Speakers
Conference Co-Chairs

Noreen Krall
Former Chief IP Counsel AppleMember Board of Directors
National Inventors Hall of Fame

Ceyda Maisami
Associate General Counsel, IP HP
Vaishali Udupa
Former Commissioner for Patents USPTOGovernment Speakers

Hon. Kathleen O’MalleyÂ
Kate O’Malley LLC Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (ret.) 
Hon. Teresa Rea
Consultant Rea Consulting LLC(Former Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Former Acting Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office)

Hon. Kathi Vidal
Partner Winston & Strawn LLP (Former Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property & Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office)In-House Counsel

Vanessa Bailey
Head of Patent Public Policy Amazon
Christine Baylet Bergeron
Legal Director Shipt
Jennifer Chung
VP, Counsel Simon & Schuster 
Danielle Ely
Senior Director, Digital Legal Affairs Warner Chappell Music
Lisa Jakob
Executive Director, Intellectual Property Merck
Alexandra Lewis
Associated General Counsel (Senior), IP Product Meta
Honeah Mangione
Senior Counsel - Brand Trust, Privacy, and Safety Buzzfeed
Nicole Mastrangelo
IP Counsel Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Kristine Mbadugha
VP, Business Development Dream Chasers Records
Susan McGahan
Assistant Vice President and Senior Legal Counsel AT&T
Alanna Moulds
Senior Director, Business & Legal Affairs Universal Music Group
Nishat Ruiter
General Counsel TED Conferences
Jane Marie Russell
Senior Legal Counsel OpenText
Min Y. Ryoo
Legal Counsel iCapital
Sarah Smith
Corporate Counsel, Americas Lansweeper
Helen Wan
Author, Media and IP Attorney, Adjunct Professor NYU Center for Publishing, Writing and Media
Cecilia Wang
SVP and Deputy General Counsel Emerald
Kim Youngberg
General Counsel The Paley Center for Media
Gail Zarick
Former IP Counsel IBMLaw Firms

Dorothy Auth
Partner Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP
Megan K. Bannigan
Partner Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Julie Bookbinder
Shareholder Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Juanita Brooks
Principal Fish & Richardson
Shruti Chopra
Counsel Linklaters LLP
Evi Christou
Attorney Banner Witcoff
Rachel Cohen
Partner Latham & Watkins LLP
Carol Pitzel Cruz
Partner Knobbe Martens
Ching-Lee Fukuda
Partner Sidley Austin LLP
Katherine Helm
Intellectual Property and Litigation Partner Dechert LLP
Sharon Lee
Partner Sidley
Elizabeth Manno
Partner Venable
Karalyn Mildorf
Partner Clifford Chance US LLP
Christine Morgan
Partner Reed Smith
Michelle O’Brien
Partner The Marbury Law Group, PLLC
Lisa Pensabene
Partner O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Julia Rowe
Vice President Charles River Associates
Laure Sawaya
Of Counsel Pryor Cashman
Pallavi Seth
Principal The Brattle Group