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2018 LES Annual Meeting Attendee List – Final

October 14-17, 2018 | Boston, MA

Dennis Abbott Director of Global Business Development Cook Biotech Incorporated West Lafayette, Indiana United States

Muna Abu-Shaar Principal Biospark Intellectual Property Law Cambridge, Massachusetts United States

Meredith Addy Partner AddyLaw Sandy Springs, Georgia United States

Patty Ahern Account Executive LexisNexis IP Horsham, Pennsylvania United States

David Ai Chief Innovation Officer / Director, Innovation & Commercialization University of Hawaii System Honolulu, Hawaii United States

Hesham Alarifi Head of Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer KACARE Riyadh, Riyadh Saudi Arabia

Robert Alderson Partner-Head of International Business Development Jacobacci & Partners S.p.A. Torino, Torino Italy

Joseph Allen President Alle and Associates Bethesda, Ohio United States

Cynthia Allen Certification Manager Certified Licensing Professionals Charlotte, North Carolina United States

Raquel Alvarez Assistant General Counsel Pfizer Inc. Cambridge, Massachusetts United States

Suresh Annavarapu Associate Director for Business Development, TTIC Tufts University Boston, Massachusetts United States

Weston Anson Chairman CONSOR Intellectual Asset Management La Jolla, California United States

Michael Arciero Director USC Stevens Center for Innovation Los Angeles, California United States

Benjamin Armitage Shareholder Billion & Armitage Minneapolis, Minnesota United States

Clay Arnett Grant + Contract Officer Arizona State University Scottsdale, Arizona United States

Gordon Arnold Managing Partner Arnold & Saunders, LLP Houston, Texas United States

Kevin Arst Managing Director 284 Partners, LLC Ann Arbor, Michigan United States

Suba Asokan Director of IP Licensing Baker Hughes, A GE Company Cypress, Texas United States

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Monty Austin Director, NA Patents and Patent Engineering IBM Research Triangle Park, North Carolina United States

Nick Baciu Valuation Director Ocean Tomo San Francisco, California United States

Robert Bagdorf Vice President, Worldwide Business Development Pfizer Groton, Connecticut United States

Joel Bagnal President & COO Vericlave Dallas, Texas United States

Greg Baker Director, Technology Commercialization Children's National Medical Center Washington, District of Columbia United States

Robert Ballow Managing Director KPMG LLP Santa Clara, California United States

Julia Barnes-Weise Professor, Executive Director Global Healthcare Innovation Alliance Accelerators Research Triangle Park, North Carolina United States

Karl Barnfather Chairman Withers & Rogers LLP London, London United Kingdom

Ana Barreto General Manager Clarke, Modet & Co - PerÃº Lima, Lima Peru

Jeffrey Bartholomew Shareholder Robinson Waters & O'Dorisio, P.C. Denver, Colorado United States

Rene Baston Executive Director Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub New York, New York United States

Seema Basu Market Sector Leader Partners HealthCare Innovation Cambridge, Massachusetts United States

Steven Bauer Chair, IP Practice Proskauer Boston, Massachusetts United States

Allen Baum Shareholder Brinks Gilson & Lione Cary, North Carolina United States

Tejdeep Bawa Director, Business Development Poxel SA Burlington, Massachusetts United States

Christopher Baxter Associate Pierce Atwood LLP Portsmouth, New Hampshire United States

Brian Beachkofski Managing Director Third Sector Capital Partners, Inc Boston, Massachusetts United States



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Deborah Ben-Canaan Partner Major, Lindsey & Africa Washington, District of Columbia United States

Kate Berezutskaya Partner, Attorney at Law Greer Burns & Crain Chicago, Illinois United States

Vincent Bergeron Partner, Lawyer and Trademark Agent ROBIC, L.L.P. Quebec, Quebec Canada

Michael Berglund Senior Director Corporate Business Development Eli Lilly Indianapolis, Indiana United States

Bruce Berman Chairman Center for IP Understanding New York, New York United States

Seth Berman Partner Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP Boston, Massachusetts United States

Bruce Bernstein Co-Managing Partner Greenblum & Bernstein, PLC Reston, Virginia United States

Brent Bersin Senior Managing Director FTI Consulting, Inc. Houston, Texas United States

Laura Berton Partner Fieldfisher (Silicon Valley) LLP Palo Alto, California United States

Peter Blasi CAS Columbus, Ohio United States

Jeffrey Bockman Senior Vice President Defined Health Florham Park, New Jersey United States

Michael Bodnar Director Comcast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States

Kevin Boggs Director Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Wisconsin United States

Philippe Boivin Vice-President, Corporate Affairs National Optics Institute Quebec, Quebec Canada

Mihaela Bojin Senior Licensing Associate University of Iowa Research Foundation Iowa City, Iowa United States

Benjamin Bonifant Triangle Insights Group Raleigh, North Carolina United States

Marc Booth Chief IP Officer Acacia Research Group LLC Newport Beach, California United States

Daniel Bork CTO IPwe, Inc East Kingston, New Hampshire United States



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S. James Boumil III Patent Attorney Proskauer Rose LLP Boston, Massachusetts United States

Bryony Bouyer SVP Consumer Products Marketing Operations Hasbro, Inc. Pawtucket, Rhode Island United States

Robert Bramson Partner Bramson & Pressman Conshohocken, Pennsylvania United States

James Bratton, CLP CEO InnovateIP Norman, Oklahoma United States

John Brenner Vice President Rheonix, Inc. Ithaca, New York United States

Benjamin Brown Assistant General Counsel Analog Devices, Inc. Norwood, Massachusetts United States

Dave Brown Licensing Professional Brigham Young University Provo, Utah United States

Scott Brown Chief Administrative Office and General Counsel Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Inc. Cambridge, Massachusetts United States

Stuart Broyles Strategic Intellectual Property Leader WL Gore & Associates, Inc. Flagstaff, Arizona United States

Darya Bubman Licensing Officer UCSF Mountain View, California United States

Roman Buhler Director Madison Coalition McLean, Virginia United States

Carolyn Buller Invention Development and Callaborations Specialist National Institutes of Health (NIH) Bethesda, Maryland United States

Linda Burger Technology Transfer Agent National Security Agency Ft. Meade, Maryland United States

Anne Burkhart Senior Patent Coordinator University of Illinois at Chicago - Office of Technology Management Chicago, Illinois United States

Paul Burns Partner Procopio Scottsdale, Arizona United States

Melissa Buss Intellectual Property Counsel 3M Company St. Paul, Minnesota United States

Robert Cameron Senior Counsel Wells Fargo & Company Legal Dept. Charlotte, North Carolina United States

Gregory Campanella Managing Director Ocean Tomo LLC San Francisco, California United States



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Ann Cannoni Director and Vice President The Webb Law Firm Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania United States

