Conference Opening: 8.30

9.00 – 9.15      Opening

• Master, St Cross College, University of Oxford

9.15 – 10.00    UPC & UK

• President of the UPC Court of Appeal &
• Chairperson of the Presidium of the UPC
• Court of Appeal of England & Wales

10.00 – 10.45  Counting the Costs of Access to Courts

• Presiding Judge, Munich I Regional Court
• Chief Counsel, IP & Technology Law, Bae Systems   
• Vice President, Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys
• Partner, Withers & Rogers
• Head of IP Policy & Advocacy, Nokia
• Partner, Taylor Wessing

10.45-11.30      Coffee Break

11.30– 12.15   FRAND Royalty Rate Calculations

• Partner, Powell Gilbert
• Managing Director, OxFirst
• Senior Litigation Counsel, HP

12.15– 13.00   Interim Licenses

• Head of Global Litigation & Disputes, Nokia
• Partner, Kirkland & Ellis
• Associate Director, IP Disputes, Osborne Clarke 
• Partner, WilmerHale

13.00-14.00    Lunch

 

14.00-14.45     Licensing as a Balancing Act  

• Partner, Vossius & Partner
• Chief Licensing Officer, Interdigital EVP
• Partner, Paul Hastings
• Senior Legal Counsel, Former Fairphone
• Visiting Professor, University of Oxford

14.45-15.30     The Interplay of Court Decisions and Licensing Negotiations

• Partner, Bristows       
• Principal Licensing Counsel, Philips IP & Standards
• Partner, Law Offices of Kenneth R. Adamo
• Lead IP Litigation Counsel Europe, ZTE
• Principal Associate, Freshfields

15.30– 16.00  Coffee Break

16.00 – 16.45   Blockchain, Quantum & Patents

Deputy Director, AI, Missions, and Technology, UKIPO

• Chief IP Officer, Teranode Association
• VP Legal & IP, Nu Quantum

16.45-17.45     IP & AI

• Partner, Dehns
• European Patent Attorney, Vodafone
• Senior Policy Advisor, Patents Policy, UKIPO
• Deputy Master of the Chancery Division, High Court of England & Wales 
• Partner, Paul Hastings
• Partner, Bristows

17.45- 18.00   Closing Remarks

• Justice, High Court of England & Wales