11th Annual Meeting in Stockholm
13-14 June 2024
Downtown Camper by Scandic, Stockholm, Sweden
PROGRAMME:
Thursday, 13th June | |
19.00 | CONFERENCE DINNER (optional) Aperitifs and Conference Dinner in the Downtown Camper |
Friday, 14th June | |
09.00 |
FORMAL OPENING Opening by the President, administrative and financial overview |
09.15 | Presentations from Working Groups |
09.30 | EPLIT Board Member Elections |
09.40 |
SESSION I What are the consequences for additional states joining the UPC? Update on Court of Appeal and Nordic Baltic regional division activities Speakers: Triona Walshe (Bausch & Lomb) Ingeborg Simonsson (UPC) Kai Harmand (UPC) Stefan Johansson (UPC) |
10.15 | COFFEE BREAK |
10.30 |
SESSION II How are auxiliary requests handled in the UPC? Including comparison with EPO practice Speakers: Tobias Wuttke (EPLIT) Bernhard Müller (EPO appeal board) András Kupecz (UPC) Bernard Ledeboer (UPC, EPLIT) |
11.30 |
SESSION III Preservation of evidence - how does the UPC handle requests for preservation of evidence? Some comparisons with national practice. Speakers: Stephanie Sarlet (EPA, EPLIT) Andrea Marietti (EPA) Vincent Michiels (EPA) |
12.15 | LUNCH |
13.45 |
SESSION IV Case law update - UPC has been busy over the last year. What have we learned so far? Speaker: Michael Wallinger (EPA, EPLIT) |
14.45 | COFFEE BREAK |
15.00 |
SESSION V Perspectives from senior industry representatives on the UPC now it is up and running. Speakers: Guno Tjon (Unilever) Clemens Heusch (Nokia) Darrin Shaya (Stanley Black & Decker) |
16.15 | Concluding remarks |
16.30 | Close & Departure |