Speakers

CIP was honored to present the following list of knowledge-based business leaders from the world's leading firms, universities, consultancies and public organizations who graciously shared their wisdom and experience at CIP FORUM 2007, making this year's event one of the most comprehensive and high impact knowledge-based business conferences ever held in Europe:

Speakers:

Ajan Reginald , Global Head of Strategy, Emergent Technologies, Roche Group

Alan Bennett , Associate Vice Chancellor, UC-Davis and Executive Director, PIPRA

Alex H.C. Yu , Director of Innovation & Technology Transfer Office, Nanyang Technological University

Alexander Wurzer , Director, STI-IPM and CEO, PATEV

Amedeo Santosuosso , Judge, Milan Court of Appeals

Amir Naiberg , CEO, Yeda Research and Development Co. Ltd. and Technology Transfer from the Weizmann Institute of Science

Ananda Chakrabarty , Distinguished Professor, University of Illinois-Chicago

Anatole Krattiger , Director, Strategic World Initiative for Technology Transfer, Cornell University

Anders Vedin , fm President, Astra-Hässle and Chairman, Medivir and Cellartis

Andrew Hammond , Partner, Valea

Angela Boman , Attorney at Law, Awapatent

Angela Beckenbauer , Research Associate, Institute of Technology Management, University of St. Gallen

Ann McCrackin , Patent attorney and shareholder, Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth

Axel Moulin , Founder and Partner, Leogriff

Beatrix DeRusse , Executive Vice President, Licensing and Intellectual Property, Thomson

Bernard Munos , Advisor and Corporate Strategy, Eli Lilly and Company

Bo Heiden , Deputy Director, CIP

Bob Shearer , CEO, Center for Advanced Technologies and Managing Partner of the National Knowledge and IP Management Taskforce

Boo Edgar , Chairman, MedCoast Scandinavia and Director, GIBBS

Bruce Berman , President, Brody Berman Associates

Camilla Palmertz , Project Manager Executive, Volvo Car Special Vehicles

Carl Johan Sundberg , Unit for Bioentrepreneurship, Karolinska Institute

Carlos Fernandez , National Institute for Agricultural Research, Chile

Carol Beckham , VP, Intellectual Property Management, AT&T

Catharina Sojde , Chief Counsel, Vinnova

Christian Sjöberg , CEO, NetClean

Christian Nguyen Van Yen , Partner, Marks & Clerk

Christine Lemke , VP, Business Development, MediGene AG

Claes Martinson , Associate Professor, School of Business, Economics, and Law at Göteborg University

Damon Matteo , VP, ICM, Palo Alto Research Center

Dan McCurdy , CEO, Thinkfire

Daniel Särefjord , Intellectual Asset Manager, Smith & Nephew

David Yurkerwich , VP, CRA International

David Simmonds , Director, Business Development, Mindark

David Stone , Partner, Howrey LLP and Chair, Designs Team, MARQUES

Deborah Magid , Director, Software Strategy, IBM Venture Capital Group

Donnie Lygonis , CEO, Playdo

Edelbert Häfele , CEO, PATEV (Karlsruhe)

Eric Ulfers , Principal, Clickspring Design

Eric Gillespie , Founder & CEO, Patent Board

Erik Nooteboom , Head of Industrial Property Unit, European Commission

Eva Jarnvall , Senior Advisor, Svenskt Näringsliv

Fabian Edlund , European Patent Attorney, Awapatent

Frank Larsen , CEO, Birkland Innovation

Giandomenico Testi , SVP, Group IP Exploitation, ABB

Gilles Capart , fm Chairman of the Board, Proton Europé

Greg Graff , PIPRA, UC-Davis

Greg Becker , Associate Professor for Bioethics and Philosophy, Jagiellonian University

Gustav Brismark , VP Patent Development, Ericsson

Hans Landström , Professor, Lund University

Helene Jay , Director, Business Development –Europe, VIA Licensing

Henry Etzkowitz , Professor, SUNY

Henry W. Jones, III , President, Law Office of Henry W. Jones, III and Intersect Technology Consulting

