IPBC Asia 2023 | Law Business Research | 27 November 2023 | The Palace Hotel, Tokyo, 1 Chome-1-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 100-0005, Japan

This event is the region's foremost gathering of senior thought-leaders and decision makers operating in the IP market.

Corporate executives, deal makers, investors, policy experts and legal professionals will come together in Tokyo this year, to share insights, discuss new trends, and build their networks.

Stay ahead of the game and discover new opportunities at this event.

Further details, including the agenda, will be available in the coming months.

Why attend?

• Stay up to date with key market developments
• Be among the first to learn about new IP best practices
• Meet with over 450 colleagues, contacts, clients and friends
• Do deals and grow your business
• Further your advanced education
• Be seen as an industry leader

2023 Speakers

Koichi Hamano
Commissioner, Japan Patent Office (JPO)

Kenichi Nagasawa
Adviser, Canon, Vice Chairperson, Japan Intellectual Property Association (JIPA)

Takeo Abe
Department Manager, Patent Attorney, IP Group, Daikin Industries

Mitsuru Araki
Director, IP Division, Bridgestone

Akiko Araki
Founder and Partner, Araki International IP&Law

Stuart Bradshaw
General Counsel Global Innovation, APAC General Counsel, Nufarm

Kurt Brasch
Director of Patent Transactions, Uber, and President, Allied Transportation Association.

Lyse Brillouet
Chief IP Officer, Senior Vice President, Licensing, Orange

Craig Burnett
Director, Patent Licensing, Dolby Laboratories, Inc.

Jane Bu
Senior Director of Global Licensing, Via Licensing Alliance

Roberto Carapeto
Partner, Licks Attorneys

Elvir Causevic
Co-founder and Managing Director, Tech+IP Capital

Sukla Chandra
Senior Managing Director, GE Licensing

Yu Chen
Director, Patent Portfolio Management, Lenovo

Pete Damerell
Partner, Powell Gilbert

Xiaolin Dang
Managing Partner, Patent Attorney, Sanyou

Alvin (Jun) Deng
Director of Patents, China, Novo Nordisk

Alan Fan
Head of IPR, Huawei

Laurie Fitzgerald
Senior Vice President, Avanci

Mattia Fogliacco
President, Sisvel International

Maxwell Fox
Partner, Groombridge, Wu, Baughman & Stone LLP

Toshi Futamata
Visiting Senior Researcher, The University of Tokyo

Lorie Goins
Head of IP Strategy, Kyndryl

Joakim Hammarsjö
Partner, European Patent Attorney, AWA

John Han
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Qualcomm

Shohei Hirota
Partner, Investment Group, Global Brain

Ruby Ho
Deputy Director of IP, MediaTek

Bing Hu
Licensing Director, Corporate Business Development and IP Strategy, Xiaomi

Lily Hu
Senior IP and Open Source Counsel, Ant Group

Hafizi Ismail
Head of IP Commercialisation, PETRONAS

Arshad Jamil
Vice President, Chief IP Counsel, Global Head of IPR, Biocon Biologics

Xu Jing
Partner, King and Wood Mallesons

Masaki Kataoka
Leader, IP Division, LIXIL Corporation

Kazuki Kawakami
General Manager, IP Strategic Office, Panasonic Energy

Sean Ke
Patent Legal Director, Alibaba Group

Charles Kim
Corporate Executive Vice President, Chief IP Officer, Samsung Display

Natsuo Koda
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Miraisens

William LaFontaine
Senior Adviser, IP, IBM Corporation, and Senior Adviser, Columbia Technology Ventures

Peter Lambrianakos
Partner, Fabricant LLP

Paul Lin
Managing Director, Eagle Forest LLC

Mina Maeda
General Manager, Global IP Strategy, Hitachi

Mitsuaki Matsumura
Head of IP Licensing, APAC and EMEA, IBM

Rachel Mountain
Editor, IAM

Shingo Muramatsu
Vice President, Client Relations Asia, RPX

Youngjin Na
Part Leader, IP Team, Hyundai

Ayumi Nishino
Lead IP Counsel, NEC Corporation

Tomoko Noguchi
Director, Licensing, Nokia

Shayne O'Reilly
Director and Associate General Counsel, Head of Strategic Transactions, Licensing and Open Source, Meta