Francesca Cardillo Associate Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP Chicago, Illinois United States

John Carney Managing Director China IP Exchange, LLC Birmingham, Michigan United States

Eric Castlen Associate Director, Technology Licensing University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky United States

Hector Chagoya Cortes Patents & Technology Director, Partner Becerril, Coca & Becerril, S.C. Mexico City, Mexico City Mexico

Simon Chalkley Wiggin LLP London, London United Kingdom

Albert Chan Attorney at Law Law Offices of Albert Wai-Kit Chan, PLLC Whitestone, New York United States

Yu-An Chang Counsel Hogan Lovells International LLP Shanghai, Shanghai China

Linda Chao Senior Associate Stanford University Palo Alto, California United States

Julia Chapman Director, Alliance Management Precision Biosciences Durham, North Carolina United States

Ray Charig Partner Potter Clarkson LLP Nottingham, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom

Faith Charles Partner Thompson Hine LLP New York, New York United States

Mitchell Charness Partner Ridout & Maybee LLP Ottawa, Ontario Canada

Liliana Chaveznava PANAMERICANA DE PATENTES Y MARCAS, S.C. Alvaro Obregon, Ciudad De Mexico Mexico

Liren Chen SVP, Engineering & Lgl Counsel Qualcomm San Diego, California United States

Xian Juan Chen Technology Transfer Officer City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Ins Shenzhen, Guangdong China

Lee Cheng Attorney at Law, Managing Counsel- West Coast The Webb Law Firm Santa Ana, California United States

May Cheng Partner Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Toronto, Ontario Canada



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Kimberly Chotkowski Chief Executive Officer Licensing Executives Society (U.S.A. and Canada) West Chester, Pennsylvania United States

Jennifer Chou Licensing Manager Boston Children's Hospital Boston, Massachusetts United States

Ashok Choudhury Senior Licensing Officer Vanderbilt University, Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization Nashville, Tennessee United States

Peter Chrocziel Attorney at Law BARDEHLE PAGENBERG Partnerschaft MbB Munich, Bavaria Germany

David Clark Potter Clarkson LLP Nottingham, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom

Marck-Arthur Clerveau Innovation Manager MedStar Institute for Innovation Washington, District of Columbia United States

Chris Coburn Chief Innovation Officer Partners Healthcare Cambridge, Massachusetts United States

Justin Colannino Attorney Microsoft Corporation Cambridge, Massachusetts United States

Michael Collins Shareholder Billion & Armitage, P.A. Minneapolis, Minnesota United States

Beth Connolly Senior Licensing Manager Broad Institute Cambridge, Massachusetts United States

Jennifer Cook Associate Director WiSys Technology Foundation Madison, Wisconsin United States

Walter Copan Director National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) Gaithersburg, Maryland United States

Robin Corwin Principal IP Program Manager Rockwell Collins Cedar Rapids, Iowa United States

John Cosmopoulos Senior Associate Director, Technology Transfer Tufts University Boston, Massachusetts United States

William Cottrell Licensing Manager Raytheon Company Tewksbury, Massachusetts United States

Pamela Cox Partner Marshall Gerstein & Borun LLP Chicago, Illinois United States

Travis Coy Vice President, Corporate Business Development Eli Lilly and Company Indianapolis, Indiana United States



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Shaun Creighton Partner Moulis Legal Campbell, ACT Australia

Michael Crichton Partner Gowling WLG Ottawa, Ontario Canada

Richard Croley Assistant Director University of Florida Gainesville, Florida United States

Ted Curtin Chief Marketing Officer LMCA - ProdigyWorks New York, New York United States

Adrian Cyhan Partner Dinsmore & Shohl LLP San Diego, California United States

Michael Daley President & CEO OrthogenRx, Inc Doylestown, Pennsylvania United States

Michael Damiani Lawyer Borden Ladner Gervais Vancouver, British Columbia Canada

Joseph Daniele Chief Operating Officer Acorn Technologies, Inc. La Jolla, California United States

Michael Dansky Senior Vice President Nathan Associates Inc Boston, Massachusetts United States

Daniel Dardani Technology Licensing Office MIT TLO Cambridge, Massachusetts United States

Debarshi Das Vice-President and IP Counsel Xinova Washington, District of Columbia United States

John Davis Partner Wood Herron & Evans Cincinnati, Ohio United States

Ryan Davis Technology Transfer Specialist U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Washington, District of Columbia United States

Kyle Dawley Principal CliftonLarsonAllen LLP Minneapolis, Minnesota United States

Edwin De Angel CEO Invention Matters Austin, Texas United States

Ben DeGreen Licensing Manager Kimberly-Clark Corporation Roswell, Georgia United States

Anthony Del Campo President Strategic Clarity Consulting, LLC Clifton, New Jersey United States

Patricio Delgado VP FRAND and New Intiatives Ericsson Inc. Plano, Texas United States

John Dellapa Partner Mintz Boston, Massachusetts United States



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Pamela Demain President Pamela R. Demain Consulting LLC Madison, New Jersey United States

Wendy Demoracski Associate Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds Concord, Massachusetts United States

John DeYoung Vice President Pfizer Inc New York, New York United States

Ian DiBernardo Co-Chair, Intellectual Property and Technology Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP New York, New York United States

Paul DiGiammarino Co-Founder InventionShare Ottawa, Ontario Canada

Mahesh Dodani Cognitive, IoT and Blockchain Technical Evangelist IBM Raleigh, North Carolina United States

Tiefei Dong Assistant Director University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan United States

T. Christopher Donnelly Partner Donnelly, Conroy & Gelhaar, LLP Boston, Massachusetts United States

Don Drinkwater Director of Licensing BOSE Corporation Framingham, Massachusetts United States

Rimma Driscoll VP Business Development and Commercial Alliances Zoetis Parsippany, New Jersey United States

Vladimir Drozdoff Chief Patent Counsel Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor, New York United States

John Dubiansky Attorney Advisor Federal Trade Commission Washington, District of Columbia United States

Stacey Dunn Patent Lawyer Brion Raffoul Ottawa, Ontario Canada

Jennifer Dyer Executive Director The University of Southern California, USC Stevens Center for Innovation Los Angeles, California United States

Paul Ebert President Ebert Wolfe & Co. Carlsbad, California United States

John Eborall Commercial Director IAM London, London United Kingdom

Cory Efird Project Coordinator/Technology Transfer Specialist NASA Huntsville, Alabama United States

Chandra Eidt Attorney Seed IP Law Group PLLC Seattle, Washington United States



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Aaric Eisenstein VP Licensing Strategy Personalized Media Communications Sugar Land, Texas United States

Ingrid Eklund PRV Stockholm, Stockholm Sweden

Evan Elder Licensing Associate Office of Technology Licensing, Stanford University Palo Alto, California United States

