Ese Akpogheneta

Trademark Counsel

British American Tobacco Group

UK

Mohammad Amro

General Counsel

Agthia Group PJSC

UAE

Edward L. Brant

Chief IP Office, Legal Operations Executive

The Chemours Company

USA

Cécile Cailac

Global Head of Intellectual Property

Chanel

UK

Michael Carson

Senior Director, Legal Affairs, Contracts and Intellectual Property

YMCA of The USA

USA

Irene Chang

IP Counsel

HP Inc.

USA

Randolph Collins

Trademark, Copyright & Marketing Counsel

HP.com

USA

Christina Demetriades

Group Operating Officer

Accenture Legal

UK

Jacob Ewerdt

Senior Legal Counsel, IP Policy

Qualcomm Inc.

USA

Cheryl Foytlin

Assistant General Counsel – Trademarks

Johnson & Johnson

USA

Rose James

(Invited)

Senior Director, Global, Legal, Intellectual Property

Expedia, Inc.

USA

Dylan Lee

Head of European Litigation

Huawei

UK

Naledi Magomola

Senior Manager, Commercial Legal-Intellectual Property

MTN Nigeria

South Africa

Megan Martin

Head of Intellectual Property

Middle Earth Enterprises LLC

USA

Dr. Bobby Mukherjee

Head of IP

BAE Systems Plc

UK

Marianna Nitsch

Global Chief Legal Officer and Company Secretary

Chanel Limited

UK

Sarah Orchard

Chief Intellectual Property Officer

Unilever P.L.C.

UK

Obianuju Otudor

Manager Commercial Legal Intellectual Property and Technology Law Company Secretary

MTN Group

Nigeria

Welly Tantono

Executive Head for Legal, Compliance & InfoSec

Secretlab

Singapore

Molly Baxi Thakkar

Head of Trademarks & Domain Names

Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson

Sweden

Sarah Vaughan

Senior Patent Attorney

Rolls-Royce

UK

Oliver Watson

Senior IP Counsel

Novartis Pharma AG

Switzerland

António-Serge de Pinho Campinos

President

European Patent Office (EPO)

Germany

Konstantinos Georgaras

Chief Executive Officer

Canadian Intellectual Property Office

Canada

Anna Jardfelt

Director General

Swedish Intellectual Property Office

Sweden

Yuqiang Liu

Second-Class Senior Procurator of the Intellectual Property Prosecution Department

Supreme People’s Procuratorate

China

His Excellency Dr. Abdelrahman Al Muaini

Assistant Undersecretary for the Intellectual Property Sector

Ministry of Economy

UAE

Kanishka Narayan MP

Parliamentary Under‑Secretary of State

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

UK

Elisa Rodriguez Ortiz

Director

Spanish Office of Patents and Trademarks

Spain

Michael Schwager

Director General

IP Australia

Australia

Sune Stampe Sørensen

Director General and CEO

Danish Patent and Trademark Office

Denmark

John A. Squires

Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director

United States Patent and Trademark Office

USA

Daren Tang

Director General

World Intellectual Property Organization

Switzerland

Adam Williams

CEO

UK Intellectual Property Office

UK

Karin Žvokelj

Director

Slovenian Intellectual Property Office

Slovenia