• Evolving transaction risk: how IP is reshaping underwriting and deal strategy

• Managing contingent IP risks uncovered in due diligence

• Beyond M&A: deploying tailored IP insurance across investments, licensing and IP backed assets

• Building careers, confidence and culture
• Breaking the cycle: understanding today’s retention challenge
• Leveraging technology and innovation for maximum impact
   

• Practical tools for driving IP-rich M&A deals
• The role of the IP team: structuring, vetting and robust due diligence
• Understanding government and regulatory hurdles

Leading executives from around the world share best practices in forming world-class IP strategies, top lessons in team leadership, negotiation tactics that win licences and inspiration for upcoming IP leaders.

• The long-term prospects of IP-backed financing and global trends
• Evolving methodologies for litigation finance valuation
• Eligibility essentials: criteria checklist companies need to know

• Looking beyond cost efficiency to employee empowerment
• Realities of using AI: the good, the bad and the ugly
• Effective risk management in the AI era

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• AI experiments driving competitive advantage
• The impact of AI on licensing negotiations
• AI for litigation intelligence

• The changing role of SEP players
• Learnings from state court decisions
• Patent pool trials and triumphs

• The biggest deals and lessons learned
• Licensing at scale in a fragmented marketplace
• Encoding, decoding and RAND debates

Major legal issues covered over a series of interviews and lightning talks. 

Case study 1: Mastering interim licence declarations and antisuit injunctions

Speakers: Otto Licks, Partner, Licks Attorneys 

Case study 2: Where antitrust and IP collide

Speakers: Julie Carlson, Director, Government Affairs, Qualcomm
Isabel Milman, Partner, DANIEL

Case Study 3: Unpicking section 101 and global equivalents in AI/ML inventions
Speakers: Karmanya Singh Sareen, Managing Partner, Singh & Singh, Senior Partner, Kommit

• Strategic use of IPRs and the impact on patent value
• What the latest trends reveal about strategy and success at the PTAB
• Facing denials: how to stay ahead

• Global injunctions and fierce EV competition
• Barriers for market entry and what latecomers should watch out for 
• Cross-border lithium-ion battery disputes and their impact on IP strategy

Talk 1: Pharma in focus

Talk 2: Multimedia showdowns
Presenters: Luke Maunder, Partner, Osborne Clarke
Arty Rajendra, Partner, Head of IP UK, Osborne Clarke

Talk 3: Telecoms turning points

Presenter: Mathias Karlhuber, Partner, Cohausz and Florack

• Navigating global SEP policy divergence 
• Market driven solutions for FRAND licensing tensions
• The prospect and potential impact of LNGs 
   

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• ​​​​​​From ideas to income: the art of translating IP into financial terms 
• Understanding business goals and aligning with portfolio strategy
• Models for measuring success  

Talk 1: Compliance made simple: comparing AI regulations across regions

Talk 2: Preparing for global AI harmonisation
Presenter: Peter Emmi, Partner - Tech Transactions, Reed Smith
 

Talk 3: Assessing reverse engineering risk and new strategies for innovation protection

Presenter: Jonathan Ashtor, Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison

• The UPC’s approach to SEP disputes
• Jurisdictional battles: interim licences, anti-suit injunctions and long-arm reach
• The UK: the new strategic hub for implementer strategy?

• How AI and biotech developments are prompting strategy convergence
• New opportunities for patent monetisation in pharma and biotech 
• Navigating cutting-edge biopharma patent landscapes
   

Talk 1: The US enforcement playbook and damages determination
Presenters: John Sanders Jr, Partner, Winston and Strawn

Talk 2: Cross-border misappropriation risk mitigation

Talk 3: Trade secrets in the age of AI
Presenters: Will Cheng, Senior Patent Counsel, LinkedIn

• The ins and outs, and impact, of the mediation pledge
• New strategies for overcoming the distinctive challenges of the IoT market
• Resource vs revenue: designing a strategic licensing approach

• The advantages and pitfalls
• How to get the most out of ADR
• How arbitration offers are being used in the context of litigation
   

Industry‑defining IP leaders share their bold predictions on how companies will create, protect and monetise IP value in the years ahead. From evolving licensing models to litigation strategy and new revenue opportunities, this session looks to tomorrow’s playbook.

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