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Notable Speakers

We are honored to welcome an exceptional group of global leaders to this year’s Annual Meeting. Our Notable Speakers include senior in‑house practitioners, business leaders, policymakers, legal authorities, and public officials—decision‑makers who sit at the intersection of business, innovation, and policy. Together, they bring real‑world perspective from the boardroom, the C‑suite, and the front lines of industry. Meet the leaders shaping the conversations that matter most this year.  All speakers are arranged by last name in alphabetical order.

In-House Practitioners

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Trademark Counsel

British American Tobacco Group

UK

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Mohammad Amro

General Counsel

Agthia Group PJSC

UAE

Edward L. Brant

Edward L. Brant

Chief IP Office, Legal Operations Executive

The Chemours Company

USA

Cecile Cailac

Cécile Cailac

Global Head of Intellectual Property

Chanel

UK

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Michael Carson

Senior Director, Legal Affairs, Contracts and Intellectual Property

YMCA of The USA

USA

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Irene Chang

IP Counsel

HP Inc.

USA

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Randolph Collins

Trademark, Copyright & Marketing Counsel

HP.com

USA

Jacob Ewerdt

Jacob Ewerdt

Senior Legal Counsel, IP Policy

Qualcomm Inc.

USA

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Cheryl Foytlin

Assistant General Counsel – Trademarks

Johnson & Johnson

USA

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Rose James

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Senior Director, Global, Legal, Intellectual Property

Expedia, Inc.

USA

Jay Komas

General Manager & Head of Franchise Development

Middle Earth Enterprises

USA

Dylan Li

Head of European Litigation

Huawei

UK

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Naledi Magomola

Senior Manager, Commercial Legal-Intellectual Property

MTN Nigeria

South Africa

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Megan Martin

Head of Intellectual Property

Middle Earth Enterprises LLC

USA

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Dr. Bobby Mukherjee

Head of IP

BAE Systems Plc

UK

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Marianna Nitsch

Global Chief Legal Officer and Company Secretary

Chanel Limited

UK

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Sarah Orchard

Chief Intellectual Property Officer

Unilever P.L.C.

UK

Obianauju Otudor

Obianuju Otudor

Manager Commercial Legal Intellectual Property and Technology Law Company Secretary

MTN Group

Nigeria

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Welly Tantono

Executive Head for Legal, Compliance & InfoSec

Secretlab

Singapore

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Molly Baxi Thakkar

Head of Trademarks & Domain Names

Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson

Sweden

Sarah Vaughan

Senior Patent Attorney

Rolls-Royce

UK

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Oliver Watson

Senior IP Counsel

Novartis Pharma AG

Switzerland

IP Offices, Government Agencies, and Non-Governmental Organizations

His Excellency Professor Dr. Hesham Azmi

Chairman

Egypt Intellectual Property Authority

Egypt

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António-Serge de Pinho Campinos

President

European Patent Office (EPO)

Germany

Catherine Chammartin

Director General

Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property – IPI

Switzerland

Zhenyu Guo

Deputy Director General, Trademark Office

China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA)

China

Konstantinos Georgaras

Chief Executive Officer

Canadian Intellectual Property Office

Canada

Anna Jardfelt

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Swedish Intellectual Property Office

Sweden

Kurtis Lindqvist

President and CEO

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

Switzerland

Yuqiang Liu

Second-Class Senior Procurator of the Intellectual Property Prosecution Department

Supreme People’s Procuratorate

China

Gedeona Maduro

Director

Bureau for Intellectual Property of Curaçao

Curacao

His Excellency Dr. Abdelrahman Al Muaini

Assistant Undersecretary for the Intellectual Property Sector

Ministry of Economy

UAE

Kathrine Myhre

Director General

Norwegian Industrial Property Office – NIPO

Norway

Esteban Figueroa Nagel

National Director

National Institute of Industrial Property – INAPI

Chile

Kanishka Narayan MP

Parliamentary Under‑Secretary of State

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

UK

Elisa Rodriguez Ortiz

Elisa Rodriguez Ortiz

Director

Spanish Office of Patents and Trademarks

Spain

Mordechay Sorek

Executive Director; Commissioner of Patents, Trademarks & Designs

Israel Patent Office

Israel

Sune Stampe

Sune Stampe Sørensen

Director General and CEO

Danish Patent and Trademark Office

Denmark

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John A. Squires

Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director

United States Patent and Trademark Office

USA

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Daren Tang

Director General

World Intellectual Property Organization

Switzerland

Margaret Tregurtha

Deputy Director General

IP Australia

Australia

Ran Wei

1st Level Consultant, Strategy and Planning Department

Department of Strategic Planning at China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA)

China

Adam Williams

Adam Williams

CEO

UK Intellectual Property Office

UK

Business

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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji

Founder and CEO

Future Africa

Nigeria

Helen Brocklebank

CEO

Walpole

UK

Richard Haigh

Managing Director

Brand Finance Plc

UK

Fernando Polo

CEO

Good Rebels

Spain

Jenny Urquhart

Chairman

Johnstons of Elgin

Scotland

 

Academia, Judges, and Association Leaders

Dr Ryan Abbott

Ryan Abbott

Professor of Law and Health Sciences

University of Surrey Law School

UK

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Sir Richard David Arnold

Lord Justice

Judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales

UK

Sir Colin Birss

Sir Colin Birss

Chancellor of the High Court

Royal Courts of Justice

UK

Enrico Bonadio

Enrico Bonadio

Professor of Law

City St George’s University of London

UK

Lynn Carrillo

Director of Commercial Legal

Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)

USA

Justice Anish Dayal

High Court Judge

High Court of Delhi

India

Wei Han

First-class Senior Judge

3rd Civil Tribunal, Supreme People’s Court

China

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Judge Young Gi Kim

High Court Judge

Intellectual Property High Court

South Korea

Mark Leishman

Executive Director & Secretary

Royal Warrant Holders Association

UK

Duncan Matthews

Duncan Matthews

Professor of Intellectual Property Law

Queen Mary University of London

UK

Sir Richard Meade

Sir Richard Meade

Justice of the High Court – Head of the Patents Court

Royal Courts of Justice

UK

Sir James Mellor

Sir James Mellor

Justice of the High Court

Royal Courts of Justice

UK

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