Bill Elkington Senior Director, Intellectual Property Management Rockwell Collins, Inc. Cedar Rapids, Iowa United States

Douglas Elliott CEO D. Elliott & Associates Chesterfield, Missouri United States

Janis Elsner Director Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tennessee United States

Laura Enflo Patent Examiner, Key Account Manager PRV Stockholm, Stockholm Sweden

Ross Epstein Partner CKR Law LLP San Diego, California United States

Gary Fedorochko Partner Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Washington, District of Columbia United States

Gillian Fenton Senior Counsel, Vaccines Legal Operations GSK Vaccines Rockville, Maryland United States

Steven Ferguson Special Advisor NIH Office of Technology Transfer Rockville, Maryland United States

Pelayo Fernandez Research Analyst/Project Manager SAF/CDMA Tampa, Florida United States

Robert Feutlinske Partner Kirby IP Canada Ottawa, Ontario Canada

William (Skip) Fisher Partner DLA Piper UK LLP Shanghai, Shanghai China

Leanne Fitzgerald Vice President, Associate General Counsel Nuance Communications Boston, Massachusetts United States

Melissa Flagg Lead ARL Northeast Cambridge, Massachusetts United States

Andrew Floam Partner Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC Gaithersburg, Maryland United States

Michael Fluhler Partner - Patent Attorney Fishman Stewart PLLC Bloomfield Hills, Michigan United States



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Kerry Flynn VP, Chief IP Counsel Vertex Pharmaceuticals Boston, Massachusetts United States

Kathryn Foley Associate Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC Burlington, Vermont United States

Craig Forney Commercialization Manager Iowa State University Ames, Iowa United States

Alistair Forster Lawyer & Partner Merizzi Ramsbottom & Forster Victoria, British Columbia Canada

Greg Fralish Director, Business Development Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, Ltd. Cambridge, Massachusetts United States

Kelli Francuzenko Principal Kelli Watson Francuzenko PLLC Reston, Virginia United States

Brandy Freitas Senior Data Scientist Pitney Bowes Cambridge, Massachusetts United States

Philip Fries VP & Legal Counsel QUALCOMM Incorporated San Diego, California United States

Paul Gagnon Legal Counsel Element AI Montreal, Quebec Canada

Jennifer Gallagher Account Executive LexisNexis IP Horsham, Pennsylvania United States

Thomas Gallant Regional Director, Americas TechInsights Ottawa, Ontario Canada

Glen Gardner President - Recruiter - Tech Transfer Vortechs Group Galena, Ohio United States

John Gaudet Technology Licensing Specialist USDA-ARS Office of Technology Transfer Beltsville, Maryland United States

Lalit Gaur Global Head Business Development and Licensing Vetoquinol Fort Worth, Texas United States

Annie Gauthier Partner - Lawyer BCF LLP Montreal, Quebec Canada

Frank Gerratana Principal Fish & Richardson P.C. Boston, Massachusetts United States

Mohamed Aslam Ghouse Consultant LexOrbis New Delhi, Delhi India

W. Robert Gibson Vice President & Director Southern Aerospace CO LLC Albuquerque, New Mexico United States



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Elizabeth Gildea Licensing Director GE Healthcare Marlborough, Massachusetts United States

Paul Gill Director AT&T Intellectual Property Atlanta, Georgia United States

Fessenden Giovanna Of Counsel Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds Concord, Massachusetts United States

Jason Gish Partner TLG Law LLC Waltham, Massachusetts United States

Bob Glass Informed Analyst Asia IP Hong Kong, Hong Kong China

Sian Godwin Head of Licensing GE Healthcare Marlborough, Massachusetts United States

Boon Kiat Goh IPI Singapore Singapore, Singapore Singapore

Phil Goldbach IP Manager MaRS Innovation Toronto, Ontario Canada

Susan Goldsmith Partner McCarter & English, LLP East Brunswick, New Jersey United States

Huimin Gong Licensing Exective Delphi Technologies, Inc., Delphi Corporation Shanghai, China China

Jon Gortat Assistant Director University of Illinois at Chicago - Office of Technology Management Chicago, Illinois United States

Daniel Goytia President Daniel Goytia and Associates Glen Ellyn, Illinois United States

Daniel Goytia President Daniel Goytia and Associates Glen Ellyn, Illinois United States

Reed Grabowski Defense Threat Reduction Agency Ft. Belvoir, Virginia United States

Douglas Graham CEO IDDEX Corp East Haven, Connecticut United States

Aris Gregorian Attorney SLW IP San Jose, California United States

Boris Grinberg Director Ankura Consulting Group New York, New York United States

Michael Gulliford Managing Principal Soryn IP Group New York, New York United States



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Michele Gunness Senior Technology Development Manager Oregon Health & Science University Portland, Oregon United States

Young Wook Ha Senior Managing Partner HA & HA Seoul, South Korea

Jonathon Hance Partner Bracewell LLP Houston, Texas United States

Thomas Hankinson Attorney Keating, Muething & Klekamp PLL Cincinnati, Ohio United States

Cindy Hanna Head of Intellectual Property GreenLight Biosciences Medford, Massachusetts United States

Joseph Hanrahan Managing Partner Daedaluls IP LLC Saint Paul, Minnesota United States

Michael Hansen Senior Director Innovations Cleveland Clinic Innovations Cleveland, Ohio United States

Michael Hardgrove Partner DLAPiper Boston, Massachusetts United States

Lee Harrington Partner Nixon Peabody LLP Boston, Massachusetts United States

Peter Harter Founder The Farrington Group Healdsburg, California United States

Phil Hartstein CEO Finjan Holdings East Palo Alto, California United States

Peter Hauser COO & GC Westpike Development, LLC Greenwich, Connecticut United States

Danielle Healey Senior Principal Fish & Richardson PC Houston, Texas United States

Robert Held President Held Intellectual Property, LLC Cooksville, Maryland United States

Karen Henckel Partner Seed IP Law Group Seattle, Washington United States

Benjamin Henry Technology Transfer Department of Veterans Affairs Washington, District of Columbia United States

David Herman Partner Haug Partners LLP New York, New York United States

Nancy Hermanson Senior Licensing Manager Kimberly-Clark Corporation Neenah, Wisconsin United States



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Orin Herskowitz SVP of IP and Tech Transfer Columbia Technology Ventures New York, New York United States

Katie Hewitt Sr. Director, Corporate Business Development Eli Lilly and Company Indianapolis, Indiana United States

Fusako Higashide Alliance Manager, R&D Center Americas Sysmex Corporation Mundelein, Illinois United States

Amy Hiltabidel Licensing Manager NASA Cleveland, Ohio United States

Stewart Hirsch Managing Director Strategic Relationships LLC Sharon, Massachusetts United States

