6th Annual Summit on Life Sciences IP Due Diligence 2023 | American Conference Institute | 28 November 2023 | The Westin Copley Place, Boston, 10 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02116, USA

This summit is devoted to providing corporate and IP counsel with expert strategies for assessing, valuing and commercializing IP assets when conducting strategic IP due diligence which is essential to nearly every corporate transaction. Our esteemed speakers will provide insights on what to look for during the due diligence process, when to report findings, how to communicate effectively within and across teams, and when to adjust your expectations and decisions as the process proceeds.

2023 Speakers

CO-CHAIRS:

Tashica Williams Amirgholizadeh, Ph.D.
Senior Associate General Counsel, IP,, IP Alliance and Due Diligence (IPADD), Team Lead, Gilead Sciences, Inc.

Hilary J. Libka
Associate General Counsel & Chief, Intellectual Property Counsel, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (New York, NY)

Michael Penn
Vice President, IP, BlueRock Therapeutics

GOVERNMENT SPEAKER:

Hon. Rian Kalden
Presiding Judge, Court of Appeal, Unified Patent Court

IN-HOUSE COUNSEL:

Jens Bitsch-Norhave
Vice President, Transactions, Johnson & Johnson Innovation LLC

Richard Fisher
Head of IP, Clexio Biosciences

Emily Gardel
Associate Director, Patent Attorney, Dyno Therapeutics

Nicole Grimm
Legal Director, IP, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals

Henry Gu
SVP, Head of Intellectual Property, Zentalis Pharmaceuticals

Bo Han
Vice President, Intellectual Property, Orbital Therapeutics

Jeffrey L. Kopacz
SVP | Head of IP & Contracts, SalioGen Therapeutics

Gabriel J. McCool, Ph.D.
VP, Legal and IP, ReNAgade Therapeutics

Donna Meuth
Associate General Counsel IP, Eisai Inc.

Michael R. Myers, Ph.D.
VP Due Diligence, Eli Lilly Research Labs, Eli Lilly & Co

Erica Norey
Senior Counsel for Business Development & M&A, Sanofi

Samir Patel
Associate General Counsel, Global IP, Viatris

Aaron Pereira
Senior Director, Patents, Global IP, Ferring Pharmaceuticals

Adam Poulin-Kerstien
Vice President, Intellectual Property, Mersana Therapeutics

Brian Stone
Associate General Counsel, Global Legal-Regulatory, Viatris

William Vickery
Director of Due Diligence, Servier

Lindsey Wanner
Associate General Counsel, IP Alliance and Due Diligence, Gilead Sciences Inc.

OUTSIDE COUNSEL:

Lawrence Cogswell, Ph.D.
Principal, Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds P.C.

Nithya Desikan
Operating Principal, Gurnet Point Capital

Julia Frost-Davis
Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig LLP

Emily Gardel
Associate Director, Patent Attorney, Dyno Therapeutics

Luba Greenwood, J.D.
Managing Partner, Dana Farber Cancer Institute Venture Fund, Binney Street Capital

Kathleen Gersh
Partner, Loeb & Loeb LLP

Kristin K. Going
Partner, McDermott, Will & Emery LLP

Dr. Christian Helbig
Patent Attorney, Hoefer & Partner Patentanwälte mbB

Lisa Hillman, Ph.D.
Partner, Lathrop GPM

Professor Willem Hoyng
Chairman, Advisory Committee of the UPC, Member, Drafting Committee of the UPC, Hoyng Rokh Monegier

Brenda Herschbach Jarrell, Ph.D.
Partner | Chair of Life Sciences Group, Choate, Hall and Stewart LLP

Michael P. Kahn
Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Kurt R. Karst
Director, Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C

Jay Lessler
Partner, Blank Rome LLP

Mary Lynne Hedley, Ph.D.
Venture Partner, Third Rock Ventures

Daniel Margolis
Partner, Allen & Overy LLP

Mercedes Meyer
Partner, Banner Witcoff

Samantha R. Morelli
Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Kevin Noonan, Ph.D.
Partner, McDonell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Caitlin E. Olwell
Counsel, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Matthew S. Rizzo
General Partner, OrbiMed Healthcare Fund Management

Daniel G. Rudoy, Ph.D
Shareholder | Executive Committee Member, Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C

Alicia Russo
Partner, Chair of IP Transactional Group, Venable Fitzpatrick LLP

Rebecca L. Simmons, Ph.D.
Counsel, McNeill Baur PLLC

DeAnn F. Smith
Partner, Foley Hoag LLP

Len S. Smith
Chief Counsel, Transformative Legal

Michael K. Stern
Of Counsel, Covington & Burling LLP

Robert H. Underwood
Partner, Hogan Lovells LLP

Ha Kung Wong
Partner, Venable Fitzpatrick LLP

2023 Sponsors

SUPPORTING SPONSORS:
• Akin
• Venable LLP

ASSOCIATE SPONSORS:
• Allen & Overy
• Loeb & loeb LLP