Chairs

James T. Evans, Ph.D.

Senior Director | Assistant General Counsel, Dispute Resolution
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

Henry Gu

SVP, Head of IP
Zentalis Pharmaceuticals

Cory Wohlbach

Global Vice President, Biosimilar Regulatory Affairs
Teva Pharmaceuticals

Government Speakers

Anu Sawkar

Special Counsel for Intellectual Property
Federal Trade Commission

Dr. Mustafa Ünlü

Policy Staff Director, CDER
U.S. Food and Drug Administration

The PTAB

Hon. Jacqueline Wright Bonilla

Deputy Chief Administrative Patent Judge, Patent Trial & Appeal Board
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Hon. Susan Mitchell

Lead Judge Patent Trial & Appeal Board
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Hon. Grace Obermann

Administrative Patent Judge, Patent Trial & Appeal Board
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Associations

Hans Sauer, Ph.D., J.D.

Deputy General Counsel, VP of IP
Biotechnology Innovation Organization

In-House Counsel

Ali I. Ahmed

Senior Vice President, Biosimilars
Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC

Maureen A. Bresnahan

Assistant General Counsel
Eisai Inc.

Michael Cottler

Global Head of Litigation
Alvotech

James T. Evans, Ph.D.

Senior Director | Assistant General Counsel, Dispute Resolution
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

Kelly Goldberg

Vice President, Law and Senior Counsel for Biopharmaceutical Regulation
PhRMA

Henry Gu

SVP, Head of IP
Zentalis Pharmaceuticals

Pavi Kullar

Pharmacy Purchasing Manager
Boston Medical Center

Lawrence M. Brown Ph.D., J.D.

Associate General Counsel, Head of Legal (FUSION BioVenture)
Fosun Pharma USA Inc.

Cory Wohlbach

Global Vice President, Biosimilar Regulatory Affairs
Teva Pharmaceuticals

Outside Counsel

Anna K. Abram

Senior Advisor
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Benjamin Anger

Partner
Knobbe Martens

Aziz Burgy

Partner
Axinn, Veltron & Harkrider LLP

Lisa Cameron

Principal
The Brattle Group

Jonathan S. Caplan

Partner
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Andrea Cheek

Partner
Knobbe Martens

Alice Chen

Associate Professor of Public Policy, Vice Dean for Research
USC Sol Price School of Public Policy

Natasha E. Daughtrey

Partner
Goodwin Procter LLP
Rachel J. Elsby

Rachel Elsby

Partner
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Eamonn Gardner

Partner
Cooley LLP

Vishal C. Gupta

Partner
Steptoe & Johnson LLP

Otto Licks

Founding Partner
Licks Attorneys

Christopher Loh

Partner
Venable LLP

Daniel Margolis

Partner
Allen & Overy LLP

John J. Molenda

Partner
Steptoe & Johnson LLP

Jason Murata

Partner
Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

Brian Nolan

Partner
Mayer Brown LLP

Kevin E. Noonan

Partner
McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Tina Papagiannopoulos

Counsel
Foley Hoag LLP

Ivan M. Poullaos

Partner
Winston & Strawn LLP

Honorable Teresa Rea

Partner
Crowell & Moring LLP
(Former Acting Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office)

Irena Royzman, Ph.D.

Partner | Head of Life Sciences
Kramer Levin Neftalis & Frankel LLP

J.C. Rozendaal

Director
Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox

Alicia A. Russo

Partner
Venable LLP

Hassen A. Sayeed

Partner
O’Melveny & Myers LLP

Elizabeth S. Weiswasser

Partner
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Josie Young

Partner
Groombridge, Wu, Baughman & Stone LLP