GLOBAL TITANS OF LICENSING AND ACQUISITION
Management of Growth in Multiple Economies with Different IP Laws and Rules
The Global Titans of Licensing will gather experienced participants from the industry coming from several countries to discuss their regional experiences with licensing and acquisitions within their respective industries. Representatives with licensing experience in India, China, South America, North America and Europe will share with the attendees how to negotiate the labyrinth of IP laws and policies to manage growth.
8:15 A.M. - 9:45 A.M.
 Jonathan Klein-Evans, Vice President, Intellectual Property, MedImmune, LLC
Jonathan Klein-Evans is Vice President, Intellectual Property for MedImmune, LLC. He has been overseeing all intellectual property issues for MedImmune since he joined the company in 2002.
Prior to joining MedImmune, Jonathan was an in-house patent attorney at Human Genome Sciences, Inc. Prior to his tenure at HGS, Jonathan worked for the law firm of Pennie & Edmonds, LLP, first as a law clerk, then a patent agent, and finally as a patent attorney. In almost fifteen years in the field, Jonathan has worked on all aspects of patent law, including prosecution, litigation, opinions, interferences, oppositions, and licensing.
Jonathan holds a B.A. in Biochemistry from Columbia University, an M.S. in Biological Sciences from Stanford University, where he studied prokaryotic gene regulation, and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center. He is a member of the New York State Bar and registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
 Marshall Phelps, Corporate Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, Microsoft Corporation
As Microsoft Corp.'s corporate vice president and deputy general counsel for intellectual property, Marshall Phelps supervises Microsoft's intellectual property groups, including those responsible for trademarks, trade secrets, patents, licensing, standards and copyrights. He oversees the company's management of its intellectual property portfolio, which comprises some 3,000 U.S.-issued patents, their foreign counterparts and more than 11,000 trademark registrations worldwide. In addition, Phelps helps lead Microsoft's ongoing work with other companies in the technology industry to broaden awareness of intellectual property issues.
 Krishnan "Nandu" Nandabalan, President & Chief Executive Officer, BioXcel Corporation
Nandu brings 15 years of experience in the biotech sector and has been an entrepreneur in establishing CuraGen (Group Leader, Functional Genomics), Genaissance (VP of Alliances/BD; Exec. Dir, Technology Systems) and Protometrix (Founder and Investor). He has extensive experience in M&A, in/out-licensing, co-development/co-marketing ventures, and setting up service-providing units. He has generated more than $20 million dollars of revenue since 2000 and closed deals with major pharma/biotech companies, such as Pfizer, J&J, Pharmacia, Novartis, BMS, BiogenIdec, Millennium, Merck KGaA, Organon, Sankyo, and Otsuka. He is an inventor with nine published patents and over 100 filed patent applications and has published in leading scientific journals such as Science and Cell. Nandu received a Ph.D. in biochemistry and molecular biology from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, and was a post-doctoral fellow at Yale University.
 José Luis Solleiro Rebolledo, Director of Technology Sector, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Senior researcher at the Center for Applied Science and Technological Development of the National University of Mexico (UNAM) since 2000. Currently, he is National Researcher Level II.
He was founder of the Center for Technological Innovation where he managed the Technology Transfer Office (1984-1991) and the Academic Programs Direction (1991-1993).
He has published more than 150 academic papers in journals, books and proceedings. He has given lectures in undergraduate and graduate programs in institutions of 17 countries. He has directed 18 college-level thesis, 17 at master level and 8 at doctoral level.
He has been consultant for private firms in Mexico, universities, institutions and international organizations in different matters related to innovation management and technology policy.
He has evaluated international programs and projects as well as academic institutions. He has been referee for journals of technology management such as Technovation, International Journal of Technology Management, Electronic Journal of Biotechnology and Problemas del Desarrollo.
Currently, he co-ordinates CamBioTec, a technological collabortion network for Latin America. Since 2005 he is Manager of the Agri-food Area of the Iberoamerican Program of Science and Technology for Development (CYTED).
