Sixth Annual International IP Summit

Event
October 12, 2023 – October 13, 2023

2023 IP Summit

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Please join Ropes & Gray and Boston College Law School at the 6th Annual International IP Summit. The summit is a premier forum for practitioners, business leaders, academics, and government officials to explore the dramatically evolving global IP environment.

This event will take place in person at Boston College Law School (885 Centre Street, Newton, MA).

We look forward to seeing you this fall!

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Date Time
All times are EST
Panel
October 12 8:30-8:40AM Welcome Remarks
8:40-9:10AM Opening Address
9:10-10:10AM Intellectual Property Considerations in Generative AI - Balancing Innovation, Creativity, and Legal Risks
10:10-11:10AM Global AI Landscape
11:10-11:25 AM Networking Break
11:25AM-12:15PM EU’s Unified Patent Court
12:15-1:20PM Lunch & Keynote
1:30-2:20PM AI in the Boardroom - Navigating the New World of Corporate Risk
2:20-3:15PM AI in Financial Services – Regulatory Issues
3:15-3:30PM Networking Break
3:30-4:30PM Responsible AI – Restoring & Preserving Trust and other Ethical Considerations
4:30-5:30PM Leveraging AI in Healthcare and Life Sciences: Key Legal Considerations
5:30-5:35PM Closing Remarks
5:35-6:30PM Networking and Cocktail Reception
October 13
By invitation
or application
9:00AM-12:00PM Roundtable

Day 1: Sixth Annual International IP Summit - October 12

Welcome Remarks
8:30-8:40AM

  • Speaker:
    Odette Lienau, Dean & Professor, Boston College Law School

Opening Address
8:40-9:10AM

  • Speakers:
    Rachel Joy Victor, Consultant + Co-founder, FBRC.ai

Intellectual Property Considerations in Generative AI - Balancing Innovation, Creativity, and Legal Risks
9:10-10:10AM
This panel will discuss IP considerations in the use of Generative AI to create content, including the use of AI in creative spaces and law practice, as well as how we can protect and use IP in this new landscape.

  • Moderator:
    David Olson, Associate Professor, Boston College Law School
  • Speakers:
    Keith Clayton, Principal Corporate Counsel, Microsoft
    Erica Han, Partner, Ropes & Gray LLP
    Margaret Minister, General Counsel, Evisort Inc.
    Dr. Laura Zager, IP Counsel, Software and Artificial Intelligence, Thermo Fisher Scientific

Global AI Landscape
10:10-11:10AM
This panel will delve into global developments in AI, including intellectual property, data privacy, antitrust, platform regulation in the US, Europe, China, and other jurisdictions.

  • Moderator:
    Sandy Tarrant
    , Associate Clinical Professor, Faculty Director for the Program on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Boston College Law School
  • Speakers:
    Michael Diehl, Senior Attorney, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
    Timothy Kotin, Co-Founder, Superfluid Labs
    Rohan Massey, Partner, Ropes & Gray LLP
    Samer Musallam, Partner, Ropes & Gray LLP
    Marcus Valverde, Managing Partner, Marcus Valverde Sociedade de Advogados


Networking Break
11:10-11:25AM


EU’s Unified Patent Court
11:25 AM-12:15PM
Our panelists will have an in-depth discussion regarding the recent launch of the UPC which aims to streamline patent protection under one jurisdiction.

  • Moderator:
    Ed Kelly, Boston & Galway LLC
  • Speakers:
    Anne-Raphaëlle Aubry, Associate, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
    Mathias Karlhuber, Partner, Cohausz & Florack
    Chuck Larsen, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery 
    Matthew Shapiro, Counsel, Ropes & Gray LLP

Lunch & Keynote
12:15-1:20PM (Lunch)

  • Moderator:
    Regina Sam Penti
    , Partner, Ropes & Gray LLP
  • Keynote Speaker:
    Dr. Rumman Chowdhury, CEO and Co-Founder of Humane Intelligence; AI Fellow, Harvard University; Time 100 AI

AI in the Boardroom - Navigating the New World of Corporate Risk
1:30-2:20PM
Our panel of general counsels will share the opportunities and challenges that they foresee with AI and discuss the potential implications of the impact of AI on corporate governance, the role and composition of in house legal teams, ethical concerns, reputational risk, internal and external policies and regulations, and confidential information, privacy and consent.

  • Moderator:
    Regina Sam Penti, Partner, Ropes & Gray LLP
  • Speakers:
    Rajesh K. Aggarwal, Professor of Finance, D’Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University
    Jessica Donohue, Global Executive & Board Director, State Street
    Chris Kirby, General Counsel, PathAI
    Memme Onwudiwe, EVP Legal & Business Intelligence, Evisort Inc.

AI in Financial Services – Regulatory Issues
2:20-3:15PM
This panel will explore regulatory issues concerning the industry and how companies must safeguard customer data privacy, eliminate discriminating algorithms within their applications, and ensure compliance with financial regulations.

