottschling
BorgWarner
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Shayne Phillips
Antigua
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David Powsner
David Malm
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Stacey Dunn
ROBIC
14:00 – 14:30
Roundtable 12
Unique Licensing and IP Issues for Chemical Companies
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Ningling Wang
Finnegan
14:00 – 14:30
Roundtable 14
Strategies for Navigating the mRNA and Lipid Nanoparticle IP and Competitive Landscape
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Dan Shores
PartnerRothwell Figg
14:00 – 14:30
Roundtable 15
Digital Unicorns and Tangible Profits: An Overview of Recent Esports Growth
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Paul Ashcraft
Pearson
16:00 – 17:30
Workshop 14
Investing and M&A on gaming industry – what you need to know before
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Tatiana Campello
PartnerDemarest Advogados
16:00 – 17:30
Workshop 15
Data-Driven Decision-Making for IP Licensing and Transaction: Use LES Royalty Survey Reports and other data sources to guide monetization campaigns
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Bob Held
Conference ChairHeld IPLES USA-Canada
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Jack Lu
IPMAP LLC
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Mike Perham
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
16:00 – 17:30
Workshop 16
The U.S. CHIPS Act and the New Export Control Rules on Chips – Ongoing Shift in Tech Relations with China and Impact on Licensing
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Yuanyou Yang
Porter Wright Morris & Arthur
16:00 – 17:30
Workshop 18
Innovation Investment and IP Valuation on SDG/ESG
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Annie Gauthier
BCF
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Tadashi Matsumoto
President & CEO ReqMed Company, Ltd
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Masaaki Fujiwara
S’uimin Inc.
17:30 – 17:45
Close of Day 2
Brief “Executive” Highlights from Day 2 and Presentation from LESI 2024 Madrid