Sixth Annual International IP Summit

Past events: 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018

Artificial Intelligence: Seismic Shift, Undue Hype or Existential Threat?

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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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

By 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