International Conference on Emerging Technologies & Intellectual Property – Connecting the Bits

Dr. Francis Gurry, Director General, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva Mr. Ofir Alon, Director of the Israel Patent Office (ILPO) Mr. Aharon Aharon, CEO, Israel Innovation Authority

Moderator: Ms. Anya Eldan, VP and Head of Startup Division, Israel Innovation Authority Panelists: Dr. Doron Behar, CEO and Founder, Igentify Ltd. Mr. Eyal Toledano, CTO and Co-founder, Zebra Medical Vision Ltd Mr. David Harel, CEO, CytoReason

Moderator: Mr. Sagi Dagan, VP and Head of the Growth Division, Israel Innovation Authority Panelists: Adv. Zafrir Neuman, Chief Legal Counsel, Israel Innovation Authority Mr. Carl Schonander, Senior Vice President, Global Public Policy, Software Information Industry Association, Washington D.C., United States Adv. Erez Kaminitz, Deputy Attorney General, the Israeli Ministry of Justice, Name tbc, representative from Israel

Moderator: Adv. Roy S. Melzer, Head of Software, Information Sys. Department, Ehrlich, Neubauer & Melzer Attorneys at Law of Ehrlich Group Panelists: Dr. Omri Rachum-Twaig Fischer Behar Chen Well Orion & Co. Mr. Ryan Abbott, Professor of Law and Health Sciences, University of Surrey, U.K. Adv. Eran Bareket, Gilat Bareket & Co Sharon Hausdorff , VP and Chief Patent Counsel (Teva Pharmaceuticals)

Moderator: Adv. Asa Kling, Chair of IP Practice, Naschitz Brandes Amir & Co. Panelists: Professor Dinusha Mendis, Centre for Intellectual Property Policy and Management (CIPPM), Bournemouth University, United Kingdom Dr. Michal Shur-Ofry – Hebrew University Dr. Ofer Tur-Sinai, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Ono Academic College, Israel. Ms. Einav Zilber, Patent Attorney & Advocate IP Law, Patents Management

Moderator: Mr, Gerard Owens, Country coordinator for the Israel Patent Office, EPO Panelists: Prof. Tal Zarsky, Vice Dean, University of Haifa, Faculty of law Mr. Ryan Abbott, Professor of Law and Health Sciences, University of Surrey, School of Law Mr. Uri Coppenhagen Head of Research & Analytics ILPO Mr. Dmitry Zolkin, Head of the division for the design of information and search systems. Rospatent Mr. Stefan Klocke, Head of Department Data Science, EPO