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2026 Meeting Co-Chairs
Tanya Fickenscher
Vice President and Deputy General Counsel
Major League Baseball (MLB)
USA
Lara Kayode
Managing Partner and Founder
O. Kayode & Co.
Nigeria
Project Team
Maria Baratta
Partner
Kilpatrick Townsend
USA
Rachna Bakhru
Partner
RNA, Technology and IP Attorneys
India
Hoda Barakat
Managing Partner
Hoda Barakat Legal Consultancy
UAE
Nicola Benz
Partner
MLL Legal
Switzerland
Sally Britton
Partner
Mishcon de Reya LLP
UK
Brian Buss
Managing Director
GlassRatner
USA
Cécile Cailac
Global Head of Intellectual Property
Chanel
UK
Chehrazade Chemcham
VP, Head of IP
Haleon
UK
Randall Collins
Trademark, Copyright & Marketing Counsel
HP.com
USA
Lee Davies
Chief Executive
Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA)
UK
Sheja Ehtesham
Managing Partner
ALG India Law Offices LLP
India
Karen May Fong
Partner
Keystone Law
UK
Cam Gatta
Assistant General Counsel, Global Trademarks
Microsoft
USA
Jill Goldman
Chair of the Interactive Subcommittee, In-House Practitioners Committee
INTA
USA
Eduardo Hallack
Partner
Licks Attorneys
Brazil
Caitlin Heard
Partner
CMS
UK
Samta Mehra
Partner
Remfry & Sagar
India
Ralph Nack
Reporter General
Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)
Switzerland
Obianuju Otudor
Manager Commercial Legal Intellectual Property and Technology Law Company Secretary
MTN Group
Nigeria
Nick Redfearn
Principal, Global Head of Enforcement
Rouse
Indonesia
Daniel Reis Nobre
Managing Partner
Inventa
Portugal
Mark Romance
Partner
Day Pitney
USA
Gonzalo Rovira
Head of Intellectual Property for Latin America
Bayer
Argentina
Tom Scourfield
Co-Head of the International IP Group and UK Chair of the Consumer Products
Sector Group, CMS
UK
Azhar Sadique
Partner, Global Head of AI Enablement
Abion
UK
Samir Singh
Head Legal and Compliance
Grasim Industries Ltd, Birla Paints Division
India
Chris Sleep
Head of Litigation and Dispute Management
Abion
UK
Nicole Smalberger
Partner
Adams & Adams
South Africa
Christine Strutt
Partner
Von Seidels
South Africa
Lorraine Takaendesa
Partner
Honey & Blackenberg
Zimbabwe
Welly Tantono
Executive Head for Legal, Compliance & InfoSec
Secretlab
Singapore
Jayde Wood
Partner
Gowling WLG
Canada
Erika Yawger
Vice Chair, Anticounterfeiting Committee
INTA
USA