Speakers
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
