
Strategic Consideration for Patent Portfolio Litigation
Mark van Gardingen, Partner, Brinkhof
Kristin Cooklin, Head of Intellectual Property, Zentiva
Dr Inga- Marlene Pietsch, Principal Associate, Gowling WLG (GBR)

Discovering New Frontier for Second Medical Use Patent
Nitika Gupta Fiorella, Principal, Fish & Richardson (USA)
Tjibbe Douma, Partner, Bird & Bird (NED)
Tessa M. Malamud-Cohen, Director, Patents, Global Intellectual Property, Ferring Pharmaceuticals
Ewan Nettleton, Principal IP Counsel, Oncology Litigation, Novartis Pharma AG

Establishing a Successful Cross Border Relief Strategy
Cecile Teles, Head of Patent Attorney, Zentiva
Ricardo Dijkstra, Partner, Vondst (NED)

Divisional Patents Strategy: Safeguarding Innovation or Anti Competitive?
Rieke Kaup, DG Competition, European Commission
Sara Burghart, Lead IP Litigation Counsel – Global Litigation & Launch, Sandoz
Corinna Sundermann, Senior Vice President Intellectual Property, Fresenius Kabi Deutschland
Moderator: Stephan Neuhaus, Partner, Allen & Overy (DEU)

Dana Lucas
Dana is the Director of Partnerships and Product at the Good Face Project, the industry’s fastest growing AI-powered ingredient transparency and innovation platform for Cosmetics and Personal Care. Dana specializes in translating demonstrated problems into products through human centered design, and by leveraging her background in business development, marketing, and applied design. Dana holds a BS in Marketing from Tulane University and an MPS in Design Management & Communications from Georgetown University.

Roxanne Ong
Roxanne Ong is the Head of Beauty Tech, Strategy & Education of the Digital Transformation Office at the Shiseido Group. Roxanne is responsible for the strategic development and delivery of innovations and technology that enables Consumer Engagement in the digital age. As Head of Education, Roxanne is also responsible for driving change in People and Organization as part of Shiseido’s Digital Transformation journey.
A 20-plus year veteran of the digital space, Roxanne’s diverse professional experiences spans global corporations, tech start-ups and global consultancies across the beauty, education, travel, automotive and retail categories. She has held management positions across the CRM, Loyalty, Commerce, Branding disciplines at Estee Lauder Corporation, W Hotels, Ogilvy One, Hailo (now MyTaxi) and General Assembly.

Alice Dal Fuoco
As Head of Innovation at PostFinance, Alice works at the intersection of technology, innovation and foresight. She strongly believes in open innovation and therefore loves to collaborate with startups, universities, corporates and many other exciting players within Switzerland and beyond. Next to her thrilling job in the corporate environment, Alice is a visiting lecturer for Trend Management and Strategic Foresight at Zurich’s University of the Arts.
Alice’s current focus areas: Venture Building, Confidential Computing and Foresight-Driven Innovation.