Women’s IP Forum 2024 IPW Studios, Ashburn, VA
August 26-27, 2024
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Speakers

Meet Our Speakers

Danielle Abramson

Senior Director, Patents

Greenberg Traurig

Melissa Adams

Principal

Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

Jennifer Burdman

Jennifer Burdman

Managing Director

Sauvegarder Investment Management

Erin Crockett

Director

NERA

Elizabeth Dougherty

Elizabeth Dougherty

Regional Outreach Director, Eastern Regional Office

USPTO

Sarah Fashena

VP, Head of Intellectual Property Strategy

Ascidian Therapeutics, Inc.

Allison Gaul

Legal Counsel

Boston Consulting Group

Pinar Gencer

Senior Associate

Competition Dynamics

Gina Johnson

Gina Johnson

Chief Legal Officer

Ridge

Becky Kaufman

Associate Vice President and Senior Associate General Counsel

Ohio State University, Office of Legal Affairs

Tenley Krueger

Vice President, Global Intellectual Property

Technip Energies

Jennifer Kuhn

Assistant General Counsel

Tricentis

Holly Lance

Attorney Advisor

Office of Policy and International Affairs at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

Natasha Landery

Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, IP

Truist

Khanh Leon

Associate

O'Melveny & Myers LLP

Megan Lyman

General Counsel

Phospholutions

Eileen McDermott

Editor-in-Chief

IPWatchdog, Inc.

Rochelle Mondesir

Product Security Intelligence Manager

Johnson & Johnson

Margo Monroe

Senior Associate

Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

Elisabeth (Bette) Muirhead

Partner

Merchant & Gould

Kayleigh Nauman

Kayleigh Nauman

Intellectual Property Attaché for North America

The United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office

Judge Pauline Newman

Hon. Pauline Newman

Circuit Judge

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Ngoc Ngo

Economist

Competition Dynamics, Inc.

Katie O’Sullivan

Senior Corporate Counsel, US Litigation

Renesas Electronics

Jenna Parenti

Vice President

Strong Force Design and Strong Force Innovation Portfolios

Laura Peter

Laura Peter

Former Deputy Director of USPTO and Executive Director, Division of Research, UNC Charlotte

Office of Research Commercialization and Partnerships, UNC Charlotte

Melissa Pytel

Melissa Pytel

Head of Intellectual Property

Entrada Therapeutics

Renée C. Quinn, President of IPWatchdog, Inc.

Renée C. Quinn

President

IPWatchdog, Inc.

Farheena Rasheed

Deputy General Counsel and Solicitor

USPTO

Torie Reinhart

Global IP Counsel

Viridien

Thara Russell

Director, Assistant General Counsel for IP

Capital One

Stephanie Schonewald

Stephanie Schonewald

Partner

Choate, Hall & Stewart

Lauren Sherwood

Patent Attorney

Bookoff McAndrews PLLC

Jamie Simpson

Jamie Simpson

Chief Policy Officer and Counsel

The Council for Innovation Promotion

Patricia Stepp

Assistant Vice President of Technology Transfer

Rice University

Coke Morgan Stewart

Coke Morgan Stewart

Deputy Director

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Maja Szumarska

Special Counsel

Sheppard Mullin

Marlene Valderrama

Principal Intellectual Property Assets Manager

Halliburton

Alaina van Horn

Chief of the IP Enforcement (IPE) Branch

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Hon. Kathi Vidal

Partner

Winston & Strawn

Celeste Walker

Associate

Troutman Pepper

Erin Wills

Senior Princial IP Counsel

Medtronic

Wen Xie

Owner

Lux Lumen Intellectual Property PC