Agenda

Interested in speaking? Contact Isobel Mitchell at Isobel.Mitchell@LBResearch.com.

15 June 2026

11:00 am-6:00 pm

Registration

1:15 pm-1:25 pm
IP Leadership Forum

IAM welcome address: IP Leadership Forum

IP Finance Forum

IAM welcome address: IP Finance Forum

1:25 pm-2:25 pm
IP Leadership Forum

Masterclass: The retention revolution

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

Panel: IP insurance interrogation

  • Insurance 101 for portfolio futureproofing
  • The intersection between patent valuation and insurance
  • From litigation risk to resilience: building global frameworks
     
2:25 pm-2:55 pm

Networking break

2:55 pm-3:55 pm
IP Leadership Forum

Panel: Women in IP Live – IP powerhouses disclose secrets to success

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.

IP Finance Forum

Masterclass: IP in M&A

  • 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
3:55 pm-4:25 pm

Networking break

4:25 pm-5:25 pm
IP Leadership Forum

Panel: Leading with intelligence: AI and the future of leadership

  • 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
Kent Richardson
Kent Richardson CEO, Richardson Oliver Law Group
IP Finance Forum

Panel: Financing the future

  • 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
5:00 pm-6:00 pm
IP Leadership Forum

Networking drinks: Hosted by IAM and ChIPs Network

Invite only for female executives

Garibaldi Terrace, InterContinental

5:25 pm-5:30 pm
IP Leadership Forum

IAM closing remarks: IP Leadership Forum

IP Finance Forum

IAM closing remarks: IP Finance Forum

6:00 pm-8:00 pm

Opening drinks reception

Sponsored by Patlytics

USS Midway, 910 N Harbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92101

8:00 pm-11:00 pm

Post event drinks reception

Hosted by AST, Richardson Oliver Insights and Tech+IP Capital

Garibaldi, 901 Bayfront Ct, San Diego, CA 92101

16 June 2026

8:30 am-9:30 am

Registration and networking breakfast

9:30 am-9:40 am
Innovation Unleashed

IAM welcome address and 2026 IP Hall of Fame inductee's announcement

Rachel Mountain
Rachel Mountain Editor, IAM
9:40 am-10:10 am
Innovation Unleashed

Keynote: John Squires, Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

10:10 am-10:20 am
Innovation Unleashed

Featured keynote address: What advanced analytics reveal about the future IP landscape

10:20 am-11:20 am
Innovation Unleashed

Panel: AI for IP transformation

  • AI experiments driving competitive advantage
  • The impact of AI on licensing negotiations
  • AI for litigation intelligence
11:20 am-11:50 am

Networking break

11:50 am-12:50 pm
IP Arena

Case studies: Legal questions with business impact

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

Case study 1: Mastering interim licence declarations and antisuit injunctions

Case study 2: Where antitrust and IP collide

Case Study 3: Unpicking section 101 within AI/ML inventions 

Building Brilliance

Masterclass: Multimedia: A new licensing frontier

  • The biggest deals and lessons learned
  • Licensing at scale in a fragmented marketplace
  • Encoding, decoding and RAND debates
Peter Toto
Peter Toto SVP IP, Sony Corporation of America
Clay Gaetje
Clay Gaetje Vice President, Licensing and Head of Video Services, InterDigital
Innovation Unleashed

Panel: China: SEP risk, reality and reward

  • The changing role of SEP players
  • Learnings from state court decisions
  • Patent pool trials and triumphs
12:50 pm-2:30 pm

Lunch and networking

2:30 pm-3:00 pm
Innovation Unleashed

Featured keynote interview: Where innovation meets commercialisation: Qualcomm’s approach to IP value creation

Dan McCurdy
Dan McCurdy Chief Executive Officer, RPX
3:00 pm-4:00 pm
IP Arena

Lightning talks: UPC metrics: trends and takeaways

Talk 1: Pharma in focus

Talk 2: Multimedia showdowns

Talk 3: Telecoms turning points

 

Building Brilliance

Masterclass: The battery boom

  • 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
Innovation Unleashed

Panel: PTAB: disruption, direction and decisions

  • 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
Boaz Brickman
Boaz Brickman SVP, Legal, IPValue Management
4:00 pm-4:30 pm

Networking break

4:30 pm-5:30 pm
Innovation Unleashed

Panel: Policy, practice and the future of SEP licensing

  • Navigating global SEP policy divergence 
  • Market driven solutions for FRAND licensing tensions
  • The prospect and potential impact of LNGs 
     
Patricio Delgado
Patricio Delgado Vice President, IPR Policy & Commercial Compliance, Ericsson
5:30 pm-5:35 pm
Innovation Unleashed

IAM closing remarks

5:35 pm-7:35 pm

Drinks reception

Sponsored by Xiaomi

17 June 2026

8:30 am-9:30 am

Registration and networking breakfast

9:30 am-9:40 am
Innovation Unleashed

IAM welcome address

9:40 am-10:10 am
Innovation Unleashed

Fireside chat: From growth to scale: the future of licensing, litigation and IP value

Christina Petersson
Christina Petersson Chief IP Officer, Ericsson
10:10 am-11:10 am
Innovation Unleashed

Panel: IP: the voice of value

  • ​​​​​​From ideas to income: the art of translating IP into financial terms 
  • Understanding business goals and aligning with portfolio strategy
  • Models for measuring success  
Katharine Wolanyk
Katharine Wolanyk Managing Director, Burford Capital
11:10 am-11:40 am

Networking break

11:40 am-12:40 pm
Building Brilliance

Masterclass: New dawn for life sciences patent 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
     
Innovation Unleashed

Panel: ADR: a smart way to solve disputes?

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

Lightning talks: Setting the standard: AI governance and IP

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

Talk 2: Preparing for global AI harmonisation

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

12:40 pm-2:10 pm

Lunch and networking

2:10 pm-3:10 pm
Innovation Unleashed

Panel: Europe: patents, policy and power

  • 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?
Richard Vary
Richard Vary Partner, Bird & Bird
IP Arena

Lightning talks: Trade secret success

Talk 1: The US enforcement playbook and damages determination
Talk 2: Cross-border misappropriation risk mitigation
Talk 3: Trade secrets in the age of AI
 

Building Brilliance

Masterclass: Masterclass: IoT in the limelight

  • 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
3:10 pm-3:40 pm

Networking break

3:40 pm-4:40 pm
Innovation Unleashed

Panel: The predictions piece

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.

4:40 pm-4:45 pm
Innovation Unleashed

IAM closing remarks

4:45 pm-6:45 pm

Closing drinks party

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