  • Moderator:
    Joshua Jackson, Associate, Ropes & Gray LLP
  • Speakers:
    Robert Bench, Senior Advisor, MIT Media Lab
    Eva Ciko Carman, Partner, Ropes & Gray LLP
    Jessica Donohue, Global Executive & Board Director, State Street

Networking Break
3:15-3:30PM


Responsible AI – Restoring & Preserving Trust and other Ethical Considerations
3:30-4:30PM
Our panel will navigate the complex ethical landscape that arises from leveraging AI technologies. Such considerations include discussions on topics such as bias mitigation, data privacy, transparency, and accountability in AI systems.

  • Moderator:
    David Olson, Associate Professor, Boston College Law School
  • Speakers:
    Dr. Rumman Chowdhury
    , CEO and Co-Founder of Humane Intelligence; AI Fellow, Harvard University; Time 100 AI
    Renée Landers, Professor of Law and Faculty Director, Health and Biomedical Law Concentration and Master of Science in Law, Life Sciences Program, Suffolk University Law School
    Sam Ransbotham, Professor of Business Analytics, Boston College; AI Editor, MIT Sloan Management Review
    Tola Sunmonu-Balogun, Associate Partner, McKinsey & Company
    Diya Wynn, Senior Practice Manager, Responsible AI, Amazon Web Services

Leveraging AI in Healthcare and Life Sciences: Key Legal Considerations

4:30-5:30PM
Generative AI has the potential to streamline healthcare processes from medical notetaking to drug design for biopharmaceutical companies. Due to a lack of regulation and government oversight, there have been increasing calls to analyze the risks of AI within these industries. Our panelists will discuss considerations such as accuracy and equity that apply to the use of AI in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries.
 

  • Moderator:
    Rajarshi Banerjee, Associate, Ropes & Gray
  • Speakers:
    Dr. Bernardo Bizzo, Senior Director, Data Science Office, Mass General Brigham
    Colin Hill
    , Chief Executive Officer, Aitia
    Sally Wang Liang, J.D., M.P.H., Senior Vice President of Business Development, Head of Global Business Unit, PepLib and Venture Partner, Viva Bioinnovator
    Christine Moundas, Partner, Ropes & Gray LLP
    James Yeagle
    , Associate General Counsel, WHOOP

Closing Remarks
5:30-5:35PM


Networking and Cocktail Reception
5:35-6:30PM


Day 2: Sixth Annual International IP Summit - October 13By application and invitation
9:00AM-12:00PM
The Roundtable Session will bring together people with experience and interest in artificial intelligence and business to share what they are seeing in the market and brainstorm best practices. The roundtable will be a fully interactive session and participants are asked to attend the entire roundtable. Topics to be discussed include:

  • AI – Deal Making Trends and Impact on Industry
  • Strategic Considerations Around Governance, Regulation, and Ethics of AI

Guest Speakers

Rajesh K. Aggarwal
D’Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University, Professor of Finance
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Anne Raphaëlle Aubry
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Associate
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Robert Bench
MIT Media Lab, Senior Advisor
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Dr. Bernardo Bizzo
Senior Director, Mass General Brigham AI; Assistant Professor of Radiology, Department of Radiology at Mass General Hospital
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Rumman Chowdhury
CEO and Co-Founder of Humane Intelligence; Harvard University, AI Fellow; Time 100 AI
See Bio
Keith Clayton
Microsoft, Principal Corporate Counsel
See Bio
 Michael Diehl
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Senior Attorney
See Bio
Jessica Donohue
State Street, Global Executive & Board Director
See Bio
Colin Hill
Aitia, Chief Executive Officer
See Bio
Mathias Karlhuber
Cohausz & Florack, Partner
See Bio
Ed Kelly
Boston & Galway LLC
See Bio
Chris Kirby
PathA, General Counsel
See Bio
Timothy Kotin
Superfluid Labs, Co-Founder
See Bio
Renée Landers
Suffolk University Law School, Professor of Law and Faculty Director
See Bio
Chuck Larsen
McDermott Will & Emery, Partner
See Bio
Sally Wang Liang
PepLib and Venture Partner, Viva Bioinnovator, Sr. VP of Business Development, Head of Global Business Unit
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Odette Lienau
Boston College Law School, Dean & Professor
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Margaret Minister
Evisort Inc., General Counsel
See Bio
David Olson
Boston College Law School, Associate Professor
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Memme Onwudiwe
Evisort Inc., EVP Legal & Business Intelligence
See Bio
Sam Ransbotham
Boston College; MIT Sloan Management Review, Professor of Business Analytics; AI Editor
See Bio
Tola Sunmonu-Balogun
McKinsey & Company, Associate Partner
See Bio
Sandy Tarrant
Boston College Law School, Associate Clinical Professor, Faculty Director for the Program on Innovation and Entrepreneurship
See Bio
Marcus Valverde
Marcus Valverde Sociedade de Advogados, Managing Partner
See Bio
Rachel Joy Victor
FBRC.ai, Consultant + Co-founder
See Bio
Diya Wynn
Amazon Web Services, Senior Practice Manager, Responsible AI
See Bio
James Yeagle
WHOOP, Associate General Counsel
See Bio
Laura Zager
Thermo Fisher Scientific, IP Counsel, Software and Artificial Intelligence
See Bio