10:00 Registration and Coffee
10:30 Welcome and Introduction
Stefan Kohler, Attorney-at-law, Vischer; President of LES Switzerland
Peter Ling, Attorney-at-Law, Lenz & Staehelin; Co-Chair of the LESI IUGT Committee
10:45 Keynote
Lisa Jorgenson, Deputy Director General (Patents & Technology), World Intellectual Property Organization
11:00 Tackling the Challenges of Climate Change and Sustainability by Accelerating Innovation in Agriculture
Filip de Corte, Head Intellectual Property, Syngenta Crop Protection
11:40 IP challenges in the automotive transformation
Florian Adt, General Counsel/COO, Mercedes-Benz Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG
12:20 Q&A
12:30 Lunch
13:45 Move the World with Swiss Innovation
Barbla Plattner, Member of the Executive Team, Head of Talent and Organization Development, Innosuisse – Swiss Innovation Agency
14:15 LegalTech in 2023 – Is this leading anywhere?
Paula Reichenberg, attorney-at-law registered with the Zurich Bar, Vice-President of the Swiss LegalTech Association, CEO & Founder of Neur.on – AI-powered Translation Software for Legal, Tax & Finance 14:45
Q&A
15:00 Coffee Break
15:30 TRIPS, Innovation and COVID-19: The role of licensing in the international debate
Wolf Meier-Ewert, Counsellor – Secretary of the Council for TRIPS, World Trade Organization
16:00 Intellectual Property as a Tool for Sustainable Development
Jacques de Werra, Professor of Contract Law and Intellectual Property Law at the University of Geneva, Director of the Digial Law Center
16:30 Q&A
16:50 End of the Conference