2024 Speakers
Distinguished Chairs
Andrei Iancu
Partner Sullivan & Cromwell LLP (Former Director of the USPTO)
Brian Malkin
Associate General Counsel Teva Pharmaceuticals
Mira Mulvaney
Assistant General Patent Counsel, IP Litigation Eli Lilly and CompanyMembers of the Judiciary
Honorable Tonianne J. Bongiovanni
Magistrate Judge United States District Court, District of New Jersey
Honorable Stanley R. Chesler
District Judge United States District Court, District of New Jersey
Hon. Sherry R. Fallon
Magistrate Judge United States District Court, District of Delaware
Honorable Rian Kalden
Legally Qualified Judge, Second Chamber of the Court of Appeal Unified Patent Court
Hon. Pauline Newman
Circuit Judge U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Hon. Randall R. Rader (ret.)
Former Chief Judge U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal CircuitPatent Trial & Appeal Board, USPTO
Honorable Jacqueline Bonilla
Deputy Chief Administrative Patent Judge, Patent Trial & Appeal Board U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Honorable Linda Horner
Administrative Patent Judge, Patent Trial & Appeal Board U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Honorable Grace Obermann
Administrative Patent Judge, Patent Trial & Appeal Board U.S. Patent and Trademark OfficeGovernment Representatives from Key Agencies
Mary Alice Hiatt
Division Director, Division of Legal and Regulatory Support Office of Generic Drug Policy U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Randall Weinsten
Attorney U.S. Federal Trade CommissionIn-House Counsel
Rob Berlin
Head – US. Regulatory Policy GSK
Stephanie Donahue
Head of Global Patent LitigationGlobal Intellectual Property Department
Legal, Ethics & Business Integrity Sanofi
Gloria Fuentes
Vice President & Assistant General Counsel Bristol Myers Squibb
Colin Heitzmann
Vice President, IP and Business Development Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.
Kathryn Jones
VP, Chief Counsel IP Novo Nordisk
Neema Kumar
Vice President, IP, North America Sandoz Brian Malkin
Associate General Counsel Teva Pharmaceuticals
Brian McCormick
Vice President, Chief Regulatory Counsel Teva Pharmaceuticals
Donna Meuth
Associate General Counsel, IP Eisai
Mary Morry
Counsel, IP Litigation Merck & Company Mira Mulvaney
Assistant General Patent Counsel, IP Litigation Eli Lilly and Company
Aaron Pereira
Senior Director of Patents Ferring Pharmaceuticals
Colman Ragan
Vice President & General Counsel, North America IP Teva Pharmaceuticals
Lars P. Taavola
VP, Chief IP Counsel & General Counsel, Specialty Generics Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals
Andrea Tiglio
Executive DirectorAssistant General Counsel, IP Jazz Pharmaceuticals
Serena Farquharson Torres
Executive Director, Assistant General Counsel Bristol Myers Squibb
Maryll W. Toufanian
Senior Vice President, Regulatory Strategy and Government Affairs Amneal Pharmaceuticals
Angie Verrecchio
Senior Counsel, Patent Litigation Johnson & Johnson
Kevin Zive
Vice President, Global General Counsel,Head of IP Apotex Inc.
Associations & Think Tanks
Alex Brill
Senior Fellow American Enterprise Institute
Rama G. Elluru
Senior Director Special Competitive Studies Project – SCSP
David Korn
VP, IP and Law PhRMAOutside Counsel
Erin J.D. Austin
Partner Venable LLP
Brent Babcock
Partner Loeb & Loeb LLP
Matthew J. Becker
Partner Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP
Douglas H. Carsten
Partner McDermott Will & Emery
Andrew Cohen
Partner Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
Gerald J. Flattman Jr.
Partner Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
Anne Shea Gaza
Partner Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP
Raj Gandesha
Partner White & Case LLP
Vishal Gupta
Partner Steptoe LLP
Ryan Hagglund
Partner Loeb & Loeb LLP
Professor Willem Hoyng
Partner HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER (Chairman, Advisory Committee of the UPC)
Colleen Tracy James
Partner Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
Michael P. Kahn
Partner Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Kurt R. Karst
Director Hyman, Phelps & McNamara PC
David M. Knapp
Attorney Locke Lord LLP
Chad Landmon
Partner Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP
Jason Leonard
Partner McDermott Will & Emery
Steven Maslowski
Partner Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Amy Lange Miller
Attorney Locke Lord LLP
John Molenda
Partner Steptoe LLP
Gregory A. Morris
Partner O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Deepro R. Mukerjee
Partner Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Nicholas Mitrokostas
Partner Allen & Overy LLP
Jennifer Nock
Partner Rothwell Figg
Kevin E. Noonan, Ph.D
Partner McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
John Christopher “J.C.” Rozendaal
Director Sterne Kessler
Maarika L. Kimbrell
Partner Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Adam Perlman
Partner Latham & Watkins LLP
Ivan Poullaos
Partner Winston & Strawn LLP
Lauren Rabinovic
Principal GLS capital
Mark H. Remus
Partner Crowell & Moring LLP
Hon. Teresa Rea
Consultant Rea Consulting LLC (Former Acting Director of the USPTO)
Ashley Ross
Partner Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Melanie R. Rupert
Partner, Global Co-Chair of Talent Development Paul Hastings LLP
Emer Simic
Partner Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
Eric Alan Stone
Partner Groombridge Wu Baughman & Stone
Dan Troy
Managing Director Berkeley Research Group
Shashank Upadhye
Partner Upadhye Tang LLP(Former Vice President – Global Intellectual Property, Apotex, Inc.)