2025 Speakers
Conference Co-Chairs
Liz Cohen
Partner Bristows LLP
Dr. Kai Rüting, LL.M.
Partner | UPC Representative Vossius & Partner
Ruud van der Velden
Partner Hogan LovellsJudges of the Unified Patent Court
Honorable Edger Brinkman
Presiding Judge UPC LD the Hague, the NetherlandsSenior Judge
Court of the Hague, the Netherlands
Honorable Peter Blok
Judge UPC, Court of Appeal, LuxembourgGovernment Speakers and Associations
Boris Andrejaš
Case Handler European CommissionDG Comp
Dolores Cassidy, Ph.D.
Head of Patent and SPC Examination Intellectual Property Office of Ireland
Elodie Ferraty
Head of Chemistry Division INPI (French National Institute of Industrial Property)
Dr. Sönke Holtorf
Director, Biotechnology European Patent Office
Dr. Martijn de Lange
Patent Examiner Netherlands patent office
Sergio Napolitano
General Counsel and External Relations Director Medicines for Europe
Michael Swita
Director of IP Policy European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA)In-House Speakers
Brigitte Carion-Taravella
European Patent Attorney Sanofi
Sabrina Duschner
VP Patent Litigation Strategy Fresenius Kabi
James Horgan
Chief IP Counsel, International Litigation and Policy Merck Sharp & Dohme (UK) Ltd.
Dr Rose Hughes
Patent Attorney & IP Strategist Evolve
Simona Levi, Ph.D.
Chief Legal Officer VIZGEN
Mark Ness
Assistant General Counsel, IP AstraZeneca
Richie Paul, Ph.D.
VP & Head of IP Alkermes Pharma Ireland Limited
Jiri Slavik
Director, IP Adalvo
Dámaso Gallardo Torres
European Patent Attorney Farmaprojects S.A.U.Law Firm and Academics
Nina Bayerl
Partner Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Christopher Brückner
Partner Dennemeyer SA
David Carling
Partner Potter Clarkson
Emma Demetriades
Partner Carpmaels & Ransford LLP
Catherine Drew
Partner Pinsent Masons
Dr. Eva Ehlich
Partner Maiwald Intellectual Property
Mike Gruber, LL.M. IP.
Partner | UPC Representative Hoffmann Eitle
Eduardo Hallak
Founding Partner Licks Attorneys
Christian Helbig
Founding Partner | Patent Attorney WAGNER + HELBIG IP Counselors Switzerland
Professor Willem Hoyng
Managing Partner Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Dr. Ian Jones
European Patent Attorney | UPC Representative Gill Jennings & Every LLP
Oliver Kingsbury
Partner Elkington + Fife LLP
Oscar Lamme
Partner | UPC Representative Simmons & Simmons Netherlands
Adam Mossoff
Professor of Law Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University
Markus Rieck
Partner Fuchs Patentanwälte Partnerschaft mbB
Kristof Roox
Partner Crowell Moring LLP
Daniel G. Rudoy, PhD
Shareholder | Executive Committee Member Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C
Dr. Moritz Schroeder
Partner Bird & Bird
Camille Terfve, Ph.D.
Partner Mewburn Ellis
Pamela Tuxworth
Partner | European & UK Patent Attorney J A Kemp
Ingrid Vandenborre
Partner | Co-head Antitrust/Competition Practice Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Anita Varma
Partner White & Case LLP
Huiya Wu
Partner Goodwin Procter LLP
Dr. Tobias Wuttke
Equity Partner BARDEHLE PAGENBERG