Steven Hoffberg Of Counsel Tully Rinckey PLLC West Harrison, New York United States

Benjamin Hoffman Senior Manager, Oncology Transactions Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of J&J Titusville, New Jersey United States

James Holcombe Offset/Industrial Participation Manager Rockwell Collins, Inc. Cedar Rapids, Iowa United States

Karin Hollerbach Research & Development Presque Oakland, California United States

Gary Hom Director Merck & Co., Inc. Kenilworth, New Jersey United States

Lavonne Hopkins Senior Counsel, Technology Transactions Johnson & Johnson New Brunswick, New Jersey United States

Thomas Horgan Senior Director, Licensing Digimarc Corporation Beaverton, Oregon United States

Mark Hower Vice President, Americas IFI CLAIMS Patent Services New Haven, Connecticut United States

Alexandra Howley Program Manager AAUW Somerville, Massachusetts United States

John Hudson Director - Tech+IP Advisory Group Ankura Consulting Atlanta, Georgia United States

Alejandra Ibarra PANAMERICANA DE PATENTES Y MARCAS, S.C. Alvaro Obregon, Ciudad De Mexico Mexico

Kazuhiro Ikegai Associate Director, Business Development Astellas Innovation Management LLC Cambridge, Massachusetts United States

Greg Ikonen Principal Faber Daeufer & Itrato PC Oakland, California United States



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Karin Immergluck Executive Director, Office of Technology Licensing Stanford University Palo Alto, California United States

Lauren Ingebritson Attorney Dinsmore & Shohl LLP Cincinnati, Ohio United States

Kamal Jethwani Senior Director Partners Connected Health Innovation Boston, Massachusetts United States

Qinxian Jin Dean Office of Technology Transfer, Tsinghua University Beijing, Beijing China

Donna Johns In-house Counsel Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc. Ames, Iowa United States

Alan Johnson Partner Bristows LLP London, London United Kingdom

Graham Johnson Appleyard Lees Manchester, Manchester United Kingdom

Madeline Johnston Senior Counsel, Intellectual Property SABIC Houston, Texas United States

Daniel Jones Equity Partner Michael Best & Friedrich Milwaukee, Wisconsin United States

Natasha Jones Commercialization Manager University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky United States

Paul Jones Principal Jones & Co. Toronto, Ontario Canada

Mark Juetten Associate Commercialization Manager Iowa State University Ames, Iowa United States

Robert Jung Director, Intellectual Property & Licensing Sion Power Corporation Tucson, Arizona United States

Mohan Kabadi Managing Member Therabiome, LLC Marlboro, New Jersey United States

Stephen Kabakoff Partner Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner LLP Atlanta, Georgia United States

D. Brian Kacedon Partner Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP Washington, District of Columbia United States

Krishna Kadiyala Senior Director, Commercial Strategy Spectrum Westlake Village, California United States



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Chakshu Kalra Director GreyB Services PTE Limited Singapore, Singapore Singapore

Bob Kanuga Merck Whitehouse Station, New Jersey United States

Mark Kassel Partner Foley & Lardner LLP Madison, Wisconsin United States

Efrat Kasznik President Foresight Valuation Group LLC Palo Alto, California United States

Ilya Kats Sr. Manager Global Licensing ASM International, N.V. Phoenix, Arizona United States

Mark Kaufmann Chief Financial Officer Ardelyx, Inc. Fremont, California United States

Rajnish Kaushik Assistant Director Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC), UMass Lowell Lowell, Massachusetts United States

Eric Kaviar Attorney Burns & Levinson LLP Boston, Massachusetts United States

Gary Keller CEO Xomix, Ltd. Chicago, Illinois United States

Kevin Kercher Partner Thompson Coburn LLP St. Louis, Missouri United States

Muhammad Talal Khan Senior Associate United Trademark & Patent Services Dubai, Dubai UAE

Lam Khin Yong Executive Director IPI Singapore, Singapore Singapore

Jane Kiernan Chicago, Illinois United States

Jeanne King Technology Manager NASA Glenn Research Center/ATS JV, LLC Cleveland, Ohio United States

Timothy Kinn Intellectual Property and Licensing Associate ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company Spring, Texas United States

Scott Klapman Technology Development Management Associate Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, Illinois United States

Julia Klaren Intellectual Property Manager Rockwell Collins, Inc. Cedar Rapids, Iowa United States

Bruce Kline Senior Manager Licensing Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota United States

Sumiko Kobayashi Partner Abe, Ikubo & Katayama Law Firm Tokyo, Japan



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Narmin Koenig Pr Primary Contract Manager Rockwell Collins, Inc. Cedar Rapids, Iowa United States

Tham Kok Leong Partner Allen & Gledhill LLP Singapore, Singapore Singapore

Panagiota Koutsogiannis Partner ROBIC, LLP Montreal, Quebec Canada

Rachel Kreppel Senior Assistant General Counsel Purdue Pharma, L.P. Stamford, Connecticut United States

Todd Krieger Director of International Transactions and Senior Counsel InterSystems Corporation Cambridge, Massachusetts United States

Kannan Krishnaswami Commercialization Manager Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Richland, Washington United States

Thomas Kroener Senior License Manager Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Karlsruhe, BaWue Germany

Steven Kuemmerle Special Advisor, Innovation and Industry Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine Science North Chicago, Illinois United States

Angela Kujak Director of Contracts UCLA Technology Development Group Los Angeles, California United States

Bradford Kullberg Senior Vice President Nathan Associates, Inc. Boston, Massachusetts United States

Ann Ladd Attorney Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. Minneapolis, Minnesota United States

Oliver Laing Potter Clarkson LLP Nottingham, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom

Peter Lando Partner Lando & Anastasi, LLP Cambridge, Massachusetts United States

Jordan Larsen Technology Transfer Specialist NASA Technology Transfer Office Huntsville, Alabama United States

Michael Lasinski Managing Director & CEO 284 Partners, LLC Ann Arbor, Michigan United States

Ron Laurie Chairman InventionShare Palo Alto, California United States

Teresa Lavoie Principal Fish & Richardson P.C. Minneapolis, Minnesota United States

Suzanne Lebold Vice President, BD & Acquisitions, Immunology AbbVie North Chicago, Illinois United States



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Manoja Lecamwasam Executive Director Dignity Health Phoenix, Arizona United States

Alex Lee Managing Partner Xanadu Big Data, LLC Lexington, Massachusetts United States

Dustin Lee Patent Attorney University of Maryland, Baltimore Baltimore, Maryland United States

Eric Lee Senior Attorney - Editor Thomson Reuters Corporation New York, New York United States

Meredith Lee Executive Director West Big Data Innovation Hub / UC Berkeley Berkeley, California United States

