Co-Chairs

Sharada F. Devarasetty

Head of Patents – Biopharmaceuticals
Sandoz

Dr. Christine Berndt

VP, Global Head Development Specialty/Biosimilars
STADA Arzneimittel A G

Speakers

Dominic Adair

Partner
Bristows LLP

Paul A. Ainsworth

Director
Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox PLLC

Boris Andrejaš

Case Handler
European Commission – DG COMP

Kirsten Bauch

Head of ADR Services
European Union Intellectual Property Office

Thorsten Bausch

Partner
Hoffmann Eitle

Laëtitia Bénard

Partner
Allen & Overy LLP

Richard Bonneau

Executive Director
Prescient Design

Dr. Sabrina Duschner

Vice President Patent Litigation Strategy Intellectual Property Management
Fresenius Kabi

Dr. Christian B. Fulda

Partner
Jones Day

Katherine A. Helm

Partner
Dechert LLP

Martin Herzog

Patent Attorney
Herzog IP Patentanwalts GmbH

Willem Hoyng

Partner
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
(Chairman, Advisory Committee of the UPC Member, Drafting Committee of the Rules of the Proceedings of the UPC)

Nicole Jadeja

Partner
Pinsent Masons LLP

Dr. Christopher Maierhöfer

Partner
Bird & Bird

Judge Margot Kokke

District Court Judge
Court of The Hague, The Netherlands

Siddharth Kusumakar

Partner
Powell Gilbert LLP

Emmanuel Larere

Partner
Gide Loyrette Nouel

Loïc Lemercier

Partner
Dentons

Sergio Napolitano

General Counsel and External Relations Director
Medicine for Europe

Bert Oosting

Partner
Hogan Lovells LLP

Richie Paul

VP & Head of Intellectual Property
Alkermes

Ioana Ratescu

Senior Legal Counsel
Novartis Pharma AG

Alexander Roussanov

Partner
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP

Corinna Sundermann

Senior Vice President Intellectual Property
Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbH

Steffen Thirstrup

Affiliate Professor, Chief Medical Officer
European Medicines Agency

Lincoln Tsang

Partner
Ropes & Gray LLP