Speakers:

Chairman Wouter Pors, Partner Bird & Bird

Johannes Karcher, Vice Chairman of the Administrative Committee of the Unified Patent Court and Coordinator Legal Affairs

Bas Pinckaers, Head Patent Department, Van Doorne

Sam Granata, Judge, Court of Appeal of Antwerp (Belgium), Judge, Court of Appeal, Antwerp & Judge at the Benelux Court of Justice and and External Legal Member, Enlarged Boards of Appeal EPO

Rian Kalden, Senior Judge, Court of Appeal of The Hague (NL) and Judge at the Benelux Court of Justice

Dr. Peter Tochtermann, Presiding Judge, Regional Court of Mannheim, Patent Chamber (Germany)

Kevin Mooney, Chairman of the Drafting Committee for the Rules of Procedure for the Unified Patent Court and Partner of Simmons & Simmons LLP

Jérôme Debrulle, Chairman of the EP0´s Select Committee dealing with the implementation of the Unitary Patent.

Paul Clarkson, UK Patent Attorney litigator and European Patent Attorney, partner NLO

Bernard Ledeboer, European and Dutch Patent Attorney, Partner V.O. Patents & Trademarks

Carreen Shannon, Head of Litigation, Data and IP, Legal & Compliance Department, ASML

Frank Landolt, Chief Counsel IP and Legal, Confo Therapeutics (biopharmaceutical start-up_Belgium)

Thierry Sueur, former Vice President, European and International Affairs, Air Liquide (France)