Bryce Barcelo
Director of IP Strategy, Certum Group Having only recently joined Certum Group, Bryce Barcelo previously spent more than a decade at Susman Godfrey LLP—one of the country’s premiere litigation boutiques—where he litigated cutting-edge intellectual property cases. Often representing “mom and pop” plaintiffs versus tech-sector goliaths and other Fortune 100 companies, Bryce steered these complex, bet-the-company […]
Alfonso Garcia Chan
Partner, King and Spalding LLP Alfonso Garcia Chan is a trial lawyer who focuses on litigating and licensing complex intellectual property cases on behalf of universities, research institutes and technology companies. His matters are primarily focused on semiconductors and electronic technology-intensive matters, as well as biomaterials and medical devices. Alfonso represents plaintiffs and defendants in […]
Abhijit Banerjee
Associate Vice President, Innovation & Entrepeneurship, University of Connecticut Abhijit (Jit) Banerjee is the associate vice president of research, innovation, and entrepreneurship at UConn. He has decades of experience in industry, management consulting and university leadership, and building research enterprise through catalyzing university-based research innovation with a goal of community impact. Banerjee has a wide […]
DJ Nag
President, Innovaito, LLC Dr. DJ Nag is the President of Innovaito, an IP strategy advisory company. He serves as an independent board member at Crown Electrokinetics Inc (NASDAQ: CRKN). He was invited to join the National Science Foundation (NSF) as an expert in IP and technology transfer. DJ successfully led technology transfer offices at Rutgers […]
Lauren Sullivan
Deputy Director, Associate General Counsel, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Lauren Sullivan is currently Deputy Director, Associate General Counsel at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation focusing on complex biotechnology transactions. Prior to BMGF, she was a partner in Epstein, Becker & Green’s Health Care and Life Sciences practice group, where she advised biotechnology companies […]
Chan Park
General Counsel, Medicines Patent Pool Chan Park is the Medicines Patent Pool’s General Counsel (Executive Leadership Team). He has been with MPP since it was established in 2010, overseeing all legal matters of the organisation. As General Counsel, Chan forms a vital part of our negotiation team, and has successfully negotiated and drafted our licensing […]
Laleh Shayesteh
Director of Intellectual Property and Administration, UC Berkeley IPIRA (Intellectual Property & Industry Research Alliance) Laleh is the Director of Intellectual Property and Administration for the Office of Technology Licensing where she develops UC Berkeley’s IP strategy and oversees licensing for life sciences, chemistry, medical instruments, physical sciences, engineering, and software technologies. Additionally, she handles […]
Julia Barnes-Weise
Executive Director, Global Healthcare Innovation Alliance Accelorator (GHIAA) Julia Barnes-Weise, JD, CLP is the founder and Executive Director of the Global Healthcare Innovation Alliances Accelerator (GHIAA), a non-profit organization that develops, analyzes and promotes the use of tools and best practices to increase equitable access in global health alliance formation. In this capacity she has […]
Tara L. Kirby
Director, Office of Technology Transfer, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Dr. Tara L. Kirby is the Director of the NIH Office of Technology Transfer (OTT), which supports the technology transfer efforts of NIH’s institutes and centers. Technology transfer is a critical component of NIH’s mission, fostering collaboration, information sharing, and partnering to realize the potential […]
Christopher Henley
Licensing Manager, Boston Children’s Hospital Christopher joined the Technology and Innovation Development Office (TIDO) of Boston Children’s Hospital in June 2022. As a Licensing Manager, he works with research and clinical faculty to assess and market innovations arising from their research. He is responsible for the patent and commercialization strategies for several areas of research […]
