Global Life Sciences Summit 2024 | DLA Piper | 5 November 2024 | DLA Piper, 160 Aldersgate St, Barbican, London EC1A 4HT, UK

The Summit brings together pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device companies from around the world and at all stages of the life cycle to discuss emerging trends and challenges facing the industry.

Topics to be covered include:
• Highlights from our Life Sciences Index 2024
• Global political challenges facing the industry
• Reform of the EU pharmaceutical legislation
• Industry evolution
• Artificial intelligence
• ESG and Sustainability

In addition to plenary sessions, we will also run a series of breakouts addressing the legal challenges facing in-house counsel. You can choose between sessions that will cover transactions, regulatory, patent litigation, product liability, antitrust, data, investigations, government affairs and tax.

2024 Speakers

Angela Agrusa
Co-Chair, US Product Liability, Mass Torts & Class Actions Litigation Group, DLA Piper

Jeff Baglio
Partner, DLA Piper

Dr. Gil Bar-Nahum
Managing Director, EMEA Head of Biotechnology, Jefferies International Limited

Debbi Bolton
Life Sciences Consultant, Strix Associates

Karl Buch
Co-Chair, Global Investigations, DLA Piper

Bill Burkoth
Managing Partner, Life Sciences, Forest Road

Richard Burr
Former US Senator, Principal Policy Advisor, DLA Piper

Chris Campbell
Chair, US Product Liability and Mass Torts, DLA Piper

James Clark
Co-Lead, International Life Sciences Data & Privacy, DLA Piper

Karolina Czernicka-Kuhl
Executive Director Legal, Vertex

Marco de Morpurgo
Global Co-Chair, Life Sciences Sector, DLA Piper

Georgie Dowdell
European Data Privacy Officer, Otsuka Pharmaceutical

Gualtiero Dragotti
Global Co-Chair, Patent Group, DLA Piper

Andy Gilbert
Chair, US Corporate, DLA Piper

Jamie Gregorian
Of Counsel, DLA Piper

Joost Haans
Co-Lead, International Life Sciences Antitrust, DLA Piper

Tom Heylen
Co-Lead, International Life Sciences Corporate, DLA Piper

Phil Hogan
Former European Commissioner, Senior Strategic and Political Advisor, DLA Piper

Dr. Lyndsey Hudson
Head of Strategic Delivery, Life Sciences, DLA Piper

Christina Jordan
Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Regulatory Law, Bristol Myers Squibb

Victoria Kitcatt
VP & Assistant General Counsel, Pfizer

Kristi Kung
Partner, DLA Piper

Rebecca Lawrence
Co-Lead, International Life Sciences Patents, DLA Piper

Karina Lynch
Partner, DLA Piper

Lisa LeCointe-Cephas
Global Co-Chair, Life Sciences Sector, DLA Piper

Geoff Levitt
Head of Global Regulatory Law, argenx

Irina Macovei
Counsel, DLA Piper
Former Head of EMA Legal Department, Senior Consultant, DLA Piper

Julie Marot
Legal Director, France and UK&I, Medtronic

Benjamin Meany
Manager Digital, Software and AI Regulation, MedTech Europe

Aoife Murphy
Life Sciences Co-Lead - Ireland, DLA Piper

Lauren Murzda
Co-Lead, Life Sciences Commercial Contracts, DLA Piper

Kokularajah Paheenthararajah
Life Sciences Lead - Germany, DLA Piper

Imogen Palmer
Cloud AI Go-To-Market & Customer Activation, Google

Victoria Rhodes
Co-Lead, International Life Sciences Corporate, DLA Piper

Amadeu Ribeiro
Co-Lead, Latam Practice Group, Regulatory & Antitrust, DLA Piper

Ellen Scordino
Partner, DLA Piper

Jeremy Sher
International Co-Head, Global Class Actions, DLA Piper

Siona Spillett
Legal Director, DLA Piper

Richard Sterneberg
Head of Global Government Relations, DLA Piper

Dr. Kirsten Sowade
Senior Counsel Litigation/eDiscovery, Bayer AG

Michael Stewart
Global Head of Legal Transactions, Sanofi

Gareth Stokes
Co-Chair, Global AI Group, DLA Piper

Howard Taylor
CEO, Rosemont Pharmaceuticals

Richard Taylor
Co-Lead, Life Sciences Commercial Contracts, DLA Piper

Danny Tobey
Co-Chair, Global AI Group, DLA Piper

Nick Tyacke
Co-Lead, International Life Sciences Patents, DLA Piper

Adam Vause
Co-Lead, International Life Sciences WCC & Investigations, DLA Piper

Shaun Walden
Head of ESG UK & Europe, DLA Piper

Ting Xiao
Life Sciences Regional Lead - Asia, DLA Piper

Michaela Zabbo
Managing Counsel, Commercial, GE Healthcare