IPBC Asia 2017 | IAM Media | 29 October 2017 | Palace Hotel Tokyo, 1-1-1 Marunouchi Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-0005 Japan

IPBC Asia is the only event in the region that focuses on how IP owners can strategically use intellectual property to secure greater operational flexibility, drive revenues, enhance bottom-line returns, increase shareholder value and provide leverage in the financial markets.

As in previous years, sessions will explore key issues associated with IP value creation, but with a specifically Asian flavour. Our faculty of speakers is comprised of individuals in charge of intellectual property at some of the region’s most forward-thinking companies, as well as senior players in the global IP market. Their unique insights and experiences will provide delegates with a thorough understanding of IP value creation strategy, as well as the many challenges that IP owners must address both now and in the future.

2017 Speakers:

Toyotaka Abe
Partner, TMI Associates

Kasim Alfalahi
Founder and CEO, Avanci

Toshio Asai
Executive specialist, IP management division, NEC Corporation

Benjamin Bai
Vice president and chief IP counsel, Ant Financial

Tomonori Bekku
General manager, IP department, Nissan Motor

Gustav Brismark
Chief IP officer, Ericsson

Jeffery Carter
President and Chief Executive Officer, High Tech Solutions

Seogwon Cha
Fellow, IP engineering, LG Display Co, Ltd

Billie Chen
Associate general counsel and chief IP counsel, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation

Thierry Consigny
President, Asia-Pacific, Questel

Kirk Dailey
Head, licensing, Marconi Group

Eric Damon
Director, IP licensing, Asia-Pacific, IBM

Mattia Fogliacco
CEO, Sisvel Group

Hidehisa Fueda
Head, intellectual property and standards, Japan, Philips

John Fuisz
Partner, Vinson & Elkins

Minoru Fujiki
Director, Corporate Planning and IP procurement, IP Bridge

Stefan Geyersberger
Head, Patents and Licensing, Fraunhofer IIS

Shekhar Guha
Head, IP core services, IP and engineering group, Tata Consultancy Services

Eeva Hakoranta
Head, licensing, Nokia Technologies

Heath Hoglund
Chief patent counsel, Dolby

Kazuomi Iwatani
Head, IP rights, AMED

Arshad Jamil
Global head, IP rights, Biocon Ltd

Minoru Kato
IP fellow, KAO

Joseph Kessler
Managing director, IP finance group, Fortress Investment

Joo Sup Kim
Vice president and head, IP licensing, LG Electronics

Masahiro Kimata
Senior general manager, corporate IP division, Mitsubishi Electric

Eric Kirsch
Chief IP counsel, Nikon

Makoto Kobayashi
Vice president, Deloitte Tohmatsu Financial Advisory

Kenji Kondo
President and general manager, intellectual property, Japan IP Association and Toyota Motor Corporation

Satoshi Konno
Director, strategy and innovation, IP Bridge

Boris Kreye
Partner, Bird & Bird

Steven Liu
Director, intellectual property, MediaTek

Richard Lloyd
US editor, IAM

Morag Macdonald
Partner, Bird & Bird

Daniel Maier
Head, IP licensing and transactions, Siemens AG

Mike McLean
Senior vice president, IP services, TechInsights

Micky Minhas
Vice president, patent licensing and engineering, Microsoft

Seiji Mori
Head, IP operations, Takeda

Fumihiko Moriya
Country manager, Japan, Nokia Technologies

Kenichi Nagasawa
Managing executive officer and group executive, corporate IP and legal, Canon

Tatsuo Nakamura
CEO, VALUENEX

Tastuya Nishikawa
General manager, corporate IP division, Honda Motor

Maki Ohmizu
Deputy chief legal officer, intellectual property, legal, compliance and IP unit, Fujitsu

Tomonori Okuwaki
Senior general manager, SONY

Kenneth Oplinger
IP manager, Cochlear

Arvin Patel
Executive vice president and chief IP officer, TiVo

Sanjaykumar Patel
Head, IP rights, India, B&S Group UK

Marc Pépin
Vice president, IP services, Canada, TechPats

Hilary Preston
Partner, Vinson & Elkins LLP

Koshi Sakamoto
Director general, intellectual property, Asahi Kasei

Greg Sato
Managing counsel, Intel

Jacob Schindler
Asia editor, IAM

Brian Selby
Vice President, licensing and technology, GE Ventures

Wei Shi
Director, patent acquisition, Xiaomi

Joseph Sommer
Vice president, intellectual property, AT&T

Takayuki Sumita
Secretary general, IP Strategy Headquarters Cabinet Office

Mingyan Sun
Head, intellectual property, Midea

Yingyong Tanthanapongphan
Senior manager, IP management, SCG

Dexter Teo
Executive director, IP Office of Singapore

Yuji Toda
General manager, IP division, Hitachi

Yoshiaki Tokuda
Director, IP centre, Panasonic

Sven Törringer
Senior legal counsel, Ericsson

Roger Tu
Senior vice president, MiiCs & Partners

Takeshi Ueno
Senior counsel, IP law department, IBM (Japan)

Ben Wang
Vice president and chief IP counsel, ZTE

Joff Wild
Editor-in-chief, IAM

Naoki Yoshida
Partner, Finnegan

Xuelan Yue
Partner, Liu Shen & Associates

David Yurkerwich
Managing director, Navigator IP

William Jasprizza
Managing Director, Japan, Intralink

Masao Ueki
Director, TechPats

2017 SPONSORS:

HOST COUNTRY SPONSORS
• IP Bridge
• Panasonic

GOLD SPONSORS
• Avanci
• Bird & Bird
• Deloitte Tohmatsu Financial Advisory
• Dolby Laboratories
• Ericsson
• Finnegan
• HTS
• IAM Market
• Intralink
• Liu Shen & Associates
• Marconi Group
• Navigant Consulting, Inc.
• Nokia Technologies
• Philips Intellectual Property & Standards
• Questel
• Sisvel
• Syndefense
• TechInsights
• TechPats
• TMI Associates
• Valuenex

SILVER SPONSORS
• Krishna & Saurastri Associates LLP
• Wisdomain

BRONZE SPONSORS
• Anaqua
• Bracewell LLP
• Chofn IP
• Faith Intellectual Assets
• Global IP Law Group
• Houlihan Lokey
• iRunway
• Lee and Li Attorneys-at-Law
• Microsoft
• NLO
• REATISS
• Sugimura & Partners
• Tsai Lee & Chen