Tomson Lee Senior Technology Transfer Officer City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, FoTan Hong Kong

Ya Ling Lee Technology Manager IPI Singapore Singapore, Singapore Singapore

Leon Legleiter Partner Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P.A. Morrisville, North Carolina United States

Han-Fang Lei Patent Manager TuSimple San Diego, California United States

Boyd Lemna Licensing Personalized Media Communications Sugar Land, Texas United States

Michael Lenahan Director KPMG LLP Atlanta, Georgia United States

Juliana Leung Director, Strategic Alliances Broad Institute Cambridge, Massachusetts United States

Lizabeth (Liz) Leveille Head, Boston Innovation Hub, BD&L Merck Research Laboratories Cambridge, Massachusetts United States

Louise Levien LES Board of Directors Louise Levien Consulting Houston, Texas United States

Simona Levi-Minzi General Counsel Cell Signaling Technology Danvers, Massachusetts United States

Russell Levine Partner Kirkland & Ellis LLP Chicago, Illinois United States

Justin Lewis Managing Director Ocean Tomo San Francisco, California United States

Van Lindberg Member Dykema Gossett PLLC San Antonio, Texas United States



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Sam Liss Executive Director, Strategic Partnerships Harvard University Office of Tech Development Cambridge, Massachusetts United States

Ling Loerchner Chief Commercialization Officer University of Waterloo - WatCo Waterloo, Ontario Canada

David Long Managing Partner Essential Patent LLC Oak Hill, Virginia United States

Daniela Lopera Associate OlarteMoure Bogata, Bogata Colombia

Lisa Lorenzen Executive Director Iowa State University Research Foundation Ames, Iowa United States

Mark Low Managing Director, GCIC Cleveland Clinic Innovations Cleveland, Ohio United States

Timothy Lowman Partner Aird & Berlis LLP Toronto, Ontario Canada

Jack Lu Partner and Chief Economist IPMAP, LLC Austin, Texas United States

Ilana Lubin Partner Crowell & Moring LLP New York, New York United States

Eric Lucas Senior Vice President, Licensing Acacia Research Group LLC Newport Beach, California United States

Terry Ludlow President Pachira IP Inc. Ottawa, Ontario Canada

Keith Lutsch Partner Blank Rome LLP Houston, Texas United States

Eric Luvisotto Technology Transfer Manager University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario Canada

Eduardo Machado Rio De Janeiro, Brazil Brazil

Masood Ahammed Machingal Licensing Analyst Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tennessee United States

Ian MacKinnon Technology Business Development Executive IBM Yorktown Heights, New York United States

Richard Magid Vice President University of Tennessee Research Foundation Memphis, Tennessee United States

Spyros Makris Syndic Lawyer / IPR Research Ericsson Munich, Bavaria Germany



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James Malackowski President & CEO Ocean Tomo LLC Chicago, Illinois United States

Eli Mansour Partner Procopio San Diego, California United States

Crystal Mao Director, Strategic Transactions Broad Institute Cambridge, Massachusetts United States

David Marr Vice President, Legal Counsel Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. San Diego, California United States

Christine Martens Director, Business Development Aligo Innovation Montreal, Quebec Canada

Isabel Martinez Lawyer Villaseca Abogados Santiago, Santiago Chile

Julia Mattis Deputy General Licensing Counsel InterDigital Holdings, Inc. Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania United States

ThieÃŸ Matzke Senior Legal Counsel Ascenion GmbH Munich, Germany Germany

Dennis McCarron Head of Corp Development & Planning SAS Cary, North Carolina United States

James McCarthy, CLP Corporate and Commercial Development CorpDev Ventures Apollo Beach, Florida United States

Ian McClure Director, Office of Technology Commercialization University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky United States

Meghan McCollum Fenno Counsel Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts United States

John McCracken Vice President, Business Alliances Pfizer Inc. New York, New York United States

James McGee Sr. Director, Corporate Business Development Eli Lilly and Company Indianapolis, Indiana United States

Michael McGurk Founder/Owner McGurk Group LLC Boston, Massachusetts United States

Mike McGurk Founder Member McGurk Group LLC Sudbury, Massachusetts United States

Rob McInnes Principal Rob McInnes IP Advisory Sydney, NSW Australia

William McInnis Licensing Manager Raytheon Company Waltham, Massachusetts United States



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Mike McLean Senior Vice President, IP Services TechInsights Ottawa, Ontario Canada

Luke McLeroy Vice President - Business Development Avanci Dallas, Texas United States

Wesley McMichael Shareholder Volpe and Koenig, P.C. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States

Gina McMillen Director, Office of Technology Development The University of Oklahoma Oklahoma City, Oklahoma United States

Matthew McNeill Chief Innovation Officer Rite-Hite Holding Corp. Milwaukee, Wisconsin United States

Tom McNulty Counsel Lando & Anastasi Cambridge, Massachusetts United States

Timothy Meagher Principal Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C. Concord, Massachusetts United States

Annemarie Meike Business Development Executive Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Livermore, California United States

Samuel Mercer Business Development & Outsourcing Eupraxia Pharmaceuticals Inc. Victoria, British Columbia Canada

Luba Metlitskaia Vice President, Licensing & Business Development STEMCELL Technologies Inc. Vancouver, British Columbia Canada

Jerald Meyer Partner Nath, Goldberg & Meyer Alexandria, Virginia United States

Hon. Paul Michel Judge (Ret) Formerly US Court of Appeals for the Federal Court Alexandria, Virginia United States

Laurent Mieville TT licensing officer Unitec-University of Geneva Geneva 4, Vaud Switzerland

Dmitry Milikovsky Self, formerly Qualcomm Incorporated San Diego, California United States

Lesley Millar-Nicholson Director, Technology Licensing Office Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts United States

Bob MIller Vice President yet2.com Newton, Massachusetts United States

Merri Moken Partner Holland & Knight LLP New York, New York United States



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Carl Monopoli Director, Business Development Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. Kenilworth, New Jersey United States

Robert Moore Attorney Mintz Boston, Massachusetts United States

Tatiana Moore Principal T.K. Moore & Associates, LLC Redmond, Washington United States

Bradley Mooring Innovation Advisor RTI International Research Triangle Park, North Carolina United States

Saanika More Licensing Specialist Rush University Medical Center Chicago, Illinois United States

Randall Morin Vice President, Head of Intellectual Property Translate Bio Winchester, Massachusetts United States

Taneashia Morrell Licensing Associate The Salk Institute for Biological Studies La Jolla, California United States

Craig Moss COO CREATe.org Washington, District of Columbia United States

Kia Motesharei VP, Global Head Licensing & BD, Neurology & Immuno EMD Serono, Inc. Billerica, Massachusetts United States

