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Silke Weiss is a fully qualified lawyer with a Master's degree in Intellectual Property from Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand. She has worked at WIPO since 2008, initially in WIPO's PCT

Legal Division before moving to the Hague System Legal Division. Prior to that, she worked in a law firm in Germany and at the University of Economics in Vienna, Austria.

Yvonne Stone, Partner, D Young & Co, advises international and domestic clients in all contentious and non-contentious aspects of national and international trade mark, design, copyright and unfair competition law. Her non-contentious experience covers inter alia advice on trade mark and design filings as well as clearance searches/registrability advice. Yvonne’s contentious work includes extensive experience in handling national and multi-jurisdictional disputes ranging from opposition and cancellation proceedings to civil infringement proceedings. The latter comprises assisting clients with their anti-counterfeiting strategies as well as trade fair enforcement activities in Germany.

Yvonne handles proceedings before the German Patent and Trade Mark Office, the Federal German Patent Court, all German civil courts, the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and the General Court in Luxemburg. Before joining D Young & Co in 2019, Yvonne worked in the IP department of an international law firm. 

Yvonne speaks German and English fluently.

Nora Fowler, trade mark attorney and counsel with Kilburn & Strode, has over a decade of experience in advising clients and assisting them with the protection of their trade marks and designs. Nora has a particular focus on contentious matters and dispute resolution, as well as  helping clients manage their worldwide trade mark and design portfolios. Throughout her career Nora has assisted clients with complex strategic international trade mark and design filing projects, working with clients from a broad range of sectors including the travel, sports, automotive, fashion, food and beverage, and beauty industries. She advises in relation to matters at the IPO, IPEC and EU General Court. She regularly represents clients at hearings before the UKIPO including in trade mark opposition and cancellation matters and trade mark and design registrability/absolute grounds hearings. Nora has an international background; she has worked in the UK and Germany and often assists clients in multijurisdictional matters and projects.

Rowena Tolley, a trade mark partner with Kilburn & Strode. She has almost 20 years of experience helping businesses protect and build value in their brands.  She specialises in helping UK-based businesses in their international growth, as well as US and EU multinationals for whom the UK market is key. There are very few countries where Rowena hasn’t filed trade marks, making her an expert in the local nuances of international brand protection. Her work includes everything from multi-jurisdictional clearance work, prosecution, oppositions and cancellations, through to portfolio reviews and management, infringement, dispute resolution and due diligence.  Rowena works with clients of all sizes and across a wide range of sectors, including in particular food & drink, pharma, fintech, sports and music. 

Rowena is well-known and respected in the industry, having sat on various intellectual property committees including FICPI, TIPLO and INTA.  She has been ranked by MIP as one of their “Top 250 Women in IP” and by World Trademark Review as a “Gold Individual” in their WTR1000.

Catherine Dupenloup joined WIPO in 1996 and presently works as a Senior Applications Support Assistant in the Madrid Information and Promotion Division, Madrid Registry, Brands and Designs Sector. Since 2012, she has been the focal point for user Support in relation with Madrid System Online Services. Before 2012, she worked at the WIPO IT helpdesk as a user support for IT matters.

Ms. DAI joined Madrid Operations Division of WIPO in 2018. In her role as an examiner, she has focused on the examination of international applications, renewals, modifications, corrections, and other related tasks. Additionally, she is dedicated to delivering exceptional customer services to Madrid clients, offering precise and prompt responses tailored to their specific inquiries with her comprehensive knowledge of the Madrid system. Furthermore, she actively contributes as a member of an internal board, collaborating to establish consistent resolutions on examination practice issues. 

Prior to joining WIPO, Ms. DAI served as a senior trademark examiner at China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA), specializing in Madrid System. Throughout her tenure, she acquired extensive experience and expertise in conducting trademark examinations under Madrid System. She spearheaded the successful development of the Madrid e-Filing service of CNIPA and facilitated Madrid e-Communication between CNIPA and WIPO, along with the development of an internal examination system tailored for Madrid filings. 

She has been invited as speaker to several webinars conducted in both English and Chinese languages, where she shares her expertise and insights on topics related to international applications under Madrid system. 

Lewis Shipp is a published pharmaceutical scientist and a recognised expert in drug development & manufacturing across a range of therapeutic modalities. Lewis currently works at the intersection of science & technology as a Digital CMC Specialist at QbDVision, helping organisations both large & small leverage digital technology to accelerate the delivery of therapies to patients. Additionally, Lewis has contributed to ISPE's Pharma 4.0 Special Interest Group & BioPhorum's Technology Strategy Forum as an SME in the application of digital technology to solve business process challenges within the pharmaceutical industry. Lewis has also given several presentations at internationally recognised conferences on varying topics pertaining to digitally-enabled drug development and manufacturing. 

Dr. Tina Amini, a pharmacist with PhD in Pharmaceutics. She has over 30 years experience in Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices. She previously held the positions of Head of Notified Body and Senior Technical Specialist at LRQA Notified Body and Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Expert at bsi Notified Body, where she was responsible for Device Drug combination products, Conformity Assessment of a wide range of medical devices and onsite assessments of Quality Management System (QMS) as the lead auditor.

Tina has extensive experience of regulatory expertise for CE marking of medical devices, and has been involved in the classification of borderline products and consultation process with several EU competent authorities and EMA for device/drug products.

Prior to joining Notified Bodies, Tina worked in the Pharmaceutical Industry in a variety of disciplines where she took products through from discovery to commercialisation.

Dr David Jefferys is Senior Vice President for Global Regulatory, Government Relations, Public Affairs and Patient Safety (EMEA, Russia and Australasia) at Eisai. After qualifying, he worked in clinical and academic medicine before spending 20 years as a senior regulator for both medicines and medical devices.

He was executive director of the UK Medicines Control Agency, CEO and Director of the MDA and joint CEO of the MHRA. He was involved in the establishment of the European Medicines Agency, is a CPMP/CHMP member and Chair of the MRFG and PER scheme. For the last ten years he has worked in industry and chairs several key committees for ABPI, EFPIA and IFPMA.

Dr Ruchi Pathak Kaul is a TEDx Speaker and consultant to the Surgical Innovation Lab at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, where she runs the 3D printing lab and conducts research on medical devices developed using 3D printing technology. She bridges the gap between technology and medicine, bringing clinicians closer to technology and helping them incorporate 3D printing in their surgical practices. She is actively involved in the development of various medical devices at the premiere institute of India. Ruchi is also an honorary lecturer at University College London, where she is involved in global research on rehabilitation care using emerging technologies.

Ruchi has clinical and research experience of more than 15+ years, with her research in mid-face reconstruction using 3D printed patient-specific Implants. She has also worked on optimisation of spinal guides for cadaveric surgeries at University College London, UK. She has been actively involved in conducting a patient-public engagement for the development of spinal guides for patients of scoliosis. Ruchi is a qualified maxillofacial surgeon and has authored several scientific articles, chapters and books in scientific literature. Her passion lies in conducting translational research by bridging the gap between technology and its benefits for common man.

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