Chair: Harrie Temmink (EUIPO). Speakers: Brando Benifei (MEP S&D, Rapporteur AI Act); Kamil Kiljanski (Head of Unit, DG GROW C.4 Intangible Economy); Sharon Israel (Chief Policy Officer and Director for International Affairs, USPTO); Rita Wezenbeek (Director, DG CNECT.F Platforms Policy and Enforcement)
10:15 AM
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM
SSSA MC - Aula Magna
Roundtable "The role of the judiciary in shaping the future of IP and data law"
Chair: Virginia Melgar (EUIPO). Speakers: Richard Arnold (Lord Justice of Appeal, Court of Appeal of England and Wales), Maria José Costeira (President of the VI Section, General Court of the EU), Zane Petersone (Judge at the Latvia Supreme Court), Ingeborg Simonsson (Judge, Court of Appeal, Unified Patent Court)
11:45 AM
7 parallel sessions
11:45 AM - 1:45 PM
SSSA PB - Aula Conferenze
AI and copyright compliance
Chair: Christophe Geiger (LUISS Guido Carlo University - Roma)
11:45 AM - 1:45 PM
SSSA MC - Aula 6
Challenges in copyright flexibilities
Chair: Severine Dusollier (Science Po Law School - Paris)
11:45 AM - 1:45 PM
SSSA PB - Aula TAO
Freeing data for AI innovation
Chair: Martin Senftleben (University of Amsterdam)
11:45 AM - 1:45 PM
SSSA MC - Aula 3
IP as a catalyst of innovation? Alternative drivers and negative spaces
Roundtable "Geographical indications between competitiveness and sustainability: challenges and opportunities"
Chair: Irene Calboli (Texas A&M University School of Law). Speakers: Marie-Paule Rizo (WIPO), Katarina Kompari (EUIPO), Dev Gangjee (University of Oxford), Raffaella Alia (Marchesi Antinori), Flavio Innocenzi (Consorzio Asiago)
11:45 AM - 1:45 PM
SSSA MC - Aula Magna Storica
UPC litigation scenarios: the tools of the new Court for an effective enforcement of (and defense from) patent rights