2017 Featured Speakers
António Campinos
Executive Director
European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
Spain
Adam Kinsley
Policy Director
Sky UK Ltd.
United-Kingdom
Alastair Gray
Online Brand Protection Manager
Tommy Hilfiger
Netherlands
Alec Cameron
Senior Legal Counsel
Telefónica S.A.
United-Kingdom
Alex Wilson
Partner
Powell Gilbert LLP
United-Kingdom
Alexander Sysoenko
Deputy head of Scientific and educational Center
FIPS
Russia
Alexander Vasilets
Partner, Design Attorney/Chief of Design Department
Gorodissky & Partners
Russia
Alexandra Poch
Legal Expert EU Observatory on Infringements of IP Rights
European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
Spain
Alfred Chaouat
Senior Vice President Licensing
Technicolor
France
Aneta Wiewiorowska-Domagalska
Akademische Rätin a.Z.
University of Osnabrueck
Germany
Anne Bergman-Tahon
Director
FEP - Federation of European Publishers
Belgium
Antoine Raulin
Director of studies
Bureau Van Dijk Information Management
France
Arnaud Le Hors
Senior Technical Staff Member of Web & Blockchain Open Technologies
IBM
United States
Audrey Scozzaro Ferrazzini
Director Government Affairs
Qualcomm
Belgium
Campbell Dye
Partner
DAC Beachcroft
United Kingdom
Charlotte Lund Thomsen
Legal Counsel
FIAPF and IVF
Belgium
Charlotte van Dijk-Wittkampf
Intellectual Property counsel
G-Star Raw C.V.
Netherlands
Christopher Holt
Vice President of Patent Analytics
Reed Technology
United-States
Christophe van Zyl
Head of Dennemeyer’s Africa Practice Group and partner
Dennemeyer & Associates South Africa
Luxembourg
Clemens Heusch
Head of European Litigation
Nokia
Germany
Wulf Höflich
Senior VP Business development
Cheers Interactive
Germany
Coco Carmona
Director General
ICMP, International Confederation of Music Publishers
Belgium
David Kessler
Managing Director and Director
Orange Studio & Content
France
Deevid De Meyer
AI and data scientist
Craftworkz
Belgium
Donald J. Rosenberg
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Qualcomm inc.
United-States
Drew Silverstein
Co-founder, CEO
Amper Music inc.
United-States
Emmanuel Ajdari
IP manager Space Systems
Airbus Defence & Space
France
Elisabeth Dehareng
Partner
Baker & McKenzie
Belgium
Fabienne Brison
Partner
HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER
Belgium
Filip Tersago
Group Public Affairs
Proximus
Belgium
Floortje Möller
General Counsel
Fatboy the original b.v.
Netherlands
Gaile Sakalaite
IP Lawyer
EUIPO
Spain
Grégoire Bisson
Director Brands & Designs sector
WIPO
Switzerland
Jean-Luc Desire
VP & General Manager Ride Performance Europe
Tenneco
Belgium
Jean-Marc Brunel
Chief Intellectual Property Officer
Safran
France
Joel Stobart
Co-Founder and CTO
Custodian Solutions
UK
Joris van Manen
Partner
HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER
Netherlands
Jule Sigall
Associate General Counsel, IP Policy & Strategy
Microsoft Corporation
United-States
Juliette Metz
President & Executive Director
Encore Merci publishing
France
Kate O'Rourke
Senior counsel and President
Charles Russel Speechlys and CITMA
United Kingdom
Kevin Scott
Principal IP Counsel
Philips
Netherlands
Lance Phillips
Partner
Sheridans
United Kingdom
Laura Fresco
Partner
HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER
Netherlands
Lauri Rechardt
Director of licensing & Legal Policy
IFPI
United-Kingdom
Lee McGuirk
Vice President Legal EMEA
Discovery Communications
United-Kingdom
Lidy-Anne Jeswiet – van Westenbrugge
CEO, Trademark & Design Attorney
Kirkpatrick
Belgium
Lorena Marciano
EMEAR Data Protection & Privacy Officer
Cisco
Belgium
Louis-Pierre Gravelle
Lawyer, Engineer and Patent Agent
ROBIC
Canada
Lucy Wojcik
Head of IP
Ocado Group plc
United Kingdom
Marco Giorello
Head of Copyright Unit
European Commission
Belgium
Margaret Hartnett
Legal Director
IDscan Biometrics Ltd
United Kingdom
Margot Fröhlinger
Principal Director for Unitary Patent, European and International Legal Affairs
European Patent Office
Germany
Marina Cousté
Lawyer
United Kingdom
Martin Chatel
Product and Quality Manager
Dennemeyer & Associates
Germany
Matthias Schneider
Senior Licensing Manager
AUDI AG
Germany
Michael Fröhlich
Director European and International Affairs, PCT
EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE (E.P.O)
Michael Moore
Partner, Solicitor
Marks & Clerk
United-Kingdom
Michael Zhang
Director Business Development
WiLAN Inc.
United-States
Nick Kounoupias
CEO & organisations' representative
Kounoupias IP & ACID, BAEPD
United-Kingdom
Niclass Bjorlund
Founder and Managing Director
Edition Bjorlund
Sweden
Olivér Várhelyi
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Hungary Permanent Representation
Hungary
Paolo Markovina
Patent Manager
Electrolux
Italy
Paul Brown
Vice President, Intellectual Property & Litigation
Underwriters Laboratories
United-States
Paul Maier
Director EU Observatory on infringements of IPRs
European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
Spain
Peter Kits
Legal partner
Deloitte
Netherlands
Phyllis Cohen
Director & member
Face Lace ltd. & Anti Copying in Design
United-Kingdom
Pierre El Khoury
Attorney IP Specialist ICT Laws
AFPIDA
Lebanon
Rik Willard
Founder and Managing Director
Agentic Group
USA
Rodger Sadler
Managing Director
Cote Capital
United States
Ronny Amirsehhi
Senior Associate
HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER
Netherlands
Sandro Chiesura
Senior Legal Counsel - Intellectual Property - Global Rights Owner Manager
eBay Corporate Services GmbH
Germany
Shawn Ambwani
Co-Founder / COO / SVP Legal
Unified Patents
United-States
Sjoerd Oosterhuis
Group legal counsel
VLISCO GROUP
Netherlands
Shlomit Yanisky-Ravid
Prof. of Law, Visiting Prof.
Ono Law School, Fordham Law School
Israel, United-States
Stefan Richter
Attorney / Partner
HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER
Germany
Tamsin Holman
Partner, Solicitor
D Young & Co
United-Kingdom
Thibault Verbiest
Partner
DS Avocats
Belgium-France
Thor Pettersen
Co-founder
Internet Music Group
United-Kingdom
Tomas Elemans
Brand Protection Manager EMEA
Calvin Klein Europe BV
Netherlands
Ulf Marquardt
Senior Legal Counsel
Nestlé
Switzerland
Valon Kashtanjeva
Director
Copyright Office of Kosovo
Kosovo
Veronique Desbrosses
General Manager
GESAC
Belgium
Victor Finn
Chief Executive Officer
Irish Music Rights organisation
Ireland
Vincent Couteau
Group IP counsel
Atos
Belgium
