Speakers
2023 Chairs
Tashica Williams Amirgholizadeh, Ph.D.
Senior Associate General Counsel, IP,
IP Alliance and Due Diligence (IPADD), Team Lead
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Hilary Libka
Chief IP Counsel, Associate General Counsel
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Michael Penn
Vice President, IP
BlueRock Therapeutics
Government Speaker
Hon. Rian Kalden
Presiding Judge, Court of Appeal
Unified Patent Court
In-House Counsel
Jens Bitsch-Norhave
VP Transactions & Innovation Partnering
Johnson & Johnson Innovation LLC
Emily Gardel
Associate Director, Patent Attorney
Dyno Therapeutics
Nicole Grimm
Legal Director, IP
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
Henry Gu
SVP, Head of Intellectual Property
Zentalis Pharmaceuticals
Bo Han
Vice President, Intellectual Property
Orbital Therapeutics
Jeffrey L. Kopacz
SVP | Head of IP & Contracts
SalioGen Therapeutics
Gabriel J. McCool, Ph.D.
VP, Legal and IP
ReNAgade Therapeutics
Donna Meuth
Associate General Counsel IP
Eisai Inc.
Michael R. Myers, Ph.D.
VP Due Diligence
Eli Lilly Research Labs, Eli Lilly & Co
Erica Norey
Senior Counsel, Intellectual Property for Global Business Development & M&A
Sanofi
Samir Patel
Associate General Counsel, Global IP
Viatris
Aaron Pereira
Senior Director, Patents, Global IP
Ferring Pharmaceuticals
Adam Poulin-Kerstien
Vice President, Intellectual Property
Mersana Therapeutics
Brian Stone
Associate General Counsel, Global Legal-Regulatory
Viatris
William Vickery
Director of Due Diligence
Servier
Lindsey Wanner
Associate General Counsel, IP Alliance and Due Diligence
Gilead Sciences Inc.
Outside Counsel
Lawrence Cogswell, Ph.D.
Principal
Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds P.C.
Nithya Desikan
Operating Principal
Gurnet Point Capital
Julia Frost-Davis
Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig LLP
Emily Gardel
Associate Director, Patent Attorney
Dyno Therapeutics
Luba Greenwood, J.D.
Managing Partner
Dana Farber Cancer Institute Venture Fund, Binney Street Capital
Kathleen Gersh
Partner
Loeb & Loeb LLP
Kristin K. Going
Partner
McDermott, Will & Emery LLP
Dr. Christian Helbig
Patent Attorney
Hoefer & Partner Patentanwälte mbB
Lisa Hillman, Ph.D.
Partner
Lathrop GPM
Professor Willem Hoyng
Chairman, Advisory Committee of the UPC
Member, Drafting Committee of the UPC
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Brenda Herschbach Jarrell, Ph.D.
Partner | Chair of Life Sciences Group
Choate, Hall and Stewart LLP
Michael P. Kahn
Partner
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Kurt R. Karst
Director
Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C
Mary Lynne Hedley, Ph.D.
Venture Partner
Third Rock Ventures
Daniel Margolis
Partner
Allen & Overy LLP
Mercedes Meyer
Attorney
Banner Witcoff
Samantha R. Morelli
Partner
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Kevin Noonan, Ph.D.
Partner | Co-Chair Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals Practice Group
McDonell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
Caitlin E. Olwell
Counsel
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Matthew S. Rizzo
General Partner
OrbiMed Healthcare Fund Management
Daniel G. Rudoy, Ph.D
Shareholder | Executive Committee Member
Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C
Alicia Russo
Partner, Chair of IP Transactional Group
Venable Fitzpatrick LLP
Rebecca L. Simmons, Ph.D.
Counsel
McNeill Baur PLLC
DeAnn F. Smith
Partner
Foley Hoag LLP
Len S. Smith
Principal
Transformative Legal
Michael K. Stern
Of Counsel
Covington & Burling LLP
Robert H. Underwood
Partner
Hogan Lovells LLP
