08:00 - 09:00

Registration and Breakfast

09:00 - 09:05

Chair’s Opening Remarks

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• Neil Crabb, Chief Executive Officer, Frontier IP Group plc

09:05 - 09:25

We Are All Cyborgs Now –  Or : How I learned to stop worrying and love legal tech.

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• Don McCombie, Partner, Clifford Chance LLP  

09:25 - 10:10

Like a Kid in Candy Shop - Where to start and how to identify the right tools for your IP team.

• Charles Clark, Founder, IP Arkitek  

• Triona Desmond, Legal Director, Pinsent Masons

• Mark Daniels,  Partner and Head of Business Services,  Browne Jacobson LLP

• Richard Vary, Partner, Bird & Bird

10:10 - 10:25

It’s Not Magic Anymore - A deep dive into AI based patent monitoring.

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• Dr. Michael Natterer, Managing Director, Dennemeyer Octimine

                                                                Managing Director, Dennemeyer Innovation

10:25 - 11:20

Break and Product Demonstration by LexisNexis Intellectual Property Solutions

Microplastics: Using Patent Analytics to Look at Top Contributors to Reversing the Problem

• Richard Gynn, Pre Sales Engineer, LexisNexis Intellectual Property Solutions

11:20 - 12:15

Mr Nosy & Little Miss Curious - How tech can deliver quality prior art and competitor analysis to IP and R&D teams.

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• Tom Carver, Partner in the Intellectual Property team, White & Black

• Dr. Adrian Bradley, Partner, Cleveland Scott York

• Dr. Claudia M. Duffy, CPO & Co-founder, Alta IP

                                                              EPA & Founder, Innovare IP

• Hayden Munt, Product Go To Market Lead, PatSnap

• Dr. Ian Bryan, Director & Senior IP Counsel, Assimilate IP

• Linus Wretblad, Founder & CEO , IPscreener

12:15 - 12:30

Communicating Patent Risk to the C-suite - Aligning Corporate and IP strategy.
 

• Kacper Gorski, Head of Risk Solutions, Cipher

12:30 - 13:30

Networking Lunch 

13:30 - 14:10

Winners Don’t Make Excuses - What does it take for an IP team to overcome the challenges related to tech adoption?
 

• Dr. Rachel Free, Partner, CMS

• Loren R. Hulse, Partner/Attorney, Holland & Hart LLP

• Joshua Little, Partner – IP Lawyer, Marriott Harrison

• Kevin Fournier, Director, Kevin J Fournier Intellectual Property Legal Services Ltd

14:10 - 14:25

Semantic Search - The future of prior art search.
 

• James Stonehill, Co-Founder, NLPatent

14:25 - 15:25

Break and Product Demonstration by IPscreener

Using AI to Get Instant Insights on the Innovation Landscape For New Ideas.

• Linus Wretblad, Founder and CEO, IPscreener

15:25 - 16:05

It’s Not Bragging if It’s True - How digitising your IP management or your IP services can lower your costs and increase value.
 

• Maya Kanter, Head of IP, Amdocs

• Samantha Oakley, Consultant Solicitor, Healys

• Maria Nilova, Managing Director/Owner, PATENTICA

• Anthony Coleman, Assistant Director - Deloitte IP Advisory, Deloitte LLP

16:05 - 16:50

Round Table Discussions    

16:50 - 16:55

Chair’s Closing Remarks

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• Neil Crabb, Chief Executive Officer, Frontier IP Group plc

16:55 - 18:25

Drinks Reception

08:00 - 09:00

Registration and Breakfast

09:00 - 09:05

Chair’s Opening Remarks
 

• Clio Davies, Senior Director, IP & Legal Operations Consulting, Sparks IP, an Epiq Company

09:05 - 09:25

An Overview of Nokia Technologies’ IP Licensing Business.

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• Daniel Hermele, Director and Lead Counsel, Nokia  

09:25 - 10:10

Beyond the Hype - How the IP community should prepare to service the uncharted territories of Web3.0/Metaverse/Blockchain/NFTs.
 

• Bartholomew DiVita, Head of Intellectual Property, London Stock Exchange Group

• Mark Nichols, Senior Associate - IP Solicitor, Potter Clarkson LLP

• Dr. Alastair Barrow, CEO, Generic Robotics

• Nina Jane Patel, Co-founder, Director of Metaverse Research, Kabuni

• Richard Nugent, Business Consultant, Mathys & Squire Consulting

10:10 - 10:25

You Never Followed Up.
 

• Timo Karakashev, CEO, Pekama

10:25 - 11:20

Coffee and Networking Break

11:20 - 12:05

The Most Valuable Things in Life are Intangible - IP in M&A.
 

• Chaturika Colas Rajapaksha, Senior Legal Counsel, ArcelorMittal

• Aideen Burke, Partner - Head of Intellectual Property, Technology, Media and Data Privacy, LK Shields

• Jimmy Ahlberg, Director Open Source Policy, Ericsson

• Dr. Stephan Wolke,Head of IP & Services, thyssenkrupp Intellectual Property GmbH

12:05 - 12:35

Patent Litigation Pitfalls and Trade Secret Protection as a Possible New Alternative.

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• Barry Golob, Co-Chair, Intellectual Property Litigation, Cozen O’Connor

• James Gale, Co-Chair, Intellectual Property Litigation, Cozen O’Connor

12:35 - 13:35

Networking Lunch 

13:35 - 14:20

Do What You Do Best and Outsource the Rest - Best practices for outsourcing IP workflows and administration. Does it really work?
 

• Maya Kanter, Head of IP, Amdocs

• Dr. Ilija Pjanovic, Global IP Senior Director, Nexperia

• Eva Scheel, Legal Counsel IP, FrieslandCampina

• Vijita Verma, Senior Corporate Counsel, Infosys Ltd

• Anne McAleer, IP and Innovation Manager, Paragraf

• Timo Karakashev, CEO, Pekama

14:20 - 14:35

Perspectives on IP Partnerships and Deal Drivers.

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• Grant Moss, Founder & President, Adapt IP Ventures

• Simon Portman, Head of Corporate Intellectual Property, Marks & Clerk

14:35 - 15:35

Coffee and Networking Break

15:35 - 16:20

What Goes Around Comes Around - Evolution of IP Licensing in Post-Pandemic Times; What Works, What Doesn't and What's next?
 

• Jon Hall, Head of Licensing, ICE Services

• James Frostick, Head of Licensing, Buma/Stemra

• Pascal Dalton, Head of Partnerships, SVP Licensing

• Bruce Girvan, Director IP and Licensing, Impression Technologies Ltd.

• David Goodfellow, Vice President, Chief IP Counsel, Aptiv

16:20 - 17:20

Round Table Discussions

17:20 - 17:25

Chair's Closing Remarks
 

• Clio Davies, Senior Director, IP & Legal Operations Consulting, Sparks IP, an Epiq Company

17:25 - 18:25

Drinks Reception