DAY I - WEDNESDAY 8TH JANUARY, 2020
Registration
Vigyan Bhavan (Pre Function Area)
Inaugural Session
Vigyan Bhavan (Plenary Hall)
Welcome Address -
- Dr. Dhanpat Ram Agarwal, Founding Director, ITAG Business Solutions Ltd., India
Chief Guest -
- Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Hon'ble Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Govt. of India
Guest of Honour -
- Dr. R. S. Sodhi, Managing Director, Gujarat Co-Operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd., India
- Mr. Mahendra Kumar Agarwal, CEO GATI Ltd., India
Distinguished Guests -
- Mr. Hari Subramaniam, Managing Partner, Subramaniam & Associates, India
- Dr. Mohan Dewan, Principal, R K Dewan & Co., India
- Mr. Chid Iyer, Partner, Sughrue Mion
- Prof. Dr. Heinz Goddar Partner Boehmert & Boehmert, Germany
- Mr. Pravin Anand, Managing Partner, Anand and Anand, India
- Mr. V. Lakshmikumaran, Founder & Managing Partner, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan Attorneys, India
- Dr. Sourabh Khemani, Director, L. S. Davar & Co., India
- Mr. Hemant Singh, Managing Partner, INTTL Advocare, India
- Dr. S. K. Murthy, Patent Counsel, Intel, India
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Coffee Break and Networking
Vigyan Bhavan
PLENARY SESSION I - Disruptive Innovation and Rethinking IP
Vigyan Bhavan (Plenary Hall)
Speakers -
- Hari Subramaniam, Managing Partner, Subramaniam & Associates, India
- Archana Shanker, Senior Partner, Anand & Anand, India
- 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
- Mr. J. N. L. Anil Kumar, Senior Consultant, LexOrbis, India
Group Photograph Session
Vigyan Bhavan
Lunch Break and Networking
Vigyan Bhavan
PLENARY SESSION II - Idea Generation: IP for service businesses and industry 4.0
Vigyan Bhavan (Plenary Hall)
Moderator-
- Ms. Lynn Lazaro, IP Partner, Kochhar & Co., India
Speakers-
- Mr. Pankaj Soni, Partner, Remfry & Sagar, India
- Mr. Damodar Vaidya, Executive Partner & Practice Head, Lakshmi Kumaran & Sridharan Attorneys, India
- Mr. Ravi Rajiv Upadhyay, Managing - Legal & Compliance for India Operations, Ameriprise Financial, India
- Ms. Nappinai, N S, Advocate, Supreme Court of India, India
- Mr. Anubhav Kapoor, Group Vice President - legal and Group Company Secretary, Cummins India Limited, India
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 (Plenary Hall)
Speakers -
- Mr. Hari Subramaniam, Managing Partner, Subramaniam & Associates, India
- Mr. 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
- Mr. Sumantra Mukherjee, Director - Innovation and IP Advisory, KPMG, India
Coffee Break and Networking
Vigyan Bhavan
GIPC Awards Ceremony
Vigyan Bhavan (Plenary Hall)
Chief Guest -
- Dr. Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairman, Niti Aayog, Government of India
Guest of Honour -
- Dr. R. S. Sodhi, Managing Director, Amul, India
High Tea Networking Session
Pre Function Area
DAY II - THURSDAY 9TH JANUARY, 2020
REGISTRATION
Le Meridien (Pre Function Area)
PLENARY SESSION IV - Patent-Law-Based Concepts for Handling AI-created Inventions
Le Meridien (Sovereign)
Speakers -
- Prof. Dr. Heinz Goddar Partner Boehmert & Boehmert, Germany
- Ms. Aditi Subramaniam, Associate Principal, Subramaniam & Associates India
- Mr. John Cabeca, Director of the Silicon Valley U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, United States Patent and Trademark Office(USPTO), US
- Mr. Parthasarathy R, Principal Partner & Country Head, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan Attorneys, India
- Mr. Tarun Khurana, Partner, Khurana And Khurana Advocates, India
- Mr. Erik van der Vyver, Partner and Patent Attorney, Von Seidels, South Africa
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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 (Sovereign)
Moderator -
- Dr. Shankar Venugopal, Vice President, Mahindra & Mahindra, India
Speaker -
- Dr. Patnala Sri Rama Chandra Murthy, Head IPR, Neuland Laboratories
- Mr Balwant Rawat, Leader of IP and Innnovation Management, Mercedes-Benz R&D India, India