Ziad Moukheiber CEO Boston Harbor Angels Boston, Massachusetts United States

Christopher Moulding Associate Director City of Hope, Office of Technology Licensing Duarte, California United States

Nader Mousavi Partner Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Palo Alto, California United States

Justin Muehlmeyer Associate Patent Attorney Peacock Law P.C. Albuquerque, New Mexico United States

Dr. Luna Mukherjee Biotechnology Boston, Massachusetts United States

Chip Murray Partner Xinova West Chester, Pennsylvania United States

Anita Nador Partner Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP Toronto, Ontario Canada

Dipanjan Nag President InnovAito, LLC Dublin, Ohio United States

Manu Nair Vice President Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation Oklahoma City, Oklahoma United States

Nicole Nan Attorney Dinsmore & Shohl LLP Cincinnati, Ohio United States



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Radhakrishnan Narayanan Director, Technology Transfer Operations and Compl Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor, New York United States

William New Editor in Chief Intellectual Property Watch Geneva, Switzerland

Jimmy Nguyen Chief Executive Officer nChain Group London, London United Kingdom

Phan Nguyen Sr. Manager, Business Development Conatus Pharmaceuticals San Diego, California United States

Fiona Nicolson Partner Bristows LLP London, London United Kingdom

Vinit Nijhawan Managing Director UnitedLex Overland Park, Kansas United States

Aaron Nodolf Partner Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP Waukesha, Wisconsin United States

Leo Novakoski Assistant General Counsel Microsoft Redmond, Washington United States

Charles O'Brien Attorney Cantor Colburn, LLP Hartford, Connecticut United States

Elizabeth O'Brien Vice President, IP, Cardiac and Vascular Group Medtronic Mansfield, Massachusetts United States

Jamie Olson Vice President Ebert Wolfe & Co. Scottsdale, Arizona United States

Scott Orchard Assistant General Counsel Johnson & Johnson Cambridge, Massachusetts United States

Michael Orr OTC Fellow University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky United States

Tony Orsini SVP Managed Services Experian Sachse, Texas United States

Brian O'Shaughnessy Partner DINSMORE & SHOHL, LLP Washington, District of Columbia United States

Terry O'Toole Vice President West Four IP Webster, New York United States

Tim Oyer President and Managing Partner Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C. Boston, Massachusetts United States

Francois Painchaud Lawyer/Partner Robic, LLP Montreal, Quebec Canada



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Frederic Papillon Senior Officer, Intellectual Property Management Canadian Space Agency Saint-Hubert, Quebec Canada

Kelly Parsons Sr. Licensing Manager University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina United States

Gargee Patankar VP Sales & Strategic Partnerships Gridlogics Technologies Pune, India Maharashtra

Jenish Patel Technology Development Specialist National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases / NIH Bethesda, Maryland United States

Tayan Patel Partner Baker Hostetler LLP Washington, District of Columbia United States

John Paul Partner Finnegan,Henderson,Farabow,Garrett&Dunner,LLP Washington, District of Columbia United States

Rose Paz Business Development Manager Legal Advantage, LLC Bethesda, Maryland United States

Julian Peat Alliance & Licensing Manager Partners HealthCare Cambridge, Massachusetts United States

Branko Pejic Partner Greenblum & Bernstein, PLC Reston, Virginia United States

Michael Pellegrino President Pellegrino & Associates, LLC Indianapolis, Indiana United States

Michael Perham Director, Innovations and External Relations HHMI / Janelia Research Campus Ashburn, Virginia United States

Andrea Perronace European Patent Attorney Jacobacci&Partners SpA Torino, Torino Italy

Justin Perry Manager StoneTurn Group Boston, Massachusetts United States

Karthika Perumal Intellectual Property and Technology Attorney Bracewell LLP Houston, Texas United States

Mark Peterson Chief Executive Officer Robinwood Consulting LLC Chicago, Illinois United States

Amy Petrik Technology Transfer and Patenting Specialist NIAID/NIH/HHS Rockville, Maryland United States



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Shayne Phillips Senior Intellectual Asset Manager Halliburton Houston, Texas United States

Richard Pinckney Partner Bristows LLP London, London United Kingdom

Nicholas Pioch Chief Engineer Systems & Technology Research Woburn, Massachusetts United States

Larry Plonsker Editor, les Nouvelles Licensing Executives Society International Wellington, Florida United States

Michael Polizzi Executive Director, Global Business Development Merck Berkeley Heights, New Jersey United States

Andrew Pollock Director of Business Development Univ. of Oklahoma, Office of Technology Development Norman, Oklahoma United States

Daniel Potvin VP, Licensing General Electric Niskayuna, New York United States

William Powell Senior IP Counsel Raytheon Company Hampton, New Hampshire United States

David Powsner Partner, Intellectual Property Law Group Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP Boston, Massachusetts United States

Sanjay Prasad Principal Prasad IP, PC Los Altos, California United States

Karen Presley Deputy Director, NSA Technology Transfer Program National Security Agency Adelphi, Maryland United States

Lori Pressman Consultant Consultant Cambridge, Massachusetts United States

Abby Queale Associate General Counsel Florida State University, Office of Commercialization Tallahassee, Florida United States

Gene Quinn President and Founder IPWatchdog, Inc. Leesburg, Virginia United States

Mark Radha President & Co-founder Strata Insights Toronto, Ontario Canada

Natalie Raffoul Managing Partner Clancy P.C. + Brion Raffoul Ottawa, Ontario Canada

Haripriya Ramu Licensing Associate UCSF San Francisco, California United States



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Sanjay Rao Partner Accelerate Labs Palo Alto, California United States

Nancy Rashid Sr. Licensing Officer University of California - Davis Davis, California United States

Tony Raven Chief Executive University of Cambridge Enterprise Cambridge, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom

Eric Reifschneider SVP Marconi Group Dallas, Texas United States

Kris Reilly Director InvotexIP, LLC Baltimore, Maryland United States

Michael Renaud Member Mintz Levin Boston, Massachusetts United States

Heather Repicky Partner Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP Boston, Massachusetts United States

Brent Reynolds Senior Vice President Houlihan Lokey Houston, Texas United States

Ellen Rich Sales Consultant IFI CLAIMS Patent Services New Haven, Connecticut United States

David Rikkers Sr. IP Counsel Raytheon Company Tewksbury, Massachusetts United States

Paul Riley Founder and Partner Jaspar Malvern, Pennsylvania United States

Karin Rivard Senior Counsel Goulston & Storrs PC Boston, Massachusetts United States

Daisy Rivera-Muzzio President & Founder Acumen BioPharma, LLC Long Branch, New Jersey United States

Neal Roach Partner Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP Indianapolis, Indiana United States

Monica Robb Senior IP Licensing Manager International Game Technology Reno, Nevada United States

