2023 Speakers
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 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
