Schedule LESI Conference 2020

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  • Day 1

    Sun, May 17, 2020

  • Day 2

    Mon, May 18, 2020

  • Day 3

    Tue, May 19, 2020

  • Day 4

    Wed, May 20, 2020

  • Join all the participants of the IMDM plus all the LESI2020 attendees and speakers for a warm welcome at the Station, Berlin.
    Evening Reception
    Where
    Station, Berlin

  • Welcome Speeches
    Plenary
    Where
    Plenary Room

  • (to be confirmed)
    Plenary
    Where
    Plenary Room

  • Marianne De Backer will give an excellent key note in the field of innovation and modern day licensing in a world full of data in pharma industry.
    Plenary
    Where
    Plenary Room

  • Experts from the European Union, the US and Japan will give an overview on the latest developments in an excellent panel.
    Plenary
    Where
    Plenary Room

  • Enjoy networking and meeting opportunities during the coffee break
    Coffee Break
    Where
    Central Meeting Area

  • Enjoy networking and meeting opportunities during the coffee break
    Coffee Break
    Where
    Central Meeting Area

  • This session will see knowledgeable and engaging speakers with deep knowledge of consumer products and consumer brand markets who will share their individual outlooks into the future of how retail, marketing and connected devices will shape the future market. Big players of today might become redundant tomorrow. Manufacturers of today become service providers. Retailers become manufacturers – and vice versa. Gaining market share with individual ecosystems will be balanced against the aim to achieve technological standardization. Data and connectivity shifts market powers. Who will benefit, who will suffer, and who will be the market leaders 2030?
    Workshop 2
    Where
    Break Out Room 2

  • We have the exceptional opportunity to dine, network, meet and greet in the surrounding of the Naturkundemuseum, right under the dinosaur bones.
    Evening Reception
    Where
    Naturkundemuseum, Berlin

  • Rushing into the era of disruptive innovation, DX (Digital Transformation) is revolutionizing the industrial world and society, while data and digitalization are key components of DX. With the rise of AI and the growing importance of data and its use, licensors will have to develop new concepts to make best use of the legal means (such as patent, copyright or trade secret) and practical means (such as restricting access) available to protect such data. Those legal and practical approaches will in turn have implications for license agreements which will be at the center of this workshop. Panelists address how various industrial sectors such as automotive are going to handle data as assets, where they are going, and what points should seriously be considered in legal and practical aspects.
    Workshop 3

  • Mock Mediation of IP License Dispute using WIPO. We began the panel with Adam Rattray from WIPO explaining the difference between mediation and arbitration, then describing WIPO's approach. This was followed by Jim Sobieraj (acting as mediator) explaining his role and how he plans to conduct the mock mediation. We had a great group for the actual mock mediation. We wrapped up with 10 points to consider when planning for mediation and audience discussion.  
    Workshop 1
    Where
    Break Out Room 1

  • The internet has been around for more than 25 years. On-line delivery of music and films no longer take ages. According to Motion Pictures of America and IFPI, most people watch films or listen to music via streaming. In fact, IFPI’s 2019 Music Listening Report, 89% listen to music through on- demand streaming. Many do so using YouTube, showing that the platform between music and films are blurred. Naturally, the revenue streams from the different means of exploiting copyright for music is now coming mainly from streaming. As much as 59% is coming from streaming. Performing rights societies which traditionally manage broadcast, cable and performing rights are becoming more and more important. In this session, we examine the role of collective rights management organisations (traditionally called “performing rights societies”), in this world of new consumer habits and how different players are responding to this trend. Should new rights like those in the EU Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (Directive 2019/790) be introduced or is technology and business models the right avenues for response?
    Plenary
    Where
    Plenary Room

  • This workshop will be chaired by (LES Britain & Ireland) and have 4 panel members with representatives from industry, i.e. those seeking the financing and the challenges they face in trying to build a company as well as the financiers -venture capitalists and various funding bodies.
    Plenary
    Where
    Plenary Room

  • This would be a great opportunity to forge links with the Pharmaceutical Licensing Group in Europe. We’ll like at the state of play in the industry, IP and regulatory challenges and look at resulting diversification focusing on licensing and M&A . We will have panellists from pharma companies, speciality companies with representatives from LES and PLG. This will be chaired by a life science committee member and a PLG member. 
    Plenary
    Where
    Plenary Room

  • drinks reception and networking event
    Evening Reception

  • The festive highlight of the conference: dining like the prussian kings did in midst of orange trees in the wolrd renowned ambience of palace Charlottenburg. A true once in a lifetime experience.
    Evening Reception
    Where
    Castle Charlottenburg, Berlin