IP Dragon is very honored he is invited by the IP Academy of Singapore to speak at the 3rd Global Forum on Intellectual Property, Raffles City Convention Centre, on January 6 and 7, 2011. This years theme is very actual: “Turbulent Times: Onwards and Upwards for Intellectual Property?”
I am very impressed by the learned line-up and I am very sure special things will happen when so much IP passionate scholars and practisioners fill up the same Singaporean space.
The Chairman of the IP Academy, professor David Llewelyn, and author of the book ‘Invisible Gold in Asia’ which will be reviewed on this blog soon, and the following IP scholars and practisioners will be present:
- Stan Abrams, Author of China Hearsay blog / Of counsel at Golden Gate Law Firm /IP Professor, Beijing’s Central University of Finance and Economics Law;
- Dr Tanya Aplin, Reader in IP Law, King’s College, London;
- Justice Richard David Arnold, Judge of the High Court, Chancery Division;
- Ms Toe-Su Aung, General Counsel, Anti-Illicit Trade, BATMark Ltd;
- Mr Shamnad Basheer, Founder, Spicy IP Blog, Ministry of HRD Professor in IP Law, National University of Juridical Sciences, India;
- Mr Bruce Berman, CEO, Brody Berman Associates (US);
- Judge Prof. Dr. Joachim Bornkamm, Presiding Judge, Federal Supreme Court of Germany;
- Prof Robert Burrell, Professor of Queensland;
- Mr George Chappelle, EVP, Chief Operating Officer, Solocup;
- Ms Peggy Cheung, Partner, Jones Day (Hong Kong);
- Mr Dimitrios Drivas, Partner & Chair, Global Intellectual Property Practice Group, White & Case LLP, New York;
- Ms Karen Fong, Managing Partner, Rouse Legal (UK);
- Mr Danny Friedmann, Consultant, IP Dragon Blog;
- Ms Dominique Grigg, Barrister (Dominique Grigg Chambers), Queensland;
- Prof Hugh Hansen, Professor, Fordham University School of Law, New York
- Mr Albert Ho, Head of the Intellectual Property Investigation Bureau, Hong Kong Customs & Excise Department;
- Prof Justin Hughes, Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property / Professor of Law, Cardozo Law School, New York;
- Mr John Hull, Partner and Head of IP, Memery Crystal LLP (London),
- Dr. jur. Kristina Janusauskaite, Attorney at Law (Lithuania);
- Prof Anette Kur, Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law;
- Prof Spyros Maniatis, Director, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary, University of London;
- Mr Batur Oktay, Director and Corporate Counsel at Starbucks Coffee Company;
- Ms Marilee Owens, General Counsel, BetBrain;
- Ms Anna Panka, Associate, Jacobacci & Partners (Milan);
- Hon. Robert van Peursem, Vice President, District Court The Hague, The Netherlands;
- Mr Guy Proulx, Managing Director, Transpacific IP Management Group Pte Ltd;
- Dr Meir Perez Pugatch, Senior Lecturer, University of Haifa in Israel, IP Policy & Commercialisation of Knowledge Assets/ Director of Research, the Stockholm Network;
- Hon. Randall R. Rader, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Washington DC;
- Mr Robert Raskopf, Partner, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver Hedges LLP;
- Prof Jan Rosén, Professor, University of Stockholm;
- Ms Gayatri Roy, Partner, Luthra and Luthra;
- Mr David Ruder, VP (Memberships), RPX Corporation / Chair of Trademark Asset Management Committee, IAFS / Founder of Terrier IP Investments LLC;
- Mr Mustafa Safiyuddin, Partner, DSK Legal
- Prof Wang Qian, Professor, East China University of Political Science and Law, Shanghai;
- Mr Victor Wang, Senior Partner, Allbright (Shanghai);
- Mr Richard Wilder, Associate General Counsel for Intellectual Property Policy, Microsoft Corporation;
- Prof Peter Williamson, Professor of International Management, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge / Chairman, Tactical Global Management / Joint Author of “Dragons at Your Door”
- Prof Marry Wong, Professor of Law & Chair, IP Programs, University of New Hampshire School of Law
- Prof Peter K. Yu, Kern Family Chair in Intellectual Property Law / Director, Intellectual Property Law Center, Drake University Law School, Des Moines, IA
- Dr Daphne Zografos, Lecturer, University of Reading
For an updated list of speakers, see here.
