2022 Summit Speakers

Co-Chairs

Gregory Bacon

Partner
Bristows LLP

Dr. Andreas von Falck

Partner
Hogan Lovells

Distinguished Speaker Faculty

Domien Op de Beeck

Partner
Bird & Bird
Antje Brambrink

Antje Brambrink

Counsel
Finnegan

Sarah Burghart

Lead IP Litigation Counsel
Sandoz

Bryan Diner

Partner
Finnegan

Dr. Holger Dulat

VP, Intellectual Property
Affimed

Mike Gilbert

Partner
Marks & Clerk

James M. Gould

Co-Chair of the Pharmaceutical, Biopharma and Life Sciences Industry Group and Counsel
RatnerPrestia

Katherine A. Helm, Ph.D.

Partner
Dechert LLP

Martin Herzog

Patent Attorney
Herzog IP Patentanwalts GmbH

Sarah Hooson

Counsel, Patents
Merck

Professor Willem Hoyng

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

Matthew Jones

Partner
EIP

Dr. Natalie Kirchhofer

Partner
Cohausz & Florack
Dr. Philipp Marchand

Dr. Philipp Marchand

European Patent Attorney
Partner

Dr. Stephan Neuhaus

Partner
Allen & Overy LLP

Maria Nichol

Head of IP
Agomab Therapeutics

Guido Pontremoli, Ph.D.

Global IP Head
Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A.

Kristof Roox

Partner
Crowell & Moring LLP

Roberto Romandini

Legal Member of the Boards of Appeal
European Patent Office

Kristel Schorr

Partner
Foley & Lardner LLP

Jochen Spuck

Chief Technology Officer
EconSight

Dr. Corinna Sundermann

Senior Vice President
Intellectual Property Management
Business Center COO
Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbH

Charlotte Teall

Partner, Life Sciences & Chemistry
Forresters

James Velema

Partner
Lathrop GPM LLP

Dr. Heike Vogelsang-Wenke

Patent Attorney
Grünecker

Ningling Wang

Partner
Finnegan (China)

Ha Kung Wong

Partner
Venable (U.S.)

Jan Carl Zillies

Partner
Dr., Pharmacist, German and European Patent Attorney
Hoffmann Eitle

Dr. Jörk Zwicker

Partner
Zwicker Schnappauf & Partner Patentanwälte