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 Justice

Distinguished 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 Company

Esteemed 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 Branch
Regulations 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

Gail Zarick

Former IP Counsel IBM