2026 Speakers

  • The Honourable Mr Justice Meade

    Keynote Speaker. Justice of the High Court. Judge in Charge of Intellectual Property

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  • Edgar Brinkman

    UPC Judge - The Hague (NL) Local Division

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  • Anna-Lena Klein

    UPC Judge - Milan (IT) Central Division- Section

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  • Oliver Schön

    Presiding judge of the 7th Civil Chamber at Munich Regional Court

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  • Daniel Severinsson

    UPC Judge - Munich (DE) Central Division - Section

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  • Katalin Tözsér

    Judge of the 7th Civil Chamber, Munich Regional Court

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  • Nina Belbl

    Legal Officer, World Intellectual Property Organization – WIPO

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  • Kai Brandt

    Head of Intellectual Property, Patents, Competition Law, Audi AG

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  • Rebecca Brown

    Director of IP for EMEA, Sonos

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  • Benno Buehler

    Vice President, Charles River Associates

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  • Simon Dack

    Expert Committee, Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre of the UPC (PMAC)

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  • Anna-Katharina Friese-Okoro

    Partner, Hogan Lovells Cadwalader

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  • Clemens Heusch

    Vice President, Head of Global Litigation and Disputes, Nokia

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  • Niels Hölder

    Partner, Carpmaels & Ransford

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  • John Kinton

    Chief Legal Officer, Access Advance

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  • Tom Oliver

    Partner, Powell Gilbert

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  • Nils Pirschel

    Head of IP Licensing, Litigation, Merger and Acquisition, Siemens Healthineers

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  • Richard Pinckney

    Partner, Bristows

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  • Andreas von Falck

    Partner, Hogan Lovells Cadwalader

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  • Na Wei

    GM of Corporate Business Development and IP Strategy, Xiaomi

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  • Alex Wilson

    Partner, Powell Gilbert

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  • Aleš Zalar

    Director, PMAC

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