12:00–1:00 Catered Lunch

1:00–1:15 Opening Remarks

1:15–1:50 Keynote: Christen DuBois Director & Associate GC, IP Litigation Facebook, Inc.

1:50–2:05 Networking Break

2:05–3:15 Panel 1:  The PTAB and Public Interest

Moderator: Scott McKeown – Partner, Ropes & Gray

Panelists:    Vanessa Bailey – Associate Director, IP Policy Intel Corporation Inc.

  David Schreiber – Head of IP & Standards Am. Philips

  Victor Rodriguez – Member Attorney Ferraiuoli LLC

  David Killough – Assistant General Counsel, Microsoft Corporation

  Jason Skinder – Global Patent Counsel, Aptiv (f/k/a Delphi)

3:15–3:30 Networking Break

3:30–3:50 Licensing SEP Patents Under the AIA: Shawn Ambwani, COO, Unified Patents

3:50–4:50 Panel 2: Discretion to Deny

Moderator: Ashraf Fawzy – Senior Patent Counsel, Unified Patents

Panelists:   Carlos Garcia – Patent Counsel, Eli Lilly and Company

Jim D’ottavio – Senior Counsel, IP Ford Motor Co.

William Fink – Vice Chief APJ, Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Nakul Warrier – Director and Asst. General Counsel, Ricoh USA, Inc.

Suzanne Michel – Senior Patent Counsel, Google

4:50–5:00 Closing Remarks

5:00–6:00 Networking Food and Drink

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Cocktail reception

networking break