Moderator: James Nurton, Director, Lextel Partners Ltd, London UK
| 09.00 hrs | Arrival and welcome coffee |
| 09.30 hrs | Presentation of the European patent system by James Nurton |
| 09.40 hrs |
Opening addresses by: Pierre-Yves Dermagne, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Economy Thierry Breton, European Commissioner for the Internal Market António Campinos, President of the European Patent Office Anna-Carin Svensson, Director-General for International Affairs at the Swedish Ministry of Justice |
| 10.15 hrs |
Contribution of patents
to innovation in Europe
Angelika Niebler, Member of the European Parliament Philippe Busquin, former European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation Mark Ferguson, Chairman of the European Innovation Council Board Yann Ménière, European Patent Office Chief Economist |
| 10.45 hrs | Coffee break |
| 11.00 hrs | Main features of unitary patent protection and the Unified Patent Court (video) |
| 11.05 hrs |
Views from
present and former representatives of EU institutions
Maive Rute, Deputy Director-General and Chief Standardisation Officer, DG GROW, EuropeanCommission Didier Seeuws, Director-General for General and Institutional Policy, Council of the EU Cecilia Wikström, former Member of the European Parliament and shadow rapporteur for the UPP regulations |
| 11.30 hrs |
Views of academics Panel moderator: Giovanni Casucci, Partner at EY Studio Legale Tributario IP Department, advisory board member of EPLAW, the European Patent Lawyers Association Professor Bruno Van Pottelsberghe (Université libre de Bruxelles) Professor Edouard Treppoz (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne university) Professor Anselm Kamperman Sanders (Maastricht University) |
| 12.00 hrs |
Views of business associations
Panel moderator: James Nurton Thierry Sueur, BusinessEurope Véronique Willems, Secretary General of SMEunited Ben Butters, Eurochambers |
| 12.30 hrs | Lunch |
| 14.00 hrs | Introduction to the afternoon session |
| 14.05 hrs |
Views of innovative SMEs
Panel moderator: Gabriel Grésillon, Reporter at Les Echos Professor Nuno Correia, INEGI / Solaris Float Ruben Bonet, President and CEO, Fractus Arnaud Castaignet, Vice President, Public Relations & Government Affairs, Skeleton Technologies Professor Karl Leo, European Inventor Award 2021 in the "Lifetime achievement" category |
| 14.40 hrs |
Views of professional representatives
Panel moderator: Joff Wild, Editor-at-large for IAM and WTR Klaus Haft, trial lawyer in intellectual property law, past-president and advisory board member of EPLAW, the European Patent Lawyers Association Ina Schreiber, Patent Attorney at Plasseraud IP Koen Bijvank, Advocaat and Patent Attorney at Brinkhof, Amsterdam |
| 15.20 hrs | Coffee break |
| 15.40 hrs | Presentation of the UPC - its judges, premises and electronic case management system (video) |
| 115.55 hrs |
Views of judges
Panel moderator: Kevin Mooney, co-founder, past-president and advisory board member of EPLAW, the European Patent Lawyers Association Klaus Grabinski, President of the Court of Appeal of the UPC Florence Butin, President of the Court of First Instance of the UPC Rian Kalden, Presiding judge of the second panel of the Court of Appeal of the UPC Emanuela Germano, Judge to the Court of Appeal of the UPC Stefan Johansson, Judge to the Court of First Instance of the UPC, NordicBaltic Regional Division |
| 16.45 hrs |
Conclusions
Winfried Tilmann, Professor Emeritus at Heidelberg University, co-founder and advisory board member of EPLAW, the European Patent Lawyers Association |
| 17-18.00 hrs | Reception |
