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

Dr. Jörk Zwicker

Partner
Zwicker Schnappauf & Partner