DAY I - WEDNESDAY 8TH JANUARY, 2020
Registration
Vigyan Bhavan
Inaugural Session
Vigyan Bhavan
Welcome Address -
- Dr. Dhanpat Ram Agarwal, Founding Director, ITAG Business Solutions Ltd., India
Distinguished Guests -
- Prof. Dr. Heinz Goddar Partner Boehmert & Boehmert, Germany
- Mr. Pravin Anand, Managing Partner, Anand and Anand, India
- Mr. Hari Subramaniam, Managing Partner, Subramaniam & Associates, India
- Mr. V. Lakshmikumaran, Founder & Managing Partner, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan attorneys, India
Coffee Break and Networking
Vigyan Bhavan
PLENARY SESSION I - Disruptive Innovation and Rethinking IP
Vigyan Bhavan
Speakers -
- Mr. V. Lakshmikumaran, Founder & Managing Partner, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan attorneys, India
- Dr. Stefan Schohe, Partner, Boehmert & Boehmert, Germany - How the Structure of your R& D Team Fosters Disruptive Processes
- Ms. Anju Khanna, Managing Partner & Head - Patents, Lall & Sethi, India
Lunch Break and Networking
Vigyan Bhavan
PLENARY SESSION II - Idea Generation: IP for service businesses and industry 4.0
Vigyan Bhavan
Speaker-
- Dr. Stephan Wolke, Head of IP & Services, Thyssenkrupp AG, Germany
- Claudia Pappas, Head - Trademark Dept, Thyssenkrupp AG, Germany
- Damodar Vaidya, Executive Partner & Practice Head, Lakshmi Kumaran & Sridharan Attorneys, India
- Mr. Ravi Rajiv Upadhyay, Managing - Legal & Compliance for India Operations of Ameriprise Financial, Inc., Ameriprise Financial, Inc., India
- Dr Stephen Potter, Iprova, Sweden
Coffee Break and Networking
Vigyan Bhavan
PLENARY SESSION III: IP and it’s influencing/supporting of new business models in the digital age
Vigyan Bhavan
Speaker -
- Gregory L. Maurer, Partner, Klarquist Sparkman, LLP, USA
- Ms. Chitra Iyer, Licensing Program leader, Royal Philips, India
- Mr. Vaibhav Khanna, Head of Intellectual Property, Sterlite Technology, India
- Dr. Hemang Shah, IP and Innovation Strategy, Qualcomm, India
Coffee Break and Networking
Vigyan Bhavan
GIPC Awards Ceremony
Vigyan Bhavan
DAY II - THURSDAY 9TH JANUARY, 2020
REGISTRATION
Le Meridien
PLENARY SESSION IV - Patent-Law-Based Concepts for Handling AI-created Inventions
Le Meridien
Speaker -
- Prof. Dr. Heinz Goddar Partner Boehmert & Boehmert, Germany - Patent-Law-Based Concepts for Handling AI-created Inventions
- Mr. Parthasarathy R, Principal Partner & Country Head, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan Attorneys, India
- Mr. Erik van der Vyver, Partner and Patent Attorney, Von Seidels, South Africa
- Prof. Dr. Raj S Davé, President and GUJCOST IPR Chair Professor Davé Law Group, LLC and Gujarat National Law University, India
- Mr. Tarun Khurana, Partner, Khurana And Khurana Advocates, India
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Coffee Break and Networking
Le Meridien
PLENARY SESSION V - How the Structure of your R& D Team Fosters Disruptive Processes
Le Meridien
Moderator -
- Ms. Lynn Lazaro, IP Partner, Kochhar & Co.
