8:00 am - 8:30 am REGISTRATION & COFFEE

8:30 am - 8:40 am OPENING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIRPERSON

Lucy Johnson - Partner & Chair, HGF

8:40 am - 8:45 am LIVE POLLING

8:45 am - 9:30 am PANEL DISCUSSION: THE END OF GLOBALISATION? EFFECTIVELY NAVIGATING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS

Morten Rosted - Vice President of Corporate Patents and Trademarks, H. Lundbeck
Sharada Devarasetty - Head of Patents, Sandoz
Roman Bonn - Senior Vice President Intellectual Property, Continental

9:30 am - 10:00 am PRESENTATION: A LOOK INTO THE UPC ONE YEAR IN

Ronny Thomas - Presiding Judge of the Düsseldorf Local Division, Unified Patent Court

11:50 am - 12:20 pm FIRESIDE CHAT: FORGING RELATIONSHIPS WITH ONLINE MARKETPLACES TO FIGHT COUNTERFEITING

Jan de Visser - Brand Protection Lead & Senior Director, Philips
Anika Scharlock - Global Relations Manager - Brand Protection, Amazon

12:20 pm - 12:50 pm PRESENTATION: TACTICAL USE OF JPO’S ADVISORY OPINION IN PATENT INFRINGEMENT DISPUTES

Yoshitaka Sonoda - Managing Partner, Sonoda & Kobayashi Intellectual Property Law

1:05 pm - 2:05 pm LUNCH

3:05 pm - 3:10 pm LIVE POLLING

3:10 pm - 3:40 pm PRESENTATION: NAVIGATING THE COLLABORATION/COMPETITION BORDER IN THE OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE AND OPEN INNOVATION SPACES

Sara Therner - Head of Intellectual Property, Arduino

3:40 pm - 4:10 pm FIRESIDE CHAT: THE ROUTE TO IMPROVED PRODUCTIVITY – TAPPING INTO THE POTENTIAL OF PROACTIVE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE IP AND R&D DEPARTMENTS

Emmanuelle Wetzel - Head of Networks Patent Portfolio, Nokia
Henning Lütjens - Senior Patent Counsel, Bayer

4:10 pm - 4:15 pm CLOSING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIRPERSON

Lucy Johnson - Partner & Chair, HGF