Life Sciences Masters™ 2025 IPW Studios, Ashburn, VA

October 27 - 29, 2025

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Speakers

Speakers are subject to change.

Keynote Speaker

Henry Hadad

Henry Hadad

Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel

Bristol-Myers Squibb

Confirmed Speakers

Ratib Ali

Economist

Competition Dynamics

Christian Bauer

Fractional In-House IP Counsel

Multiple Biotech Companies

Brent R. Bellows, Ph.D.

Partner

Knowles Intellectual Property Strategies

Axel B. Berger

Patent Attorney

Bardhele Pagenberg

Heather Champion Brady

Associate General Counsel, Head of Intellectual Property

Emergent BioSolutions LLC

Kady Bruce, Ph.D.

Head of Intellectual Property

Crescent Biopharma

Brian Cocca

Brian Cocca

Executive Director, Assistant General Counsel, IP

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Shana Cyr

Executive Director & Head of Patent Litigation

Bristol Myers Squibb

Sarah Fashena

VP, Head of Intellectual Property Strategy

Ascidian Therapeutics, Inc.

Abi Heath

Counsel

Kilburn & Strode

Colin Heitzmann

Vice President of Intellectual Property

Travere Therapeutics

Benjamin Heller

Partner

Kilburn & Strode

Paul Higgins

Vice President of Law - Head of Global IP Policy

Johnson & Johnson

Emily Johnson

Head of Global Intellectual Property Policy, Innovation Law

Bristol Myers Squibb

Philip S. Johnson

Chair, Steering Committee

Coalition for 21st Century Patent Reform

Becky Kaufman

Associate Vice President and Senior Associate General Counsel

Ohio State University, Office of Legal Affairs

Patrick Kilbride

Policy Advisor, Public Speaker & Corporate Trainer

Kilbride Public Affairs

Sherry Knowles

Principal

Knowles Intellectual Property Strategies

Joshua Kresh

Research Professor, Executive Director

The IP Policy Institute, The University of Akron School of Law

Justin Latona

Economist

Competition Dynamics

Gary Lobel

Senior Patent Attorney

Reckitt

Cynthia Martin

Assistant General Counsel

GSK

Gabe McCool

Counsel

Wolf Greenfield

Kwame Mensah

Assistant General Counsel, Oncology Biologics IP

AstraZeneca

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Mark Merritt

President & CEO

Proactive Strategies Group

Chief Judge Paul Michel

Hon. Paul R. Michel

Chief Judge (ret.)

US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Marc Morley

Member

Mintz

Juliana Neves

Partner

Licks Attorneys

Heather Petruzzi

Partner

WilmerHale

Peter-Anthony Pappas

Director of Intellectual Property Policy

U.S. Senate, Committee on Judiciary

Anthony Prosser, Ph.D.

Anthony R. Prosser, Ph.D.

Partner

Knowles Intellectual Property Strategies

Gene Quinn

President & CEO

IPWatchdog, Inc.

John Rearick, Ph.D.

Partner

Cooley LLP

Robert Sahr

Shareholder, Biotechnology Practice

Wolf Greenfield

Colin Sandercock

Vice President & General Counsel

Cue Biopharma, Inc.

Joshua Schoonover

General Counsel

INmune Bio, Inc.

Runa Shah-Qaderi

Intellectual Property Manager

Cellphire Therapeutics

Sean Sheridan

Vice President

Charles River Associates (CRA)

Laura Smalley

Partner

Harris Beach Murtha

Charles Steenburg

Charles Steenburg

Shareholder

Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

Teresa Summers

Partner

Summers Law Group

Giulia Toti

Founding Go-To-Market

Ankar AI

Sarah Tully

Director, Assistant General Counsel, Neuroscience and Ophthalmology IP Lead

Genentech

Tobias Wuttke

Partner

Bardehle Pagenberg

Daniel Young

Shareholder, Biotechnology Practice

Wolf Greenfield

Sponsors