Speakers

Co-Chairs

Paul Inman

Partner
Gowling WLG (U.K)

Kristin Cooklin

Head of Intellectual Property
Zentiva (CZE)

Judith Krens

Partner
Taylor Wessing (NED)

Speaker Faculty

Dominic Adair

Partner
Bristows LLP (U.K)

Gemma Barrett

Partner
Bristows LLP (U.K)

Koen Bijvank

Partner
Brinkhof (NL)

Sara Burghart

Lead IP Litigation Counsel
- Global Litigation & Launch
- Global IP
Sandoz International GmbH (DEU)

Phil Caramanica

Vice President, Head of Intellectual Property & Legal
Alvotech

Frédéric Chevallier

Partner
Herbert Smith Freehills

Brian Coggio

Of Counsel
Fish & Richarson

Christoph de Coster

Partner
Taylor Wessing (DEU)

Nicola Dagg

Partner
KIRKLAND & ELLIS INTERNATIONAL LLP (U.K)

Jules Fabre

Legal Director, IP
Pinsent Masons

Professor Dr. Maximilian Haedicke

Professor of Intellectual Property Law
Freiburg University (DEU)
(Former Judge at higher Regional Court of Duesseldorf)

Katherine A. Helm

Partner
Dechert (U.S)

Martina Hufnal

Principal
Fish & Richardson (U.S)

Kathrin Koerner

SVP, Head of Global Patents and Trademarks
Die Grünenthal Gruppe (DEU)

Daan de Lange

Partner
Brinkhof (NL)

Juan Lei

Patent Attorney, Manager of Life Sciences and Chemistry
Han Kun Law Offices (CHN)

Otto Licks

Partner
Licks Attorneys (Brazil)

Daniel Lim

Partner
Kirkland & Ellis International LLP

Mathilde Rauline

Counsel, European Patent Attorney
August Debouzy (FRA)

Paul Reeskamp

Partner
DLA Piper (NED)

Roberto Ribeiro

Partner
Daniel Law (BRA)

Tracey Roberts

Senior Associate – IP
Pinsent Masons

Dr. Tobias Roeser

Head of Corporate Intellectual Property
Biotest AG (DEU)

Peter Roth

Head of Patent Litigation
ex-US Oncology
Novartis (CHE)

Dr Massimo Scuffi

Member of Italian Patent & Trademarks Board of Appeals President Emeritus of Intellectual Property
Judges Association (IPJA) (ITA)
Former Supreme Court Judge, Rome

Jon Singer

Principal
Fish & Richardson (U.S)

Adrian Spillmann

Head of Corporate Intellectual Property
Valneva Group (AUT)

Dr. Corinna Sundermann

Senior Vice President Intellectual Property Management
Pharmaceuticals and Devices Division
Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbH (DEU)

Daniel Thomas

Former Director DG1
European Patent Office

Willem F.C. de Weerd

Director, Corporate Patent Counsel Patents Healthcare
Merck

Marc Zubrick

Partner
Latham & Watkins

C5 Life Sciences IP Portfolio Advisory Board

Karine Crepin

IP Consultant
(Former VP Head of Biologics Patents at Sanofi, Paris)

Fredrick Fredh

Senior Patent Attorney
Novartis

Lorenz Kallenbach

Patent Counsel
Merck

Stephan Kutik

European Patent Attorney – Biologics
Chiesi Group

Alastair Sayce

Senior IP Director
Teva Pharmaceuticals