2023 Speakers

Co-Chairs

Liz Cohen

Partner
Bristows

Dr. Andreas von Falck

Partner
Hogan Lovells

Distinguished Faculty

Takanori Abe

Managing Partner
Abe & Partners

Rais Amils Arnal

Partner
Pérez-Llorca

Eileen Brandenburger

Head of IP | Patent Attorney
Exscientia

Paul Calvo

Director
Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Peter Corless

Partner
Fox Rothschild LLP

Simon Curtis

Partner
Potter Clarkson

Garreth Duncan

Partner
D Young & Co LLP

Ute Feldman

Partner
Prinz & Partner

Hazel Ford

Partner
Mathys & Squire

Christian Fulda

Partner
Jones Day

Markus Grammel

Partner
Grünecker

Gustavo Hirsch

Attorney at Law
Daniel Law

Ludvig Holm

Partner
Westerberg & Partners

Bethan Hopewell

Partner
Powell Gilbert LLP

Professor Willem Hoyng

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

Hans-Rainer Jaenichen

Partner
Vossius & Partner

Miriam Kiefer

Partner
Kather Augenstein Rechtsanwälte

Dr. Natalie Kirchhofer

Partner
Cohausz & Florack

András Kupecz

Legally Qualified Judge, Central Division, Munich Section
Unified Patent Court

Peter Klusmann

Partner
Hoffman Eitle

Dr. Graham Lewis

Partner
J A Kemp

Christopher Maierhöfer

Partner
Bird & Bird

Justice James Mellor

High Court Judge
Royal Courts of Justice, Chancery Division, UK

Peter Meyer

Partner
Simmons & Simmons

Sebastian Moore

Partner
Herbert, Smith Freehills

Muriel Morel-Pecheux

Vice President, Synthetic Molecules Patents, Global Intellectual Property Department
Sanofi

Maria Nichol

Head of IP
Agomab Therapeutics

Ioana Ratescu

Head of Legal Regulatory, Europe
Novartis Pharma

Oswin Ridderbusch

Partner
Vossius & Partner

Stefan Richter

Partner
Clifford Chance

Roberto Rodriguez

Partner
Licks Attorneys

David Sanker

Partner
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Hiroshi Sheraton

Partner
Baker & McKenzie LLP

Jiri Slavik

Senior Manager Intellectual Property
Adalvo

Dr. Fabian Sokolowski

Partner
MAIKOWSKI & NINNEMANN

Charlotte Teall

Partner, Life Sciences & Chemistry
Forresters

Rebecca Tollervey

Partner, Patent Attorney
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