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 IP Management Co.
Leon Ma
Partner, AbramStar
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
Ryan McCarthy
Principal, Fish & Richardson
Michael Jian
Senior Vice President, China Market Unit, Avanci
Lamen Su
Senior IP Manager, OPPO
Constance Zhao
IP Counsel, Director of Hong Kong Office, Huawei
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
James Marshall
Partner, Pinsent Masons
Edger Brinkman
Presiding Judge, Hague Local Division, Unified Patent Court
Sean Huang
Patent Team Leader, Acer
David Yurkerwich
Senior Managing Director, Ankura
12:50 pm-2:20 pm
Lunch and networking
2:20 pm-3:10 pm
Panel: 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
Muran Sun
Partner, Fangda Partners
Scott Hayden
Vice President IP, Chief IP Officer, Amazon
Collette Rawnsley
Vice President, Head of IP Policy and Advocacy, Nokia
Nobuo Tanaka
Head of IP and Design Center, Yokogawa Electric
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
Akiko Araki
Managing Partner, Araki International IP & Law
Ying Huang
Chief Technology Officer, ASTRI
Teo Taponen
Vice President, InterDigital
4:30 pm-4:35 pm
Closing remarks
Nicole-Anne Lagrimas
Senior Reporter, Law Business Research Ltd
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
Eva Chiang
Senior Licensing Manager, Vivo
Scott Hayden
Vice President IP, Chief IP Officer, Amazon
Muran Sun
Partner, Fangda Partners
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
Sami Al-Marzoog
Partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Hyonjong Kim
Manager, Patent Attorney, SK Telecom
Donald Chan
Director, 5G Multimode Program Manager, Sisvel
Viviane Kunisawa
Partner, Daniel
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
Zhijie Liu
Partner, Liu, Shen & Associates
Lyric Dubey
IP Manager, Jio Platforms
Toshi Futamata
Chairman, SEP Expert Group Japan
Otto Licks
Partner, Licks Attorneys
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
Masashi Chusho
Partner, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Justus Baron
Founder, Chief Executive Officer, FRANDLY
Evanna Law
Vice President, Licensing, Ericsson
Bei Wang
Licensing Director, Xiaomi
Nancy Yu
Vice President, Legal Counsel and Licensing, Qualcomm
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
*The speaker line-up for this session is subject to change and is not finalised.
Yannan Li
Licensing Executive, Sitao IP
Gaby Li
IP Counsel, TCL
Anita Liang
IP Director, Inventec Appliances
Sachie Nagamine
Manager, Global Standards and Policy, Panasonic IP Management Co.
Tejas Shah
Chief Licensing Officer, New Segments, Nokia
4:00 pm-4:05 pm
Closing remarks
Nicole-Anne Lagrimas
Senior Reporter, Law Business Research Ltd
4:05 pm-5:00 pm
End of conference and networking coffee
