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IP Forum for Life Sciences

The Biltmore Miami, Coral Gables, FL

December 13–15, 2026

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Intangible assets are the crown jewels of the world’s most valuable life sciences companies.

Today’s IP executives face seemingly limitless opportunities to leverage intangible assets, with a commensurate volume of threats. As a result, they must be as informed, nimble, and forward-thinking as any corporate leaders, for the success of their companies and the improvement of life across the globe.

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Forum At A Glance

Multi-day experiences hosted at high-end destinations.
Seamless blend of active panel discussions and intimate breakout sessions.
Thoughtfully incorporated business meetings and engaging down-time opportunities.

General Session
KnowledgeBridge Discussion
Cocktails

SPEAKING FACULTY

Critical Voices, Exceptional Dialogue

Hear from and interact with some of the most influential voices in this space.

Jennifer Antcliff

Partner

Carpmaels & Ransford

Gwilym Attwell

Principal

Fish & Richardson P.C.

Briana Barron

Vice President, Intellectual Property

Arcus Biosciences

Padmanabh Bhatt

Senior Vice President, Intellectual Property and Chief Scientific Officer

Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Ulrich Binné

Chief Operating Officer, Co-Founder, & Head of Legal

Sidekick Bio

Melissa Brand

Executive Director, Corporate Counsel and Head of Intellectual Property

Paratek Pharmaceuticals

Andy Brookes

Vice President, Intellectual Property Strategy

Abbvie

Adriana Burgy

Partner

Finnegan

Jeff Cartmell

Senior Director, Intellectual Property & Grants

MTF Biologics

Doug Carsten

Partner & Global Co-Chair of Intellectual Property

McDermott Will & Schulte LLP

Tom Carver

Head of Patent Litigation

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP

Mark Chapman

Partner

Carpmaels & Ransford

Nicole Clouse

Vice President and Head of Intellectual Property

Generate Biomedicines

Kirsten Johnson

Partner

Bookoff McAndrews

Jon Cousin

Partner

Cooley

Jane Dai

Partner

Knobbe Martens

Eric Dittmann

Global Co-Chair of Intellectual Property and Partner

Paul Hastings LLP

Sarah Fashena

Vice President and Head of Intellectual Property Strategy

Ascidian Therapeutics

Jesse Fecker

Vice President, Intellectual Property

Zymeworks

Barbara Fiacco

Partner and Co-Chair

Foley Hoag LLP

Betsy Flanagan

Partner

Cooley

Todd Garcia

Principal

Fish & Richardson P.C.

Otto Guedelhoefer

Director, Intellectual Property

Simcha Therapeutics

David Gulley

Technology Transfer Office Executive Director

Puerto Rico Science, Technology & Research Trust

Siegmund Gutman

Partner and Chair of Life Sciences Litigation Practice

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.

Jon Davies

Partner

Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP

Aubrey Haddach

Vice President, Intellectual Property

Halozyme, Inc.

Leland Hansen

Shareholder

McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd.

James Harrington

Senior Vice President and Chief Intellectual Property Counsel

Vera Therapeutics, Inc.

Jane Hollywood

Partner

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP

Howah Hung

Assistant General Counsel

Design Therapeutics

Jeffrey Kopacz

Senior Vice President, Legal & Intellectual Property

City Therapeutics

Jeffie Kopczynski

General Counsel

Mendaera, Inc.

Elissa Knoff

Partner

Bookoff McAndrews

Teresa Lavoie

Chief Legal & IP Officer

Treeline Biosciences

Philip Lee

Assistant General Counsel, Head of Intellectual Property

huMannity Medtec

Andrew Lindstrom

IP Solutions Account Manager

CAS

Shan Liu

Legal Counsel, Head of Intellectual Property

ORIC Pharmaceuticals

Eric Marandett

Co-Chair of IP Litigation

Choate Hall & Stewart LLP

Nicole Mastrangelo

Senior Director, Intellectual Property Counsel

Cognito Therapeutics

Thomas Melninkaitis

Manager, CAS IP Services

CAS

Kristi Mcintyre

Executive Director, Patent Counsel & Head of Litigation

Bausch + Lomb

Ray Miller

Partner

DLA Piper

John Morgan

Partner

Seed IP

Katherine Neville

Partner

Marshall, Gerstein & Borun

Todd North

Director, Intellectual Property

CSL Seqirus

Raymond Parker

Vice President and Global Lead, Intellectual Property Dispute Resolution

BioNTech

Richard Person

Vice President, Intellectual Property

Kardigan

Brian Phillips

Director, Intellectual Property Core and Office of Science - Industry Partnerships

Seattle Children’s Hospital

Robert Pollaro

Chief Legal Officer and Co-Founder

Orcosa Inc.

Adam Powell

Partner

Knobbe Martens

Lauren Rabinovic

Vice President, Intellectual Property Litigation

Moderna

Victoria Reines

Principal Counsel, Global Patent Litigation

Sanofi

Jennifer Roscetti

Partner

Finnegan

Melanie Rupert

Partner & Global Co-Chair of Talent Development

Paul Hastings LLP

G. Scott Goeken

General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Corbus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Chuck Sholtz

Head of Intellectual Property

Verdiva Bio

Ron Shulman

Director, Business Development

Park IP | Welocalize

Michael Sitzman

Partner

McDermott Will & Schulte LLP

Chris Slavinsky

Chief Business Development & Legal Officer

HanAll Biopharma

Erin Sommers

Partner

Finnegan

Paul Steadman

Partner

DLA Piper

Robert Stephen

Partner and Co-Chair

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP

Srividya Subramanian

Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Souffle Therapeutics

Sanya Sukduang

Partner

Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP

Allison Trotman

Business Development Manager

Park IP | Welocalize

Martina Tyreus Hufnal

Principal

Fish & Richardson P.C.

Simone Ward

Executive Intellectual Property Counsel

Arcturus Therapeutics

Daniel Wise

Partner

Carpmaels & Ransford

Ada Wong

Executive Director, Intellectual Property

Revolution Medicines

Feng Zhou

Vice President and Head of Intellectual Property

Insitro

Olga Zimmerman

Senior Director, Intellectual Property

Allogene Therapeutics

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