15 April 2026
9:00 am-10:00 am
Registration and networking
10:00 am-10:10 am
Welcome address
Nicole-Anne Lagrimas
Senior Reporter, Law Business Research Ltd
10:10 am-10:40 am
Keynote interview: Next-gen licensing: rethinking power, perspective and strategy
Andrew Yen
Chief IP Counsel, Panasonic Corporation
10:40 am-11:30 am
Panel: Navigating IP strategy in China’s era of expanding influence
- From implementor to licensor: how dual roles are transforming licensing
- Learning from China’s major players - licensing tools, trends and takeaways
- How Chinese patent and antitrust proceedings impact the SEP landscape
*The speaker line-up for this session is subject to change and is not finalised.
Ryan McCarthy
Principal, Fish & Richardson P.C.
Lamen Su
IP Senior Manager, OPPO
11:30 am-12:00 pm
Networking break
12:00 pm-12:50 pm
Focus session: Europe: the nexus of global SEP disputes
- Interim licence declarations: practice, impact and jurisdictional clashes
- Getting to grips with the UPC’s evolving SEP/FRAND case law
- Parallel filing hotspots – the UPC in conjunction with national courts
*The speaker line-up for this session is subject to change and is not finalised.
James Marshall
Partner, Pinsent Masons
Sean Huang
Patent Team Leader, Acer
12:50 pm-2:20 pm
Lunch and networking
2:20 pm-3:10 pm
Scenario session: ADR: the new playbook for SEP resolution?
- ADR v continuing to litigate: knowing when to make the call
- Using mediation and arbitration offers as a strategic signal
- Exploring practicality, price and payoff of ADR methods
Scott Hayden
VP IP, Amazon
Nobuo Tanaka
Head of Intellectual Property & Design Center, Yokogawa Electric
Collette Rawnsley
VP, Head of IP Policy & Advocacy, Nokia
3:10 pm-3:40 pm
Networking break
3:40 pm-4:30 pm
Masterclass: Building smarter licensing strategies for the IoT value chain
- What key player activity reveals about deal trajectories
- Tracing licensing practices across the IoT stack
- Designing licensing models to tackle a fragmented market
*The speaker line-up for this session is subject to change and is not finalised.
Teo Taponen
VP, Licensing, InterDigital
4:30 pm-4:35 pm
Closing remarks
4:35 pm-5:35 pm
Drinks reception
16 April 2026
9:30 am-10:00 am
Registration and networking
10:00 am-10:10 am
Welcome address
Nicole-Anne Lagrimas
Senior Reporter, Law Business Research Ltd
10:10 am-10:40 am
Fireside chat: Licensing through the implementer lens
10:40 am-11:30 am
Panel: Patent pools and the shifting dynamics of SEP licensing
- Key forces shaping the joint licensing environment
- The growing importance of Asia in pool economics
- The rise of hybrid licensing strategies
*The speaker line-up for this session is subject to change and is not finalised.
Viviane Kunisawa
Partner, Daniel Law
11:30 am-12:00 pm
Networking break
12:00 pm-12:50 pm
Panel: The rapid globalisation of SEP litigation
- Booming enforcement hubs: why India and Brazil became go-to venues
- New FRAND battlegrounds: Indonesia, Nigeria, Colombia and Morocco draw SEP suits
- The growing role of US discovery to assist actions around the world
*The speaker line-up for this session is subject to change and is not finalised.
Shan Jiao
Partner, Liu, Shen & Associates
Otto Licks
Partner, Licks Attorneys
Toshi Futamata
Chairman, SEP Expert Group Japan
12:50 pm-2:20 pm
Lunch and networking
2:20 pm-3:10 pm
Masterclass: Navigating differences and expectations at the negotiation table
- Strategies for success across varied negotiation styles
- Managing diverse attitudes to keep negotiations on track
- Strengthening relationships to secure tomorrow’s agreements
*The speaker line-up for this session is subject to change and is not finalised.
Evanna Law
Senior Director, Ericsson
Bei Wang
Patent licensing director, Xiaomi
3:10 pm-4:00 pm
Panel: Multimedia codec licensing in motion
- Adapting deal models for diverse players: device makers v streaming platforms
- Hot topics: ITU v ETSI, specific performance and the role of encoding patents
- Preparing for next-gen codecs: early considerations for VVC, AV2 and future standards
Yannan Li
Licensing Executive, SITAO IP Ltd.
Sean Ke
Patent Legal Director, Alibaba Group
4:00 pm-4:05 pm
Closing remarks
4:05 pm-5:00 pm
End of conference and networking coffee