Michael Roberts Partner Reddie & Grose LLP Cambridge, Cambs United Kingdom

Matt Rodgers Managing Director, Business Development CPA Global Alexandria, Virginia United States

Sherry Rollo Partner Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP Chicago, Illinois United States

Jacob Rosen CTO & Co-Founder Legit Cambridge, Massachusetts United States



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Emma Roubtsov Director, Sales Engineer CPA Global Austin, Texas United States

Beth Rubin Managing Director Ankura Consulting New York, New York United States

Steven Rubin Chief Intellectual Property Counsel ITT Inc. White Plains, New York United States

Anna Rud Customer Relations RoyaltyStat LLC Bethesda, Maryland United States

Karen Rufus Sr. Licensing Officer Vanderbilt University, CTTC Nashville, Tennessee United States

James Runstadler President Textron Innovations Inc. Providence, Rhode Island United States

Jeffrey Russell Senior Director, Patents InterDigital Holdings, Inc. Wilmington, Delaware United States

Georgios Sabatakos Business Development Director Zoetis Inc Parsippany, New Jersey United States

Juli Saitz Senior Managing Director Ankura Consulting Group New York, New York United States

Nabil Salame Vice President Marketing Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property Westmount, Montreal, Quebec Canada

Edward Saltzman Executive Chairman Defined Health Florham Park, New Jersey United States

Donaldson Santos Associate Director, Licensing The University of Southern California, USC Stevens Center for Innovation Los Angeles, California United States

Shun Sasazawa Senior Manager Akros Pharma Inc. Princeton, New Jersey United States

Brian Satterley Director of IP Protection Data Strategy Dolby Laboratories, Inc. San Francisco, California United States

Melanie Schendel Project Manager Genentech, Inc South San Francisco, California United States

Matthias Schneider Chief Licensing Officer Audi AG Ingolstadt, Germany

Randy Schoen Partner Thomas Horstemeyer LLP Atlanta, Georgia United States

James Schreiber Program Director IBM Corporation Longwood, Florida United States



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Kevin Schubert Associate McKool Smith New York, New York United States

Christopher Schultz Partner Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett, Dunner, LLP Boston, Massachusetts United States

Marc Schwabish SVP BD and US Operations Fusion Pharmaceuticals Boston, Massachusetts United States

Gregory Schwartz Attorney at Law Billion & Armitage Minneapolis, Minnesota United States

Jeffrey Sears Associate General Counsel and Chief Patent Counsel Columbia University New York, New York United States

Stephanie Seiler Head of Licensing & Business Development MilliporeSigma, a division of Merck KGaA Kansas City, Missouri United States

Michael Sexton Partner Sexton Riley LLP Boston, Massachusetts United States

Tejas Shah Senior Valuation Analyst Pellegrino & Associates Indianapolis, Indiana United States

Smita Sharma Portfolio Manager NIH Bethesda, Maryland United States

Mark Shelley, Ph.D. Senior Associate Hogan Lovells US LLP Houston, Texas United States

Qin Shi Managing Principal EdgeTech Law LLP Palo Alto, California United States

Michelle Sieben Research Commercial Advisor Imperial Oil Calgary, Alberta Canada

Robert Silva Director Ohio University Technology Transfer Office Athens, Ohio United States

Courtney Silverthorn Deputy Director, Technology Partnerships Office National Institute of Standards and Technology Gaithersburg, Maryland United States

Steve Silvey Attorney Patterson Law Firm Chicago, Illinois United States

Kung Kiat Sim Deputy Director IPI Singapore, Singapore Singapore

Manish Sinha Chief Technology Officer Gridlogics Technologies Pune, Maharashtra India

Arpi Siyahian Technology Manager NUtech Ventures Lincoln, Nebraska United States



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Jason Skinder Global Patent Counsel Aptiv, Plc Troy, Michigan United States

Joshua Slavitt Partner Gordon & Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States

Tom Smart CEO Saccharo, Inc. Rancho Santa Fe, California United States

Thomas Snaith Partner Bird & Bird LLP London, London United Kingdom

Nitzan Sneh CEO CliniWorks, Inc. Cambridge, Massachusetts United States

James Sobieraj Shareholder Brinks Gilson & Lione Chicago, Illinois United States

Charles Sodini Professor Massahusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts United States

Ariel Soiffer Counsel Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP Boston, Massachusetts United States

Mark Solomon Principal Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds Concord, Massachusetts United States

Anna Solowie Sr. Licensing and Patenting Manager NHGRI Bethesda, Maryland United States

Eduardo Souza Industrial Property Agent Dannemann Siemsen Intellectual Assets Management & Valuation Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro Brazil

Nathan Speed Shareholder Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C. Boston, Massachusetts United States

Kevin Spivak Patent Attorney Vierra Magen Marcus LLP San Francisco, California United States

Lewis Stark Partner Prager Metis CPAs, LLC New York, New York United States

Janice Stevenson EVP, Client Services IFI CLAIMS Patent Services New Haven, Connecticut United States

Debora Stewart Managing Director InvotexIP, LLC Baltimore, Maryland United States

Gavin Stewart Managing Director IAM London, United Kingdom

Paul Stewart CLP Managing Director PASCO Ventures LLC Highlands Ranch, Colorado United States



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Doug Strang Senior Intellectual Property Advisor Public Health Agency of Canada Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada

Daniel Stringfield Partner Steptoe & Johnson LLP Chicago, Illinois United States

Hilton Sue Partner/Lawyer/Patent Agent/Trademark Agent Oyen Wiggs Green & Mutala LLP Vancouver, British Columbia Canada

Ted Sum Partner Smart & Biggar Vancouver, British Columbia Canada

Don Sundquist Director of Business Development MGK Company Minneapolis, Minnesota United States

Georgina Suzuki Associate Ropes & Gray LLP East Palo Alto, California United States

Scott Swanson Technology Transfer Program Manager Doolittle Institute Niceville, Florida United States

Eszter Szakacs partner SÃ¡r and Partners Budapest, Budapest Hungary

Dr. Bela Talwar Proprietor, Advocates, Patent & Trade Mark Attorne H.K. Acharya & Company Ahmedabad, Gujarat India

Satoshi Tanabe Assistant Director Japan Tobacco Inc. Chuo-Ku, Tokyo Japan

Vinay Tannan Global Partnerships and Licensing RTI International Research Triangle Park, North Carolina United States

Roberta Tassinari Managing Counsel Intel Corporation Hillsboro, Oregon United States

Glenn Tautrims Director Global Royalty Audits, Inc. Venice, California United States

Cullen Taylor Partner Hogan Lovells US LLP McLean, Virginia United States

Diane Taylor Director, Research & Innovation Services University of Dundee Dundee, Scotland United Kingdom

Karen Temple Technology Commercialization University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario Canada