Hugh Laddie , fm Chief Patent Judge, UK

Håkan Sjöström , Partner, Glimstedt

Håkan Borgenhäll , Partner, RydinCarlsten

Ian Harvey , Chairman IPI, fm CEO BTG

Ilkka Rahnasto , VP IPR, Nokia

Isabel Verlinden , Managing Partner, PwC

Ismail Serageldin , Director, Library of Alexandria and fm VP, World Bank

Ivo Roelants , IPR Manager, K.U. Leuven

Jan Sandström , SVP Business Development and Licensing, Biolipox

Jeanne Sucholdoski , IP Counsel, The Boeing Company

Jeff Skinner , Director and Director of Enterprise Partnerships, ASTP and CEMI, University College London, UK

Jens Bördin , COO, CIP Professional Services

Jesper Kongstad , Director General, PVS

Joff Wild , Editor, IAM Magazine

John Raley , Intellectual Asset Management, Cargill

John Tao , Corporate Director of Technology Partnerships, Air Products

John A. Squires , VP Chief Patent Counsel and Associate General Counsel, Goldman Sachs

Jonas Larsson , VP and CFO, Denator

Kai Taubert , Associate Director, External Business Development, Procter & Gamble

Karen Hersey , fm Senior IP Counsel and Visiting Professor, Franklin-Pierce Law School

Karl Sun , Head of Business Development for China, Google

Karl Jorda , Professor, Franklin Pierce LawCenter

Katarina Lundblad Pinnekamp , Partner, Leogriff

Keith Bergelt , CEO, Paradox Capital

Keith Jones , Executive Director,Washington State University Research Foundation

Kent Richardson , VP, Intellectual Property, Rambus

Kent Erik Lång , CEO and Chairman, Mecel and Viktoria Institute

Kevin Rivette , Senior Advisor, IBM

Klaus Ammann , Director, Botanical Garden, University of Bern

Lars Kellberg , VP, Corporate Patents, NovoNordisk

Lars Engman , Director, HDK and former Global Design Director, IKEA

Lars Andersson , Principal Creative Industries, CIP Professional Services AB

Lars Isaksson , Partner, MAQS

Lewis Zaretzki , EVP, Consulting Services, Thinkfire

Lucy Nichols , VP Brand Protection, Nokia

Magnus Malmqvist , CSO, Bioventia Capital

Magnus Härröd , CEO, Härröd Research

Malte Koellner , Co-founder and partner, Triangle Venture Capital Group

Marc Karlsson , Director, Innovation & Law, Kongsberg Automotive

Margareta Wallin Peterson , Vice President, Göteborg University

Mark W. Wilson , Director, Collaboration Management Europe, GSK

Marshall Phelps , Corporate Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Intellectual Property, Microsoft

Martin Adelman , Professor, GWU Law School

Martin Grönberg , Business Analyst, Palo Alto Research Center (PARC)

Martin Bader , European Patent Attorney, Managing Partner, BGW Management Advisory Group

Matias Cindric , Design Director, Saab

Mats Pårup , Head of Corporate Intellectual Property, Novartis

Mats Lundqvist , Director, Chalmers School of Entrepreneurship

Matthew Reed , Department Director, Unilever Food and Health Research Institute

Michael Cleare , CEO, Science and Technology Ventures, Columbia University

Michael Pierantozzi , Co-Founder and COO, Gathering 2.0 and Fmr Managing Director, Hewlett-Packard IPL

Michael Stenmark , Creative Director, Playdo

Michael Thatcher , Regional Technology Officer, Microsoft

Michael M. Geoffrey , Chief IP Counsel, USG Corporation

Micky Minhas , VP Patent Counsel, Qualcomm

Neil Jenkins , Partner, Bird & Bird

Niklas Bruun , Professor and Director, IPR University Center

Noreen Krall , VP, Sun Microsystems

Olle Stenberg , CEO, Chalmers Innovation

Patrick Sullivan , President, ICMG

Paul DiGiammarino , CEO, Anaqua

Paul Germeraad , President, Intellectual Assets Inc.

