Sisvel Connect 2025
Navigating the Changing FRAND world
Navigating the Changing FRAND world
FULL PROGRAMME
9.00 am to 9.05 am - Welcome
9.05 AM TO 9.35 AM - Keynote
Living in interesting times – a conversation between Sony Group Corporation's Chief Strategy Officer, Toshimoto Mitomo, and former Sisvel CEO, Karel van Lelyveld
9.35 AM TO 10.15 AM - What the data says
An inside look at the work being done at the European Patent Office and the World Intellectual Property Organization to shed greater light on the standards and SEP landscape.
Joff Wild, Head of Content and Strategic Communications, Sisvel (moderator)
Pere Arque-Castells, Stream Leader, EPO, Observatory on Patents and Technology
Nina Belbl, Legal Officer, Patent and Technology Law Division, WIPO
10.15 AM TO 11.00 AM - What the world looks like – the US and China
The major policy and legal developments over the last 12 months affecting the SEP community, and a look forward to what may come next.
Joff Wild, Head of Content and Strategic Communications, Sisvel (moderator)
Andrei Iancu, Former Director of the US Patent and Trademark Office; Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell
Guangliang Zhang, Director, Renmin University of China Institute of International IP
11.00 AM TO 11.30 AM - Coffee break
11.30 AM TO 12.30 PM - What the world looks like – Europe
EU SEP-related policy now and in the future; and how the UPC is developing as a major FRAND venue, the role of EU member states’ national courts and the implications of emerging divergence with UK courts.
Christine Walmsley, Senior IP Legal Counsel, Sisvel (moderator)
Brian Blasius, President and CEO, PanOptis
Robin Cefai, Chief Licensing Officer, Volkswagen
Francesca Ferrari, Former IP Representative, Permanent Italian Delegation to the EU
Sir Robin Jacob, Former Lord Justice of Appeal, Court of Appeal of England and Wales
12.30 PM TO 1.30 PM - Strategy insights
How to navigate the rapidly evolving global patent landscape, as well as the challenges posed by new market players and emerging jurisdictions
Matteo Sabattini, Executive Adviser, Government Affairs, Sisvel (moderator)
Lyse Brillouet, Chief IP Officer, Orange
Dan Choi, Chief Patent Counsel, Microsoft
Magali Fitzgibbon, Legal and Governance Director, ETSI
Charles Varvaro, Managing Director, Intellectual Property & Technology Alliances, IBM
Koenraad Wuyts, Chief IP Officer, KPN
1.30 PM TO 2.40 PM - Lunch
2.40 PM TO 3.30 PM - Technology and opportunity
Will connectivity and related technologies continue to dominate the licensing ecosystem, or might other opportunities begin to emerge?
Garrard Beeney, Of Counsel, Sullivan & Cromwell (moderator)
Giovanni Ballocca, Senior Patent Engineer, Sisvel Technology
Lorenzo Casaccia, Head of Technology Standards, Qualcomm
Adam Gill, Founder and Managing Director, GLS Capital
Shayne O’Reilly, Head of Strategic Transactions, Licensing and Open Source, Meta
3.30 PM TO 4.20 PM - Secret sauce
Overview of licensing strategies in Wi-Fi and IoT. Are new deal structures beginning to appear, how do you put these together to ensure buy-in from all parts of the relevant market?
Jacob Schindler, Senior Content & Communications Manager, Sisvel (moderator)
Jim Finnegan, Partner, Red Chalk Group
Steven Geiszler, US Chief IP Counsel, Huawei
Jin Sam Kwak, Founder and CEO, Wilus
David Muus, Head of Licensing Programmes, Sisvel
4.20 PM TO 4.45 PM - Coffee break
4.45 PM TO 5.50 PM - The view from 35,000 feet
Chief IP officers in both licensor and implementer firms discuss the SEP world as they see it – policy, legal, deal making etc – as well as how they believe it is going to develop and what will be required to ensure the transparency, efficiency and certainty everyone wants.
Mattia Fogliacco, President and CEO, Sisvel (moderator)
Jako Eleveld, Head of IP Licensing, Philips
Patrik Hammarén, President, Nokia Technologies
Taylor Ludlam, Chief IP and Licensing Officer, Lenovo
Dan McCurdy, CEO, RPX Corporation
Na Wei, Head of IP Strategy, Xiaomi
5.50 PM TO 6.00 PM - Closing remarks
Roberto Dini, Founder, Sisvel
6.00 PM TO 8.00 PM - Reception
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