Seiji Osaka
President and Chief Executive Officer, AIST Solutions

George Park
Vice President, Business Development, IPValue

Tara Prasad
Global Head – IP Delivery Partner for Corporate Research and Innovation, TCS

Jun Qiu
Partner, Liu, Shen & Associates

Olivia Rafferty
Senior Reporter, IAM

David Ruder
Managing Director and Co-Lead IP, VALE Insurance Partners

Naoko Sakuma
General Manager, IP, FUJIFILM

Hideki Sanatake
Group Executive, Corporate IP and Legal Headquarters, Canon

Satoshi Sekiguchi
Research Fellow, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

Yuichi Sekiguchi
Deputy General Manager, IP Alliance and Licensing Department, IP and Standards Division, Sony Group Corporation

Pallavi Shah
Managing Director, Mobity LLC

Takuya Shimizu
Senior Manager, IP Strategy, Maxell

Amit Singh
Senior IP Counsel, Tata Steel

Chammika Subasinghe
Deputy Vice President, IP Department, Rakuten Symphony

Kenji Sugimura
Managing Partner, Sugimura Partners

Masaki Sugiura
Judge, IP Division of Tokyo District Court

Charles Suh
Managing Partner, Finnegan

Joo Sup Kim
Research and Development Lab, Adviser, LX Semicon

Tomoko Suzuki
Head of IP, LOGISTEED

Nobuo Tanaka
Senior General Manager, Head of IP and Design Center, Yokogawa Electric Corporation

Yoshitaka Tanino
Group Vice President, IP, Murata Manufacturing

Sean Thompson
Director of IP Strategies, General Counsel, Parabellum Capital

Marco (Xin) Tong
Deputy Director of IP, ZTE Corporation

Takao Tsubata
Director of Policy Planning and Research Division, Japan Patent Office (JPO)

Jarred Twigg
General Manager, Corporate Development, Breville

Mauricio Uribe
Partner, Knobbe Martens

Richard Vary
Partner, Bird & Bird

Michael Waltrip
Managing Director, Intellectual Capital Management Group, PARC, SRI International

David Wang
Head of Asia Pacific IP Department, Huawei

Dragon Wang
Managing Partner, SITAO

Osamu Watanabe
Director, Business Development, IP Bridge

Alex Wilson
Partner, Powell Gilbert

Lawrence Wu
Chief IP Officer, TCL Industries

Ran Xu
General Manager, Corporate Business Development and IP Strategy, Xiaomi

Wataru Yamada
Senior Analyst, Deloitte Tohmatsu Financial Advisory LLC

Hisao Yamasaki
Chief Executive Officer, Syndefense

Ma-Tien Yang
International Affairs Officer, The Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)

Naoki Yoshida
Partner, Finnegan

Spencer Yu
Head of IP, AUO Corporation

Peter Zhang
Licensing Lead, China, Philips

Mang Zhu
Vice President, Head of IP, Interdigtial

2023 Sponsors

PLATINUM SPONSOR:
• Redmi

HOST SPONSORS:
• AIST
• Canon
• Syndefense

GOLD + SPONSORS:
• AiL
• Bird&Bird
• Finnegan
• Powell Gilbert

GOLD SPONSORS:
• AVANCI
• Awa
• Deloitte
• Docket Navigator
• Dolby
• Eagle Foresr LLC
• Fabricant LLP
• Global Brain
• Groombridge WU Baughman & Stone
• Interdigital
• Intralink
• IPBridge
• IPValue
• King&Wood
• Knobbe Martens
• Licks Attorneys
• Lie Shen & Associates
• Mobity
• Nokia
• Ocean Tomo
• Parabellum
• RPX
• Sanyou
• SisVel
• SiTao
• Sugimura
• T+P
• VIA Licensing Alliance

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Adeia
• Evalueserve
• HTS
• P Research Group
• KeyPatent Innovations
• Reatiss
• SIPTO
• Sonoda & Kobayashi
• Wisdomain

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• Acacia
• E IP
• HLK
• K&S
• Philips
• Ropes&Gray
• RZV
• SilverBullet
• Tradespace
• Unitedlex
• Wiggin

NETWORKING SPONSORS:
• Equip
• IPwe
• LexixNexix
• Lumenci

SUPPORTING ORGANISATIONS:
• FICL
• IPO
• ISERD
• JIPA
• LES Australia & New Zealand
• LES Japan
• Lexology
• LotNetwork
• Osaka Institute of Technology
• SIPAC