Paul van Grevenstein , Managing Director, STI Management and VP, International Relations, AUTM

Per Hendar , Partner, Wistrand and fm General Counsel, Sony-Ericsson

Per-Olof Hegg , CEO, Lund University Innovation

Peter Spours , Head of IP Strategy and Transactions, TomTom

Peter Holden , Managing Partner at Coller Capital's

Peter Meier-Beck , Judge, Patent Senate of German Supreme Court

Peter Bloch , Co-founder and fm COO, Light Years IP

Randall Rader , Judge, US CAFC

Richard Horning , Partner, Fish & Richardson

Richard Wessman , Associate, MAQS

Richard U. Rodriguez , Chief, Cancer Branch, Division of Technology Development &Transfer, National Institute of Health

Rob McLean , CICA

Rob Logan , CEO, ContentGuard

Rob Kramer , Managing Partner, Altitude Capital Partners

Robert Barr , Executive Director, BCLT, fm Cisco Systems

Robert Buchanan , General Counsel and VP, Medexis

Rodger Jackson , fm Senior Manager, E&Y and fm Corporate IP Manager, Xerox

Ron Laurie , Managing Director, Inflexion Point

Ronald C. Lundquist , Partner, Fish & Richardson

Roya Ghafele , Research Associate, Creative and Innovative Economy Center, George Washington University

Ruth Keir , Executive Director for Strategic Alliances, Pfizer

Ruud Peters , CEO, Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

Sari Scheinberg , Researcher and Project Leader, Recomate

Sean O'Connor , Associate Professor, CASRIP

Sharon Oriel , Founder, Talisker & Associates and fm Director, Global ICM Tech Center, Dow Chemical Corp.

Staffan Truvé , Managing Director, Swedish Insitute of Computer Science

Stanley Kowalski , Scholar in Residence, Franklin Pierce Law Center

Sten Trolle , CEO, Lund University Technology Group

Stephana Patton , Associate, Edwards, Angell, Palmer & Dodge

Stephen Yoder , Senior Counsel, Head of Licensing and IP, MorphoSys AG

Steve Baggott , Director, External Business Development, P&G

Steven Weber , Professor, UC Berkeley

Steven Henning , Partner, Marks Paneth & Shron LLP

Stina Gestrelius , Deputy Managing Director, Medicon Valley Academy

Stuart Graham , Associate Professor, Strategic Management, Georgia Institute of Technology

Sune Hemberg , Partner, The Core Company

Suzanne Harrison , Founder and CEO, Gathering 2.0

Sven-Olof Bodenfors , Senior Advisor, Forsman & Bodenfors Group

Sverker Alänge , Associate Professor, Chalmers

Takayuki Sumita , Director, METI

Takeshi Isayama , fm Vice-Chairman Nissan, fm Director General JPO

Terry Adams , Assistant VP, Nestlé

Tidu Maini , Vice President, Development and Corporate Affairs, Imperial College London

Toni-Matti Karjalainen , Project Manager, BIT Research Centre, Helsinki University of Technology

Tony Hickson , Head of Biosciences, Imperial Innovation

Tove Graulund , Zacco Denmark, Manager of Trademark & Legal MARQUES, Past Chairman

Ulf Petrusson , Director, CIP

Ulla Johansson , Director, Business and Design, Viktoria Institute

Ulrike Rahe , Professor, Industrial Design, Chalmers

Uwe Haug , Managing Director, Steinbeis Research and Development Centers

Viviana Munoz Tellez , Programme Officer, Innovation and Access to Knowledge Programme, South Centre

Yasuhito Hanado , Professor, Waseda University and Subcommittee on Management and Intellectual Assets, Industrial Structure Council of Japan

Yoshiko Shibasaka , Senior Manager, KPMG

Zhang Liang Chen , President, China Agricultural University (CAU)

Zhongming Wang , Director, Global Entrepreneurship Research Center, School of Management Zhejiang University