Programme
Keynote Sessions
State of the Industry Briefings
Related and concurrent workshop sessions

Day 1

(Monday, May 9, 2022)

12:00 -1:00 pm
ROOM GRANDE

Healthcare Industry Transformations

Bringing research to industry through technology transfer in Life Sciences: successes and challenges

Moderator:

Hayley French

Apitope International NV
Speakers:
ROOM ZORZI

Impact Licensing

Global technology impact forum: A focus on IP, climate change & impact licensing

Moderator:

Mark Wilson

Strategic Technology Bioconsulting, UK
Speakers:

Amy Dietrich

(Virtual) – Director, Global Challenges Division, WIPO, Switzerland

Johan Moyersoen

(Virtual) – Impact Licensing Initiative, Belgium

Omer Hiziroglu

Azur Strategy, France
ROOM Pasinetti

Monetization

Aggregation Is the New Black – Patent pool and other tools to remove friction from licensing transactions

Moderator:
Speakers:

GIOVANNI GALIMBERTI

Partner, Bird&Bird, Italy

TILMAN MÜLLER-STOY

Partner, Bardehle Pagenberg, Germany

HEATH HOGLUND

President, Via Licensing, USA

Sophie Pasquier

Principal Licensing Counsel, Philips, France

MARIANNE FRYDENLUND

(Virtual) – Senior Vice President Legal & Compliance, Nordic Semiconductor, Norway

MATTEO SABATTINI

Director IP Policy at Ericsson, USA
ROOM FRAU

Enterpreneurs & IP

Value creation & IP strategy: survival kit for SMEs and Start-ups

Moderator:

André Gorius

Chair of the IP Valuation Committee, Licensing Executive Society International
Speakers:

Maurizio Rossi

Owner and founder of H-FARM, Italy

Hemang Shah

(virtual) Director of Engineering, Qualcomm Technology Licensing, India

Natalie Raffoul

Managing Partner at Brion Raffoul LLP and Co-Founder at Fortress Legal, Canada

Michel Dewolfs

CEO at AOD, TrustO, Belgium
4:45 - 5:45 pm
ROOM GRANDE

Automotive Industry Transformations

New challenges and opportunities in autonomous driving and connected cars

Moderator:
Speakers:

GEORGIOS STATHOUSIS

Product Manager, Mobility Insider, FutureBridge, The Netherlands

Attendees are encouraged to access the Auto Industry Advisory Board summary report on the LESI Website, for a view of Autonomous vehicles and the role of IP.

ROOM FRAU

Licensing Open-Source Software

An industry perspective on open- source compliance

Moderator:

CHRISTIAN CZYCHOWSKI

Attorney-at-Law, Partner, Nordemann, Germany
Speakers:

OLIVER FENDT

Senior Manager Open Source, Siemens AG, Germany

CORNELIUS SCHUMACHER

Open Source Steward, Chief Technology Office - DB Systel GmbH, Germany

SUVI JULIN

European Trademark and Design Attorney, Berggren Oy Ab, Finland

HILARY RICHARDSON

(Virtual) – Attorney at Google ,USA
ROOM Zorzi

University Tech Transfer

Technological development in pandemic times – Problems and Opportunities in Technology Transfer and Licensing

Moderator:

SHIVA LOCCISANO

Head of Technology Transfer, Turin Polytechnic, Italy
Speakers:

ERICA BRANDOLINO

Innovation Promoter - PInK - Cà Foscari University of Venice

MASSIMO WARGLIEN

Full Professor Department of Management, Cà Foscari University of Venice • Venywhere

MARIANA GONZALES

Partner, Becerril, Coca & Becerril, Mexico

WOLFGANG FLASCHE

IMMATICS Munich, Germany

ULRICH STORZ

Managing partner with MHP (Michalski Hüttermann & Partner), Düsseldorf, Germany
ROOM Pasinetti

Antitrust & Patent Law

Views from judges and government regulators on
how antitrust and patent law cooperate in fostering innovation

Moderators:

ALEXANDER HAERTEL

Partner at Bardehle Pagenberg, Germany
Speakers:

Day 2

Tuesday, May 10, 2022)

11:30 am - 12:30 pm
ROOM GRANDE

Telecommunication Industry Transformations

Focus: Continuation of expert panel discussion

Moderator:

Sonja London

TactoTek, Finland
Speakers:

Thomas Dreiser

Senior IP Litigation Counsel, European IPR Department, Huawei, Germany

Gabriele Mohsler

VP Patent Development, Ericsson, Sweden

Sophie Pasquier

Principal Licensing Counsel, Philips, France
ROOM FRAU

Dispute Resolution

Mock Mediation of IP Licensing Dispute Using WIPO

Moderator:

James Sobieraj

Strategic Technology Bioconsulting, UK
Speakers:

Adam Rattray

Head, Information & External Relations, WIPO, Switzerland

Pamela L. Cox

Chair IP Transactions, Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP, USA

Charles C. Valauskas

Legal Counsel, Valauskas Corder LLC, USA

John Ritter

Director, Office of Technology Licensing, Princeton University, USA

Linda Kawano

Principal, GroupOptima, USA
ROOM PASINETTI

The Latest on Licensing Case Law and the UPC

The latest case decisions in U.S.A., Europe and Japan, and the start of the Unified Patent Court (UPC)

Moderator:

Tilman Müller-Stoy

Partner, Bardehle Pagenberg, Germany
Speakers:

Part I.:

Philippe Signore

(Virtual) – Patent Attorney, Managing Partner / Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P. , USA

Dirk Schüßler-Langeheine

Attorney-at-Law, Head of Litigation Group/ Hoffmann Eitle, Germany

Hideaki Kobayashi

(virtual) – Attorney-at-Law, Partner / OHNO & PARTNERS, Japan

Part II.:

Alexander Ramsay

(Virtual) – Chair of the Administrative Committee of the UPC, Sweden
ROOM ZORZI

European Competition Law

An overview of the new European framework & new block exemption regulations for vertical and horizontal agreements

Moderator:

Dario Paschetta

Partner, Frignani, Virano e Associati Studio Legale, Italy
Speakers:

Jochen Schaefer

Legal Counsel, World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry, Germany

Sara Citterio

General Council, Trussardi SpA, Italy

Richard Vary

Partner, Bird & Bird, United Kingdom

John Ritter

Director, Office of Technology Licensing, Princeton University, USA

Georgiana Căpraru Ianuş

DG Competition, Eu Commission, Romania
5:00 - 6:00 pm
ROOM GRANDE

Energy & Green Tech Industry Transformations

Creating a greener world through industries in many technical frontiers

Moderator:

MADELEIN KLEYN

Director, Technology Transfer, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Speakers:
ROOM FRAU

Female Entrepeneurs - Supporting Female Entrepreneurship to Advance Innovation

Successful strategies and challenges for supporting female entrepreneurship to advance innovation

• Co-Hosted by WILA and YMC

Moderator:

ESZTER SZAKÁCS

Attorney-at-law, Partner, Danubia Legal, Hungary, Vice-Chair of WILA
Speakers:

John Ritter

Director, Office of Technology Licensing, Princeton University, USA

PAMELA DEMAIN

(Virtual) – Senior Vice President, Business Development, Flame Biosciences, USA

BRUNA LINS

Founding Partner, Attorney-at-Law, Hallem Advogados, Brazil

CARMEN HIJOSA

Founding Partner, Attorney-at-Law, Hallem Advogados, Brazil

CARMEN HIJOSA

(Virtual) – finalist of the EPO’s European Inventor award, Spain
ROOM ZORZI

Trademarks and Branding

Food industry and brand imitation: common issues and new perspectives in licensing. A comparative analysis between jurisdictions

Moderator:

ANNA MARIA STEIN

Of Counsel, Eversheds Sutherland, Italy
Speakers:

ALBERTO DALLE CESTE

Studio Legale Dalle Ceste, Italy

KILIAN SCHÄRLI, LL.M.

Partner MLL Meyerlustenberger Lachenal Froriep AG, Switzerland

FEDERICO CASTELLUCCI

Former Director of Federvini, President of Confagricoltura Marche, Italy
ROOM pasinetti

Monetization Strategy

Protecting, monetizing, licensing, compliance and enforcement of IP Assets

Moderator:

MATTHIAS ULRICH

Managing Director, Connor, Germany
Speakers:

KEVIN MACK

VP IP & Legal Strategy at Dolby Laboratories, USA

JAMES GODEFROY

Senior Manager, Rouse, USA

TRUDI BORDI

VP Licensing, HDMI Licensing Administrator, USA