- Mr Munish Sudan, Head IP, Tata Steel
- Mr. Subhrajit Dey, Technology Leader, Shell
- Mr. Surajit Atha, Leader, IP & Tech Intelligence, GE India
- Ms Ashalatha Devarajan, Honeywell
Lunch Break and Networking
Le Meridien
BT I: Patent Prosecution Highway – Collaboration is the key
Le Meridien (Desire)
Speakers -
- Mr. Jay A. Erstling, Of Counsel, Patterson Thuente IP
- Ms. Upasana Patel, Partner, Marks & Clerk Singapore LLP
- Hironobu Hattori, Partner, Nakamura & Partners, Japan
- Prof. Dr. Raj S Davé Davé Law Group, LLC and Gujarat National Law University President and GUJCOST IPR Chair Professor, India
- Mr. Pijush Kanti Dutta Gupta, Head Of Technical Prosecution and Litigation, L.S.Davar & Co., India
BT II: Disruptive Innovation - Patent Law and CRISPR-Cas
Le Meridien (Sovereign II)
Speakers -
- Dr. M. Lakshmikumaran, Director - IPR, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan Attorneys, India
- Dr. Neeti Wilson, Partner-Patent, Anand and Anand, India
- Mr. Diptarka Ray, Attorney-at-law & IP SpecialistL, S DAVAR & CO., India
BT III: Patent Infringement Trial – Do’s and Don’ts
Le Meridien (Sovereign I)
Speakers -
- Mr. Sanjeev Tiwari, Partner, K & S Partners
- Mr. Abhishek Jan, Partner, K & S Partners
- Mr. Jithin M George, Partner, K & S Partners
- Mr. B. Prashant Kumar, Senior Associate, K & S Partners
- Mr. Saurabh Anand, Senior Associate-Litigation, K & S Partners
- Mr. Prashant Gupta, Partner, K & S Partners
- Mr. Deepak Gogia, Partner, K & S Partners
BT IV: Tax Planning around IP structures
Le Meridien (Inspire)
Speakers -
- Mr. V. Lakshmikumaran, Founder & Managing Partner, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan attorneys, India
- Mr. Naveen Gupta, Director, KPMG, India
- Mr. CR Jacob, LexOrbis
- Mr. K. R. Pradeep, Partner, Singh & Singh Law, India
Coffee Break and Networking
Le Meridien
BT V: Strategies to Enhance IP Monetization and Asset Management
Le Meridian (Sovereign I)
Speakers -
- Mr. Vaibhav Dalvi, Senior General Manager (IP Lead), Welspun
- Mr. Mohammed Faisal, L&T Technology Services Limited
- Dr. C. K. Sehgal, Managing Partner, Sehgal IPR Services
- Mr. Vaibhav Henry, Executive Vice President - HiTech, Sagacious Research
- Dr. Hanumanthu Purushotham, Chairman & Managing Director, National Research Development Corporation (NRDC)
BT VI: Pharmaceutical Industry: Overcoming the barriers to building a successful IP business strategy
Le Meridien (Sovereign II)
Speakers -
- Mr. Arshad Jamil, Associate Vice President & Head - IPR, Biocon Limited, India
- Dr. Markus Engelhard, Partner, Boehmert & Boehmert, Germany - Update on European patent term extensions – the SPC manufacturing waiver
- Mr. Oliver Ladendorf, German and European Patent Attorney, Partner, Kraus & Weisert Patent Attorneys, Germany
- Dr. Indira Banerjee, L.S.Davar & Co
BT VII: Patent Construction and Infringement in the Life Sciences
Le Meridien (Desire)
Speakers -
- Speaker from Subramaniam & Associates
- Dr. Carl Richard Haarmann, Partner, Boehmert & Boehmert, Germany - Pharma Litigation in Germany - How to Secure Evidence?
- Hemant Singh, Founder and Managing Partner, INTTL Advocare
- Mr. Edward Pergament, Partner, Pergament & Cepeda LLP, US
- Dr. Anila Kethe, Scientific Advisor and U.S. Patent Agent (Limited Recognition), Pergament & Cepeda LLP, US
- Mr. George J. Barry III, Partner, Kratz & Barry, USA
BT VIII: Interplay Between Designs, Copyright, and Trade Dress - Overlapping or Coexisting?
Le Meridien (Inspire)
Speakers -
- Mr. Sidharth Das, Senior Partner, Auromaa Associates, India
- Mr. Richard Baddeley, Principal, Watermark, Australia
- Ms. Vaishali Mittal, Partner, Anand and Anand, India
- Mr. Siddharth Mathur, Designated Partner, Lex Protector, India
- Mr. Kajal Sinha, L.S.Davar & Co
- Ms. Kavita M. Nigam, Partner, Krishna & Saurastri Associates LLP, India
High Tea & Cocktail
Le Meridien
DAY III - FRIDAY 10TH JANUARY, 2020
PLENARY SESSION VI: Digital Innovations in India- Prohibited in Law and Granted in Spirit?
