2023 Speakers
Co-Chairs
Liz Cohen
Partner Bristows
Dr. Andreas von Falck
Partner Hogan LovellsDistinguished 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 MonegierChairman
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