Speaker -
- Shankar Venugopal, Vice President, Mahindra & Mahindra, India
- Mr. Sanjay Gupta, Vice President & India Country Manager, NXP Semiconductors, India
Group Photograph Session
Le Meridien
Lunch Break and Networking
Le Meridien
BT I: Patent Prosecution Highway – Collaboration is the key
Le Meridien
Speaker -
- Mr. Jay A. Erstling, Of Counsel, Patterson Thuente IP
- Mr. Carlos A. Parra, Partner, OlarteMoure & Asociados
BT II: Disruptive Innovation - Patent Law and CRISPR-Cas
Le Meridien
Speaker -
- Dr. M. Lakshmikumaran, Director - IPR, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan attorneys, India
- Dr. Ute Kilger, Partner, Boehmert & Boehmert, Germany - Disruptive Innovation - Patent Law and CRISPR-Cas
BT III: Mock Trial
Le Meridien
Speaker -
- Mr. Sanjeev Tiwari, Partner, K & S Partners
- Mr. Abhishek Jan, Partner, K & S Partners
- Mr. Jithin M George, Partner, K & S Partners
- B. Prashant Kumar, Senior Associate, K & S Partners
- Saurabh Anand, Senior Associate-Litigation, K & S Partners
- Prashant Gupta, Partner, K & S Partners
- Mr. Deepak Gogia, Partner, K & S Partners
BT IV: Tax Planning around IP structures
Le Meridien
Speaker -
- Mr. Naveen Gupta, Director, KPMG, India
- Mr. V. Lakshmikumaran, Founder & Managing Partner, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan attorneys, India
Coffee Break and Networking
Le Meridien
BT V: Strategies to Enhance IP Monetization and Asset Management
Le Meridian
Speaker -
- Mr. Vaibhav Dalvi, Senior General Manager (IP Lead), Welspun
- Mr. Mohammed Faisal, L&T Technology Services Limited
- Mr. Vivek Doulatani, Ather Energy
- Ms. Nimisha Agarwal, Associate Scientist, The Dow Chemical Company
BT VI: Pharmaceutical Industry: Overcoming the barriers to building a successful IP business strategy
Le Meridien
Speaker -
- Dr. Markus Engelhard, Partner, Boehmert & Boehmert, Germany - Update on European patent term extensions – the SPC manufacturing waiver
- Mr. Arshad Jamil, Associate Vice President & Head - IPR, Biocon Limited, India
BT VII: Patent Construction and Infringement in the Life Sciences
Le Meridien
Speaker -
- Dr. Carl Richard Haarmann, Partner, Boehmert & Boehmert, Germany - Pharma Litigation in Germany - How to Secure Evidence?
- Mr. Edward Pergament, Partner, Pergament & Cepeda LLP, US
- Dr. Anila Kethe, Scientific Advisor and U.S. Patent Agent (Limited Recognition), Pergament & Cepeda LLP, US
- Ms. Kamaljeet Pannu, Research Scientist, Jubilant Life Sciences Ltd.
BT VIII: Interplay Between Designs, Copyright, and Trade Dress - Overlapping or Coexisting?
Le Meridien
Speakers -
- Mr. Sidharth Das, Senior Partner, Auromaa Associates, India
- Mr. Richard Baddeley, Principal, Watermark, Australia
High Tea & Cocktail
Le Meridien
DAY III - FRIDAY 10TH JANUARY, 2020
PLENARY SESSION III: Digital Technology and IPR Protection for Software
Le Meridien
Coffee Break & Networking Session
Le Meridien
PLENARY SESSION VII - Competition Law and IPR: Mergers & Acquisitions
Le Meridien
Speaker -
- Mr. A. B. M. Hamidul Mishbah, Managing Partner, Old Bailey Chambers, Bangladesh
Lunch in Exhibition Area
Le Meridien
BT IX: AI meets IP: Leveraging Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning to improve IP Discovery and Monitoring
Le Meridien
Moderator -
- Ms. Shobana Iyer, Barrister (Commercial). FCIArb, Swan Chambers (London UK)
Speaker -
- Mr. Rowan Joseph, Patent Litigator, Von Seidels, South Africa
- Ms. Anvita Bajpai, Founder, Sunvai - AI meets IP - use-cases for everyone
BT X: Open source and its impact on Patent Portfolio
Le Meridien
Speaker -
- Mr. Aahit Gaba, Senior Counsel, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, India
BT XI: Biotechnology Patent and Related Issues - Case Studies of Monsanto, PepsiCo.
Le Meridien
Moderator -
- Mr. Shashank Mauria, Independent IP Practitioner, Former Assistant Director General, Indian Council of Agricultural Research
Speaker -
- Dr. M. Lakshmikumaran, Director - IPR, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan attorneys, India
BT XII: I-HIPP
Le Meridien
Speaker -
- Dr. S. K. Murthy, Patent Counsel, Intel, India
Coffee Break and Networking
Le Meridien
BT XIII: Session on IP Data Mining
Le Meridien
Speaker -
- Sameer Kumar Wadappi, Managing Partner, Innokrish consulting services
BT XIV: The Big Promise of Big Data: Perspectives on Possibilities and Risks, Today and Tomorrow
Le Meridien
Speaker -
- Mr. Raghavender G.R., Joint Secretary, Department of Justice, Ministry of Law & Justice, Government of India.
BT XV: Generics to Complex Generics to Super Generics - The Reality and the Way Forward
Le Meridien
Moderator -
- Dr. Shirish A., Shah, Chief Scientific Officer, Development and Regulatory Affairs, EZRA Pharma, LLC, India
BT XVI: Trademark Registrations: How Technology is Changing the Practice?
Le Meridien
Speaker -
- Mr. Aurobinda Panda, Founder & Managing Partner, Lex Protector
Coffee Break and Networking
Le Meridien
Valedictory Session
Le Meridien