Conference Co-Chairs

Robert Furlani

Assistant General Counsel & Chief Patent Counsel Ligand Pharmaceuticals

Thomas L. Irving

Senior Partner The Marbury Law Group, PLLC

Erica Norey

Senior Counsel IP for Global Business Development & M&A Sanofi

Association Representative

John Nappi

Assistant General Counsel Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America

In-House Counsel

Jennifer Friel Goldstein

Head of Relationship Management; Technology & Healthcare Banking Silicon Valley Bank, a division of First Citizens Bank

Donna Meuth

Associate General Counsel Intellectual Property Eisai Inc.

Christine Norris

Senior Corporate Counsel, Intellectual Property Charles River

Victoria Pedanou, PhD JD

Counsel, Global Biologics Intellectual Property, Legal, Ethics & Business Integrity Sanofi

Michael Penn

Vice President, IP BlueRock Therapeutics

Christine Rea Prihoda

Counsel, Strategic Transactions and M&A Gilead Sciences Inc

Rana Sawaya

Senior Director - Assistant General Counsel - IP Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc

Keith Syverson

Director, IP Transactions Novartis

Law Firm Counsel

Kathleen Gersh

Co-Chair, Life Sciences Loeb & Loeb LLP

Michael B. Harlin

Partner | Intellectual Property Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

Mercedes K. Meyer

Partner Banner Witcoff

Gregory A. Morris

Partner Proskauer Rose LLP

Caitlin E. Olwell

Partner Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

Svetlana Pavlovic

Counsel Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

Alicia A. Russo

Partner Venable LLP