Conference Agenda

IIPLA 2022 Dubai
January 19 and 20, 2022
Sheraton Dubai Creek & Towers

Time Topic

Day 1

9:00 AM 9:15 AM Welcome Note
9:15 AM 10:30 AM Session 1 : IP Lessons learnt from Pandemic
Panelist:
RASHIKA BAKSHI Associate General Counsel for WPP and lead MENA and India. UAE
Omar Obeidat, Partner, Head of Intellectual Property & Competition, Al Tamimi
MUNA FARID Director at Hatch Consulting FZE UAE
Hady Khawand, Partner, Saba IP, UAE
10:30 AM 10:45 AM Networking Break
10:45 AM 11:45 AM Session 2 : Brand Protection : IP Rights need more than Laws
Speakers
Dinchu Oommen Senior Legal Counsel, MEA Johnson Controls
Rosena Nhlabatsi, IP Commercialization Policy Expert Qatar Research Development & Innovation Council, Qatar
11:45 AM 12:15 PM Session 3 : ADR for intellectual property and Technology
KARIM ELHELALY Senior Legal Counsel at Oracle UAE
12:15 PM 1:15 PM Session 4: Intellectual Property & Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs)
Panelist:
RICHARD MILCHIOR Partner, Herald Advocats Paris
DR. FRITZ THOMAS WETZEL Partner at Scheele Wetzel Patentanwälte (SWP Intellectual Property) Germany
James M. Hall CEO and Founder Global GC
KOKILA ALAGH Founder, KARM Legal Consultants UAE
1:15 PM 1:30 PM Group Photo Session
1:30 PM 2:30 PM Lunch Networking Break
2:30 PM 3:45 PM Session 5 : Protecting your Patents, Ideas & IP
Panelist:
Olaf Ungerer, Managing Partner, Page White and Farrer, Germany
SIVA MANOHARAN Managing Partner at IP Research Group Canada
James M. Hall CEO and Founder Global GC
3:45 PM 4:00 PM Networking Break – 2
4:00 PM 16:30 Session 6 : Copyright, the Internet and Why It Matters to You
Ghada Al Ghaiti,Associate Corporate Lawyer,Younis Al Amri Advocates and Solicitors, Oman

Day 2

9:15 AM 9:45 AM Session 7 : TOP-5 requirements to the IP-Frameworks of Projects seeking more than $10M Investments
Panelist:
DR.SANDJAR MUMINOV President, Sandjar Group UAE
9:45 AM 10:30 Session 8 : Enabling a national economic diversification policy and depending less on a single revenue source: Saudi Arabian and the Arab Gulf’s path within intellectual property paradigm
Panelist:
Dr. Samuel Samiai Andrews, US Ambassador’s Distinguished Scholar & Professor of Intellectual Property Law | Saudi
10:30 AM 10:45 AM Coffee Networking Break – 1
10:45 AM 12:00 PM Session 9 : Importance of Intellectual Property Valuation and Protection
Panelist:
Amol Mahulkar, Counsel, Airbus, India
Liat Galily Perel, Attorney, Perel –Law Office
David Laliberte, General Counsel, Digital14, UAE
Raka Roy, Head of IP and Data Protection, Galadari Advocates & Legal Consultants, UAE
12:00 PM 1:00 PM Session 10 : Patent information: how to monitor and analyze to grow innovations
Panelist:
Mohammed Alhajeri, Owner, Mohammed F. Alhajeri for Intellectual Property, Saudi Arabia
Alec Sorensen, Founder & CEO ,Tradespace,USA
1:00 PM 2:15 PM Lunch Networking Break
2:15 PM 3:15 PM Session 11 : Round Table Discussion – Intellectual Property
Mohammed Alhajeri, Owner, Mohammed F. Alhajeri for Intellectual Property, Saudi Arabia
Alec Sorensen, Founder & CEO ,Tradespace,USA
Liat Galily Perel, Attorney, Perel –Law Office
David Laliberte, General Counsel, Digital14, UAE
James M. Hall CEO and Founder Global GC
Dr. Samuel Samiai Andrews, US Ambassador’s Distinguished Scholar & Professor of Intellectual Property Law | Faculty, Mohammad Bin Fahd University College of Law
Al Khobar, kingdom of Saudi Arabia
3:15 PM 3:30 PM Closing Note
3:30 PM 3:45 PM Coffee Networking Break – 2