Speakers
Keynote Speakers

Andrea L. Wellington
Technology Center Director USPTO
Jennifer Dixton
Assistant Chief, Special Counsel for Policy & Intellectual Property, Antitrust Division U.S. Department of JusticeDistinguished Co-Chairs

Vanessa Bailey
Head of Patent Public Policy Amazon
Adriana S. Luedke
Director and Associate General Counsel Lockheed Martin Corporation
Angela Wilson
Senior Counsel, Intellectual Property The Hershey CompanyEsteemed Speakers

Randi Adkins-Warren
Corporate Counsel Aflac
Honorable Jacqueline Wright Bonilla
Deputy Chief Administrative Patent Judge, PTAB USPTO
Libbie H. Canter
Partner Covington & Burling LLP
Dale Cendali
Partner Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Jennifer Champlin
Director, DEI Incubator Edward Jones
Kaitlin Corey
Partner Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann LLP
Gwenn E. Cujdik
Manager, North America Cyber Incident Response Team AXA XL
Lauren Degnan
Principal Fish & Richardson PC
Victoria E. Ellis
Legal Counsel, Brand IP Nestlé Health Science U.S.
Claudia Frost
Partner Steptoe LLP
Ching-Lee Fukuda
Partner Sidley Austin LLP
Kristin Grimes
Assistant General Counsel, National Security and Cyber Law Branch FBI
Lisa Jakob
Executive Director, Intellectual Property Merck
Elizabeth “Beth” Jenior
Senior Attorney-Advisor, Intellectual Property Enforcement BranchRegulations and Rulings | Office of Trade U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Kim Jessum
Associate General Counsel, Chief IP Counsel, U.S., and Secretary Heraeus
Barbara A. Johnson
Associate General Counsel, Intellectual Property Better Business Bureau (BBB)
Rachelle L. Laroche
VP, Chief Commercial & IP Counsel LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton
Allison Leader
VP & Chief Counsel, Missions Transactions American Red Cross
Anna Linne
Associate General Counsel Intellectual Property & Innovation S&P Global
Jamie Lucia
Partner Steptoe LLP
Jennifer Maisel
Partner Rothwell Figg
Elizabeth Manno
IP Litigation Partner Venable LLP
Honorable MaryJoan McNamara
Administrative Law Judge U.S. International Trade Commission
Nicole Morris
Director of Innovation and Legal Tech & Professor in Practice Emory University School of Law
Juliana Neves
Partner Licks Attorneys
Honorable Grace Obermann
Administrative Patent Judge, PTAB USPTO
Krupa Parikh
Senior Special Counsel for IP U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Bhaveeni Parmar
Senior Legal Counsel, Technology NPR
Lisa Pensabene
Partner O'Melveny Myers LLP
Sabrina Perelman
Senior Director & Assistant General Counsel, IP & Content Pinterest
Anu Sawkar
Special Counsel for Intellectual Property Federal Trade Commission
Meredith Schoenfeld
Assistant General Counsel, Intellectual Property National Science Foundation (NSF)
Bridget Smith
Assistant General Counsel, Head of Intellectual Property Relativity Space
Honorable Teresa Stanek Rea
Former Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property; Former Acting Director USPTO
Heidi Tandy
Partner Berger Singerman
Mariessa Terrell
Attorney Advisor, Trademarks Customer Outreach USPTO
Cassie Thornton
Head of Intellectual Property Partnerships Bloomberg Media
Meredith M. Wilkes
Partner JONES DAY
Daria Williams
Principal Corporate Counsel Microsoft
Laura J. Winston
Principal and Chair, Intellectual Property Practice Group Offit Kurman, P.A.
Eleanor Yost
Chair, IP Practice Group and Shareholder Carlton Fields
Josephine Young
Partner Groombridge, Wu, Baughman & Stone LLP