23 June 2026
10:00 am-10:05 am
Setup and registration
10:05 am-10:10 am
IAM welcome address: Angela Morris, Deputy Editor, IAM
10:10 am-11:00 am
Panel: A new era of patent policy
- PERA and PREVAIL: future-proofing strategy for what comes next
- Implications of the SCOTUS skinny label ruling
- Overcoming the Section 101 hurdle
Jason Mueller
Partner and Chair of IP Litigation Practice, Vorys
Peter-Anthony Pappas
Director of IP Policy, US Senate Committee on the Judiciary (Senator Tillis)
Michael Turner
Director, IP Strategy, Yokogawa
Nicholas Jackson
Partner, Dentons
11:00 am-11:10 am
Comfort break
11:10 am-12:00 pm
Masterclass: Driving a winning litigation strategy
- Harnessing the rising importance of declaratory judgment defence
- Major damages: lessons learned from big verdict reversals
- Unpacking a bulletproof ITC exclusion strategy
Jonas McDavit
Partner, Spencer West
Lisa Mandrusiak
Senior Associate General Counsel, Patents and Litigation, Roku
Kyle Vallecillo
Senior IP Counsel, LG Energy Solution
Nathan Zhang
Head of IP Asset Management and Litigation, Applied Intuition
12:00 pm-12:05 pm
End of day one closing remarks: Angela Morris, Deputy Editor, IAM
24 June 2026
10:00 am-10:05 am
Setup and registration
10:05 am-10:10 am
IAM welcome address: Angela Morris, Deputy Editor, IAM
10:10 am-11:00 am
Masterclass: The PTAB playbook
- Leveraging the shift from IPRs to re-examinations
- Staying ahead of discretionary denials
- The future of patent value amid shifting policy
Scott Boalick
Former Director, Central Reexamination Unit and Chief Administrative Patent Judge, USPTO
Brad Watts
Vice President, Patents and Innovation Policy, Global Innovation Policy Center (GIPC), US Chamber of Commerce
Kalyan Deshpande
Chief Judge, Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)
Kevin Greenleaf
Counsel, Dentons
11:00 am-11:10 am
Comfort break
11:10 am-12:00 pm
Panel: The SEP landscape in focus
- The SEP working group: defining an America-first SEP policy
- US antitrust developments reshaping global SEP strategy
- The UK and European rulings setting a new course
Danielle Healey
Partner, Spencer Fane
Fergal Clarke
Director, Standard Essential Patents, Schneider Electric
John Kolakowski
Head of IP Policy and Advocacy, Americas, Nokia
Jon Putnam
President and Founder, Competition Dynamics
12:00 pm-12:05 pm
End of day two closing remarks: Angela Morris, Deputy Editor, IAM
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