Le Meridien (Sovereign)
Moderator -
- Dr. Mohan Dewan, Principal, R K Dewan & Co.
Speakers -
- Ashima Katara, Patent Manager, Hindustan Unilever Limited
- Vandana Prabhu, IP Counsel, Siemens Technology & Services Pvt. Ltd.
- Rajiv Gupta, Reliance Industries
Coffee Break & Networking Session
Le Meridien
PLENARY SESSION VII - Competition Law and IPR: Mergers & Acquisitions
Le Meridien (Sovereign)
Moderator -
- Dr. Venkat Donthi Reddy, Partner, RVR Associates
Speakers -
- Mr. André Frieden, Chief IP Counsel / Associate General Counsel, Wipro, India
- Mr. Abhai Pandey, Partner, Lex Orbis, India
- Mr. Munish Sudan, Head -IP, Tata Steel
- Ms. Anku Khanna, The Attorneys, Corporate Law Consultants
Quiz on Copyright
Sovereign
by Ajay Mehrotra - Rohan Consultancy
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 (Sovereign I)
Moderator -
- Ms. Shobana Iyer, Barrister (Commercial). FCIArb, Swan Chambers (London UK)
Speakers -
- Mr. Rowan Joseph, Patent Litigator, Von Seidels, South Africa
- Ms. Anvita Bajpai, Founder, Sunvai - AI meets IP - use-cases for everyone
- Mr. Rajiv Bhatnagar, Director - Technical, Anand and Anand, India
BT X: Anti-counterfeiting and Brand Protection
Le Meridien (Sovereign II)
Speakers -
- Mr. Tejveer Bhatia, Singh & Singh, India
- Mr. Amit Bhasin, General Manager – Legal and Corporate Secretarial, Hindustan Unilever Limited, India
BT XI: Biotechnology Patent and Related Issues - Case Studies of Monsanto, PepsiCo.
Le Meridien (Desire)
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
- Ms. Bitika sharma, Partner, Singh & Singh, India
- Dr. Ramani V. Marakani, Associate Partner, Lexorbis, India
- Dr. Kumkum Jain, Sr. Patent Analyst Ph.D (Chemistry), SS Rana & Co, India
BT XII: Open source and its impact on Patent Portfolio
Le Meridien (Inspire)
Moderator -
- Mr. Biju K. Nair, Licensing Lead India, Open Invention Network, India
Speakers -
- Mr. Preston Richard, European Patent Attorney, Boehmert & Boehmert
- Mr. Aahit Gaba, Senior Counsel, Hewlett Packard, India
- Mr. Saurabh Vaid, Patent Attorney & IP Specialist, L.S.Davar & Co., India
- Mr. Kapil Chaudhary, Corporate Counsel, India and SAARC, Auto Desk, India
Coffee Break and Networking
Le Meridien
BT XIII: Session on IP Data Mining
Le Meridien (Sovereign I)
Speakers -
- Sameer Kumar Wadappi, Managing Partner, Innokrish consulting services
- Balwant Rawat, Leader of IP and Innnovation Management, Daimler
- Mr Ram Mohan Sitaraman, Principal Engineer - IP Head, Mahindra & Mahindra
- Mr. Sumit Dhingra, Manager - Patents, Hewlett-Packard, India
- Mr. Subodh Thali, Vice President – IP, Search & Analytics, CPA Global, India
BT XIV: The Big Promise of Big Data: Perspectives on Possibilities and Risks, Today and Tomorrow
Le Meridien (Sovereign II)
Speakers -
- Mr. Raghavender G.R., Joint Secretary, Department of Justice, Ministry of Law & Justice, Government of India
- Mr. Dhruv Anand, Partner, Anand and Anand, India
- Mr. Satyajit Gupta, Vice President - Legal, Star TV India
- Mr. André Frieden, Chief IP Counsel / Associate General Counsel, Wipro, India
BT XV: Generics to Complex Generics to Super Generics - The Reality and the Way Forward
Le Meridien (Desire)
Moderator -
- Dr. Shirish A., Shah, Chief Scientific Officer, Development and Regulatory Affairs, EZRA Pharma, LLC, India
Speaker -
- Mr. Timothy H. Kratz Partner Kratz & Barry Atlanta
- Ms. Kamaljeet Pannu, Research Scientist, Jubilant Life Sciences Ltd, India
- Abhijeet Gandhi - STEERLife India Pvt. Ltd
BT XVI: I-HIPP
Le Meridien (Inspire)
Speakers -
- Dr. S. K. Murthy, Patent Counsel, Intel, India
Coffee Break and Networking
Le Meridien
Valedictory Session
Le Meridien (Sovereign)
High Tea & Cocktail
Le Meridien