Event Schedule

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8:00

Registration & Itinerary Badge Collection

08:50

Chair Welcome Address

Dr. Stephan Wolke

CEO

thyssenkrupp intellectual property gmbh
09:00

Opening Presentation: Making use of public/private sector networks to counter organized criminal networks

Chris Martin

OECD WP-CIT Co-Chair

OECD
09:25

Sponsor Spotlight: The NIRONE Scanner Platform of Spectral Engines: The Pharma Security Solution

Lukas Schiffer

Managing Director

Spectral Engine
09:50

Deep Dive Session 1: Effective Brand Protection Strategies:

  • With the rise of technology, brands need more protection against counterfeiters
  • Effective strategies needed to mitigate brand abuse

Moderator

Guneri Tugcu

Founder & Host

CoCo

Panelists:-

Dr. Claudia Pappas

Head of IP Team Trademarks

ThyssenKrupp Intellectual Property GmbH

Beatrice Nelson-Beer

Chief Legal Officer

Lifeplus

Heike Bhonsle

Senior Director, Global IP

Crocs Europe BV
10:30

Coffee, Connect and Converse

11:20

Industry Spotlight 1: Securing Your Brand: Leveraging Data-Driven Strategies in Outside IP Counsel Selection and Management

Simone Frattasi

Head of Global IP

MAERSK
11:45

Deep Dive Session 2: Trademark Protection Is Brand Protection?

  • Trademark registration is an effective way to build & and protect the brand
  • Tailored, cross-cultural Approach to trademark protection

Moderator

Dr. Claudia Pappas

Head of IP Team Trademarks

ThyssenKrupp Intellectual Property GmbH

Panelists:-

Sebastien Vitali

Head of Trademarks

Johnson Controls

Paula Román

Legal Counsel IP

Play’n GO
12:15

TBC

12:40

Refresh, Lunch and Connect

13:40

Industry Spotlight 2: Counterfeiting issue that the spirits industry is facing:

  • Its unique characteristics
  • The way we have chosen to tackle it (an industry approach)
  • The latest trends (the involvement of organized crime)
  • The reasons to be optimistic for the future.

Mathieu Prot

Global Trade Intelligence Director

Pernod Ricard
14:10

Deep Dive Session 3: Brands' approach towards brand protection: Tackling BP strategically, legally, or intelligently?

Moderator

Dr. Stephan Wolke

CEO

thyssenkrupp intellectual property gmbh

Panelists:-

Stella Padovani

Vice President

AICIPI

Michael Coggin

Global Head of Corporate Security Investigations

Syngenta AG

Adefunke Adeyeye

Global Head Anti-Counterfeiting and Product Protection

Haleon
14:50

Coffee, Connect and Converse

15:40

How to transform Anticounterfeit Dept from a cost to business growth center

Abier Wasouf

Global Anti-counterfeit Counsel

Danfoss GmbH
16:05

Problem-Solution Matrix: Brand Protection, Anti-Counterfeiting & Harmonizing IP Enforcement & Portfolio Strategies

Moderator

Guneri Tugcu

Founder & Host

CoCo

Panelists

Emma Warbey

T/Detective Chief Inspector

City Of London Police

Adefunke Adeyeye

Global Head Anti-Counterfeiting and Product Protection

Haleon

Byron M. Jones Sr.

Special Agent / National Program Manager Homeland Security Investigations

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Heike Bhonsle

Senior Director, Global IP

Crocs Europe BV

Mike Consterdine

Brand Sales Director

Authentix
16:55

Chair Closing Remarks

Dr. Stephan Wolke

CEO

thyssenkrupp intellectual property gmbh
17:00

End of Day 1

08:00

Registration & Itinerary Badge Collection

08:50

Chair Welcome Address

Dr. Stephan Wolke

CEO

thyssenkrupp intellectual property gmbh
09:00

Opening Presentation: Protection of IP in Customs

Antonio Lo Parco

Director, Regional Office for Capacity Building

World Customs Organization Europe Region
09:25

Deep Dive Session 4: Digital Times Call For Digital Measures: Implementing AI in the IP Department

Moderator:-

Dr. Stephan Wolke

CEO

thyssenkrupp intellectual property gmbh

Panelist:-

Henrik Trasberg

Legal Adviser on AI and New Technologies

Ministry of Justice of Estonia
09:55

Industry Spotlight 3: Interaction of Brand Protection and Data Protection in the Digital Age

Agnès Terreau

Data Protection Officer Switzerland

ManPower
10:20

Coffee, Connect and Converse

11:10

Industry Spotlight 4: Understanding the Nexus between Data Management and Brand Protection:

  • Exploring how data assets are intertwined with brand identity and reputation
  • Highlighting the risks posed by data breaches, counterfeit products, and brand impersonation

Mahmoud Yassin

Senior Data Manager

Booking.com
11:35

Industry Spotlight 5: Deep fakes - the threat of artificially generated misinformation

Prof. Dr. Ilin Savov, LLM, PhD, DSc

Director of Scientific Research Institute of Security & Alimentary Sustainability

Trakia University Republic of Bulgaria
12:00

Deep Dive Session 5: Tracing Back Counterfeiters

  • Protect supply chain transparency and trace back counterfeit traders
  • Integrations of blockchain technology for increased visibility and authenticity

Moderator

Abier Wasouf

Global Anti-Counterfeit Counsel

Danfoss GmbH

Panelists:-

Esteban Jorge Giudici

Senior Policy Advisor

TRACIT

Byron M. Jones Sr.

Special Agent / National Program Manager Homeland Security Investigations

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

D'Arcy Quinn

Director of Anti-Counterfeiting

CropLife International AISBL
12:30

A 360° Brand Protection Strategy

Marie-Claire Trinh Van Hi

Senior Global Brand Protection Analyst

Miraculous Corp
12:55

Refresh, Lunch & Connect

13:55

Industry Spotlight 6: Latest strategy of CLI on stopping illegal pesticide sales online, via a due diligence strategy

D'Arcy Quinn

Director of Anti-Counterfeiting

CropLife International AISBL
14:20

Protecting Brands in the AI Era

Roman Zhukov

Product Security Manager

Intel
15:05

Industry Spotlight 7: Empowering Brand Integrity Through Serialization and Traceability Across Industries

Guneri Tugcu

Founder & Host

CoCo
15:30

Industry Spotlight 8: Protecting Brands - In The World Of Influencers And Dupes Culture

  • Battling Dupe Culture, how to identify imposters?
  • Enhance marketing strategies to amplify the brand value and integrity

Niall Trainor

Managing Attorney, Intellectual Property

Hasbro
15:55

Chair Closing Remarks

Dr. Stephan Wolke

CEO

thyssenkrupp intellectual property gmbh
16:00

End of Conference with Coffee