2023 Speakers
Co-Chairs
Dominic Adair
Partner
Bristows LLP (U.K)
Dr. Penny Gilbert
Partner
Powell Gilbert LLP
Bert Oosting
Partner
Hogan Lovells
Government and Association Speakers
Boris Andrejaš
Case Handler Officer
European Commission
DG COMPETITION
Andrzej Gadkowski
Associate Legal Officer, IP Disputes Section
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
Gordon Humphreys
Chairperson of the 1st and 3rd Board of Appeals
European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
Honorable Rian Kalden
Senior Judge
Court of Appeal, The Hague
Honorable Margot Kokke
Senior Judge
District Court, The Hague
Sergio Napolitano LL.M.
General Counsel and External Relations Director
Medicines for Europe
In-House
Alessandra Attavino
Senior Patent Attorney
Chiesi Farmaceutici
Sara Burghart
Lead IP Litigation Counsel
Sandoz
Dr. Sabrina Duschner
VP Patent Litigation Strategy
Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbH
Professor Willem Hoyng
Partner
HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER
Chairman, Advisory Committee of the UPC
Member, Drafting Committee of the Rules of Proceedings of the UPC
Karin Pramberger
Head of IP
Polpharma Group
Ioana Ratescu
Head Legal, Regulatory Europe
Attorney at Law
Novartis Pharma AG
Mathilde Rauline
Counsel, European Patent Attorney
August Debouzy (FRA)
Pedro Roman
Intellectual Property Lawyer
Insud Pharma
Peter Silverman
Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel
Merus
Jiri Slavik
Senior Manager, Intellectual Property
Adalvo
Outside Counsel
Koen Bijvank
Partner
Brinkhof
Gaëlle Bourout
Counsel
Linklaters
Philippe Campolini
Partner
Stibbe
Thierry Calame
Partner
Lenz & Staehelin
Robert V. Cerwinski
Partner
Gemini Law LLP
Anthony Chen
Partner
Jones Day
Grant Castle
Partner
Covington & Burling LLP
Daan de Lange
Partner
Brinkhof Advocaten
Ida Gjessing
Partner
GjessingReimers
Philipp Groz
Partner
Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd
James Horgan
Assistant Managing Counsel
Merck Sharp & Dohme
Ian Jones
Partner
Gill Jennings & Every
Gregor König
Partner
König Szynka Tilmann von Renesse
Daniel Lim
Partner, Intellectual Property
Kirkland & Ellis International LLP
Benjamin May
Partner
ARAMIS Société d'Avocats
Maarten Meulenbelt
Partner
Sidley Austin LLP
Miquel Montañá
Partner
Clifford Chance LLP
Oswin Ridderbusch
Partner
VOSSIUS & PARTNER
Rob Rodrigues
Partner
Licks Attorneys
Eleanor Root
Partner
Bird & Bird
Pete Sadler
Partner
Reddie & Grose
Deborah Sterling
Director, Chair, Biotechnology & Chemical Practice Group
Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
Ruud van der Velden
Partner
Hogan Lovells International LLP
