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Nov 6th - 6:00 pm

Pre-conference Happy Hour & Dinner - Unified Members, Speakers, Sponsors, & Special Guests

Nov 7th - 11:45 am

Introduction / Welcome & Lunch

Speakers: Kevin Jakel - CEO, Unified Patents

Carter Denton - Editor-in-Chief, SCU High Tech Law Journal

12:00 pm

Keynote Speaker: Mary Fuller - Regional Director of the USPTO’s Western Regional Outreach Office

12:30pm

Networking Break

1:00 pm

New Tools for Patent Strategy

Speaker: Shawn Ambwani - Co-Founder & COO, Unified Patents

1:15 pm

Panel 1 - U.S. Patent Litigation & Monetization Strategies

Moderator: Dan Callaway - Partner, Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Speakers: Timur Engin - Patent Litigation Counsel, Google

Timothy McBride - VP & Senior Managing Counsel, Mastercard

Kendria Pearson - Senior Counsel, Intellectual Property, CableLabs

Kevin Post - Partner, Ropes & Gray

2:15 pm

Networking Break

2:45 pm

Patent Litigation Finance & Policy

Speaker: Jonathan Stroud - General Counsel, Unified Patents

3:15 pm

Panel 2 - SEPs and Open Source Patent Strategies

Moderator: Dr. Susan Keston - Partner, HGF Limited

Speakers: Russell Blaise - Senior VP & Associate General Counsel, Truist

Carin Hermann - VP & General Counsel, CableLabs

Joanna Lee - VP of Strategic Programs & Legal, The Linux Foundation

Yong Paek - Senior Associate, The Brattle Group

4:15 pm

Networking Break

4:45 pm

Panel 3 - How AI is Changing the Patent Landscape

Moderator: Jason Lao - Partner, Haynes and Boone, LLP

Speakers: Lucas Amodio - Partner, Armstrong Teasdale LLP

Michael Guo - Director of IP, Salesforce

Christine Lam - VP, Product Legal & Chief IP Counsel, NetApp

Jenny Lee - General Counsel, CelLink Corporation

5:45 pm

Cocktail Reception & Closing Remarks

6:00 pm

Dinner for all participants on SCU campus