Thursday, October 22, 2026
9:00 AM-9:30 AM
Registration and networking
9:30 AM-9:40 AM
Welcome address
Nisha Shetty
Senior Reporter, IAM
9:40 AM-10:10 AM
Fireside chat: The hidden asset: why patent value belongs in the boardroom
Changhae Park
Senior Vice President and Chief IP Officer, NXP Semiconductors
10:10 AM-11:00 AM
Panel: Patent policy in motion
- Turning reduced PTAB access into an enforcement advantage
- Leveraging injunction risk: European and Brazilian strategies for driving deals
- Decoding China's evolving IP role to unlock new transaction opportunities
Peter Jovanovic
Legal Director, IP, Dell Technologies
Fumitomo Hide
Director, IP, Sila Nanotechnologies Inc.
Joe Lin
General Counsel, Triple Ring Technologies
Andrew Sutton
Managing IP Counsel and Prosecution Part Leader, LG Energy Solution
11:00 AM-11:30 AM
Networking break
11:30 AM-12:20 PM
Masterclass: Buy-sell patent transactions that pay
- Building credible patent valuations for maximum return
- Disruptors or dealmakers? Responding to private equity patent buyers
- IP finance unlocking smarter transactions
Russell Genet
Managing Director, Longford Capital Management
Elizabeth Stover
Head of Legal Affairs, North America, Doehler
Ksenia Takhistova
Chief Legal Officer, LCM Biosensor Technologies
Keith Walker
Vice President, IP, Nagra-Kudelski
Michael Lubitz
Senior Managing Director and Founder, Global Technology Transfer Group
Todd Langford
Director, Global IP, Illumina
12:20 PM-1:10 PM
Focus session: SEP licensing strategies that maximise returns
- Leveraging the latest approaches negotiations
- What cross-sector SEP disputes reveal about deal-making
- Structuring FRAND terms to maximise long-term deal value
Roberto Ribeiro
Partner, DANIEL
Robert Braun
Chief Executive Officer, Digitalage
Kent Baker
IP Advisor, TRASNA
1:10 PM-2:40 PM
Lunch and networking
2:40 PM-3:10 PM
Fireside chat: Closing high value, IP-rich M&A deals
Anushree Subramaniam
Vice President, Secretariat
Tom Mavrakakis
Director, Patents, North America, IBM
Kathy Mekjian
Senior Director, IP Counsel, Thermo Fisher Scientific
3:10 PM-4:00 PM
Panel: Patent licensing in flux
- The rise of IP holding entities: a new monetisation model?
- Changing patent pool dynamics and joint licensing opportunities
- The art of licensing to competitors without compromising market position
Russell Binns
Chief Executive Officer and General Counsel, AST
Thomas Choi
Vice President, Licensing, Ericsson
Jack McKinney
Director, IP, HP
Rakesh Michael
Director, IP, Uber Technologies
4:00 PM-4:30 PM
Networking break
4:30 PM-5:20 PM
Masterclass: The AI advantage in patent valuation, acquisition and enforcement
- Validating outputs to protect the integrity of your patent valuations
- Leveraging AI to pinpoint and value the right patents for acquisition
- Using AI-driven claim charting to track infringement and maximise portfolio value
Sreenivas (Vas) Vedantam
Partner, Baker McKenzie
Chen Gu
Patent Practitioner Lead, Patlytics
Michael Martin
Head of IP, Workday
Elizabeth Stover
Head of Legal Affairs, North America, Doehler
5:20 PM-5:30 PM
Closing remarks
Nisha Shetty
Senior Reporter, IAM
5:30 PM-6:30 PM
Drinks reception