Wilson Terry Assistant Director, Physical Sciences University of Florida Gainesville, Florida United States

Linda Thayer Partner Finnegan Boston, Massachusetts United States



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Benjamin Thiede Senior Business Development Officer STEMCELL Technologies Inc. Vancouver, British Columbia Canada

Mark Thirman CEO dotIoT, LLC Wayland, Massachusetts United States

Patrick Thomas Founding Partner 1790 Analytics LLC Haddonfield, New Jersey United States

Elizabeth Thys Operations Partner Blockstack New York, New York United States

A.J. Tibbetts Shareholder Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C. Boston, Massachusetts United States

Mircea Tipescu Attorney Michael Best & Friedrich LLP Chicago, Illinois United States

Stan Tjew Senior Business Development Officer STEMCELL Technologies Inc. Vancouver, British Columbia Canada

Carolyn Tomberlin Intellectual Property Manager Rockwell Collins, Inc. Petaluma, California United States

Maureen Toohey Managing Member Toohey Law Group Boston, Massachusetts United States

Maureen Toohey Managing Member Toohey Law Group Manchester, New Hampshire United States

Pablo Torquato Montaury Pimenta et Al. Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro Brazil

Nikolaus Traitler Licensing Associate The University of Southern California, USC Stevens Center for Innovation Los Angeles, California United States

Terry Treemarcki Director Houlihan Lokey Chicago, Illinois United States

Soody Tronson Managing Counsel STLG IP Law Firm|CEO Presque Inc. STLGip Woodside, California United States

Carlos Trujillo Partner Uhthoff, Gomez Vega & Uhthoff, SC Cuauhtemoc, CDMX Mexico

Maria Tsennykh Senior Director FTI Consulting New York, New York United States

Jack Tupman Principal JRT Associates/284 Partners Fishers, Indiana United States

Rod Turner Partner Hoffmann & Baron, LLP Fort Salonga, New York United States



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Christopher Turoski Professor and Director of Patent Programs University of Minnesota Law School Minneapolis, Minnesota United States

John Underfer President Worldwide IP Solutions Franklin Lakes, New Jersey United States

Raymond Van Dyke Founder and Principal Van Dyke Law Washington, District of Columbia United States

Gayatri Varma Director MedImmune Gaithersburg, Maryland United States

Sergey Vasiliev Senior Lawyer Gorodissky & Partners Moscow, Moscow Russia

Jansen Viana Clarke, Modet & Co Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro Brazil

Eric Victory VP, Partnering & Strategy - Head for CVRM & ID MedImmune Gaithersburg, Maryland United States

Greg Vilk UILO Manager University of Lethbridge Lethbridge, Alberta Canada

Julie Vogel Senior Manager, Licensing & Corporate Development DuPont Pioneer / Corteva Agriscience Johnston, Iowa United States

Thanh Vuong Head IP Synaptive Medical Toronto, Ontario Canada

Joel Wacek Principal Hoffman Alvary & Company Newton, Massachusetts United States

Tanya Waite Collaborative Partnership Manager The Research Foundation for SUNY Albany, New York United States

Mary Lou Wakimura Principal Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Renyolds, P.C. Concord, Massachusetts United States

Keith Walker Director, Intellectual Property Licensing IGT Las Vegas, Nevada United States

David Wanetick Managing Director Patent Fairness Opinions Concord, California United States

Henry Ward Partner Moore & Van Allen PLLC Charlotte, North Carolina United States

Lucinda (Cindy) Warren Vice President Business Development, Neuroscience Janssen Research and Development, LLC New Brunswick, New Jersey United States

W. Lee Webster Partner Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Toronto, Ontario Canada



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Conna Weiner Mediator and Arbitrator JAMS Boston, Massachusetts United States

Scott Weingust Managing Director Stout Chicago, Illinois United States

Bruce Weintraub Senior Corporate Counsel Pfizer Inc. New York, New York United States

David West Attorney Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. Minneapolis, Minnesota United States

Diana Wetmore VP of Therapeutics Development & Director, ISC Harrington Discovery Institute Cleveland, Ohio United States

Monte Wetzel Head of Licensing Ventana Medical Systems, Roche Tissue Diagnostics Pleasanton, California United States

Jeffrey Whittle Partner Hogan Lovells US, LLP Houston, Texas United States

Joff Wild Editor-In-Chief IAM London, London United Kingdom

Meredith Wilkerson Licensing Officer - Life Sciences Office of Tech Development, University of Oklahoma Oklahoma City, Oklahoma United States

Scott Williams Vice President, Licensing GE Ventures Niskayuna, New York United States

Vivienne Williams CEO Cellix Ltd. Dublin, Dublin Ireland

James Wilton Partner Ropes & Gray LLP Boston, Massachusetts United States

Scott Witonsky Vice President, Intellectual Property Management WiTricity Corporation Watertown, Massachusetts United States

Ludwig Witter Head of Intellectual Property Management Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Karlsruhe, Baden-Wurttemberg Germany

Brian Wong Global Intellectual Property Manager Hoya Surgical Optics Singapore, Singapore Singapore

Cindy Wong Research Alliance BIDMC Boston, Massachusetts United States

David Wright VP Fellow & Patent CTO Cypress Semiconductor San Jose, California United States

Mary Wu Director, Business Development GSK Vaccines Rockville, Maryland United States



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Xin Xu Sr. Biomedical & Cell Therapy Manufacturing Dev. City of Hope, Office of Technology Licensing Duarte, California United States

Ernest Yakob Counsel Hogan Lovells US LLP New York, New York United States

Annie Yang Manager, Business Development Thermo Fisher Scientific - Affymetrix Carlsbad, California United States

Joseph Yang Partner PatentEsque Law Group, LLP Menlo Park, California United States

Bryan Yearwood IP Business Consultant IP Asets LLC Prosper, Texas United States

Ying Yu Senior Manager, Business Development 1973 Tucson, Arizona United States

Merav Yuravlivker CEO Data Society Washington, District of Columbia United States

David Yurkerwich Senior Managing Director Ankura Consulting Group, LLC New York, New York United States

Sam Zellner Director AT&T - Intellectual Property Atlanta, Georgia United States

Chen Zhang Director of AI AI Inc. Richmond, British Columbia Canada

Samantha Zhang Technology Transfer Coordinator Bureau of Reclamation Denver, Colorado United States

Dan Zheng Associate Director Sanofi Cambridge, Massachusetts United States

Wan Li Zhu Partner Fairhaven Capital Boston, Massachusetts United States

Sanro Zlobec Partner Smart & Biggar Montreal, Quebec Canada

Neil Zoltowski Partner StoneTurn Group, LLP San Francisco, California United States

Frederic Zotos President & CEO Pathogenics, Inc. Hingham, Massachusetts United States

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