2023 speakers

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2023 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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Kerry Kimes

Senior Business Development Director
Rambus

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Steven Woo

Fellow & Distinguished Inventor
Rambus

INDUSTRY LEADERS

2023 FORUM SPEAKERS

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Ronald Abramson

Partner
Liston Abramson

Vishal Amin
Vishal Amin

Head of IP Policy
Intel

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Jacob Babcock

CEO 
NuCurrent

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Alexandra Brodie

Partner
Gowling WLG

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James Carmichael

Managing Member 
Carmichael IP

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Elvir Causevic

Co-Founder & MD
Tech+IP Capital

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Ian DiBernardo

Partner 
Brown Rudnick

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Chris Dubuc

Founder, President & CEO
Harfang IP

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Michelle Eber

Managing Director
West U Capital

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Noel Egnatios

CEO & Chief Legal Officer
DIVX, LLC

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Charles Eldering

CEO
Case Analysis

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Fred Fabricant

Partner
Fabricant LLP

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Aaron Fahrenkrog

Partner
Robins Kaplan

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Heather Faltin

VP & Senior Deputy GC 
Comcast

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Shantanu Gaur

Founder & CEO 
Allurion

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Steven Geiszler

US Chief IP Counsel
Huawei

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Russell Genet

Director
Longford Capital

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Lorie Goins

Head of IP Strategy
Kyndryl

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Steven Gong

Head of Data Science, PMO, Technology and Operations, Global Patents
Google

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Jason Harrier

Lead Counsel, IP
Plaid

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Danielle "DJ" Healey

Partner 
Spencer Fane

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Scott Hejny

Principal 
McKool Smith

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Clemens Heusch

Global Head of Dispute Resolution
Nokia

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Chris Israel
Senior Partner American Continental Group (ACG)
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Mark Kokes

Chief Licensing Officer & General Manager of Media IP Business
Adeia

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Robert Kramer

Partner
Kramer Alberti Lim & Tonkovich

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Bill LaFontaine

Former General manager, IP & VP Research Business Development
IBM

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Ayanna Lewis-Gruss

VP & Head of North American Litigation and Other Contingent Liability Insurance
Ryan Transactional Risk

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Shui Li

Principal Corporate Counsel, Cloud + AI
Microsoft

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Christopher LiPuma

Director, IP Group
Fortress Investment Group

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Gregory Lundell

Partner
Haley Guiliano

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Roy Maharaj

VP, Global Patent Licensing
Ericsson

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Lionel Martin

Partner
August Debouzy

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Claus Melarti

SVP, Acquisitions
RPX Corporation

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Anup Misra

Director
Curiam Capital

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Nader Mousavi

Partner & Co-Head of IP and Tech Group
Sullivan & Cromwell

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Andrew Mutter

SVP & Co-Leader of Contingent Risk 
CAC Specialty

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Shayne O’Reilly

Director & Associate GC, Head of Strategic Transactions, Licensing and Open Source
Meta

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Changhae Park

SVP & Chief IP Officer
NXP Semiconductors

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Arvin Patel

Chief Licensing Officer, New Segments 
Nokia

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James Perkins

Member 
Cole Schotz PC

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Jarret Prussin

CEO
Business Funding Group

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Michael Renaud

Chair of IP Division
Mintz

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Vincent Rubino

Partner 
Fabricant LLP

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Francis Rushford

Managing Director
Pretium Partners

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Matteo Sabattini

President & Chief Licensing Officer 
Convida

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Jon Scahill

President & CEO
Quest Patent Research Corporation

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Joshua Schmidt

Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary
InterDigital

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Jamie Simpson

Chief Policy Officer & Counsel
C4IP (Council for Innovation Promotion)

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Elizabeth Tabas Carson

PARTNER
SIDLEY AUSTIN

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Gillian Thackray

VP, Deputy GC, IP and Litigation
Thermo Fisher Scientific

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Peter Toto

SVP, IP
Sony Corporation of America

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Emily Tremblay

Partner
Robins Kaplan

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Jonathan Waldrop

Partner & Chair, IP Group
Kasowitz Benson Torres

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Geoffrey White

GC, Chief IP Officer
SilcoTek

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Keith Wilson

EVP, Partnerships and Acquisitions
IPValue

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Katharine Wolanyk

Managing Director
Burford Capital

Kuva Harri
Harri Yli-Kujala

CEO & Founder
MPH Technologies

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