 9:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Winfred Phillips, Vice President, Research, University of Florida
Dr. Winfred M. Phillips, Vice President for Research and Director, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and Don and Ruth Eckis Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Florida, and President of the University of Florida Research Foundation, July 1,1999-present. Dean of the Graduate School at the University of Florida from July 1, 1999 - February 1, 2004. Dean of Engineering and Associate Vice President at the University of Florida from August 1988 - June 1999.
He was Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Head of the School of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University from 1980-1988; Associate Dean for Research, College of Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University from 1979-1980; Professor of Aerospace Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University from 1978-1980; Acting Chairman for the Intercollegiate Bioengineering Program at The Pennsylvania State University from 1978-1979; and Visiting Professor at the University of Paris from 1976-1977.
Dr. Phillips received his BSME degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Mechanical Engineering, and MAE and DSc degrees from the University of Virginia in Aerospace Engineering.
He is a member of the following professional societies: Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers [Board of Governors, 1994-98, President, 1998-99]; Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science; Fellow, American Society for Engineering Education [Past Chair, National Engineering Deans' Council and President, 1996-97]; Fellow, Accreditation Board for Engineering & Technology, Inc. [President, 1995-96]; Fellow, American Astronautical Society; Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering [Chair, College of Fellows, 1994-95, President, 1996-97]; Fellow, Biomedical Engineering Society; Fellow, The New York Academy of Sciences; Fellow, Royal Society for the Arts; American Society for Artificial Internal Organs [Board of Trustees, 1982-92, Secretary-Treasurer, 1985-87, President, 1988-89]; American Physical Society; Fellow, American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics; Licensing Executives Society, Inc.; Society of Research Administrators International; International Society of Biorheology and Society of Automotive Engineers.
Dr. Phillips is a member of the Golden Key National Honor Society, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Pi Tau Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi and Sigma Gamma Tau.
Dr. Phillips received the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Ralph Coats Roe Medal, the Florida Trend's 2005 CEO to Watch List, the Southeastern Consortium for Minorities in Engineering Global Messenger Award, the American Society for Engineering Education Benjamin Garver Lamme Award, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Dedicated Service Award, the Linton E. Grinter Distinguished Service Award from the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, and the National Engineering Award from the American Association of Engineering Societies. He was named Distinguished Hoosier and Sagamore of the Wabash by the Governor of Indiana for distinguished service to the State. He serves on the Enterprise Florida Board, the Southern Technology Council, the Engineering Directorate Advisory Committee of the National Science Foundation, the President's Committee on the National Medal of Science; and has served as a consultant to numerous industries, universities, and the National Institutes of Health and State Education Boards; corporate director; and reviewer and member of the editorial boards for a number of journals in Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering. He has served as a member of the Academic Advisory Council for the Industrial Research Institute; and Governor appointee to the Indiana Boiler Board and the Florida High Technology & Industry Council. He has served as Chair of the Board of Governors of the American Association of Engineering Societies, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Southeastern Consortium for Minorities in Engineering, and is currently a member of the Enterprise North Florida Corporation Board and Vice Chair of the Council for Economic Outreach of Gainesville.
He is the author of over 180 research publications. His personal research and teaching interests include mechanical engineering, fluid mechanics and biomedical engineering.
 11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Tracey Thomas, formerly Chief IP Counsel at
American Express and now Chief IP Strategist and
License Negotiator, American Express
At American Express, Mr. Thomas is primarily responsible for leveraging American Express's global intellectual property portfolio, including the development and implementation of patent and technology licensing and protection strategies.
Prior to joining American Express, Mr. Thomas practiced law in the Chicago offices of McDermott, Will & Emery, Rudnick and Wolfe, and Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, where he focused on all aspects of intellectual property law, including IP licensing, litigation and patent preparation and prosecution. While in private practice, he also represented professional athletes, artists, record labels, music producers and musicians.
Mr. Thomas is a member of the board of directors of the Center for Advanced Technologies and a project leader for the National Knowledge and Intellectual Property Management Taskforce. He also serves on the board of the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone (UMEZ) and in an advisory capacity to the Consumer and Merchant Awareness Foundation, a foundation established by Mr. Thomas and American Express to educate consumers and merchants about fraud, identity theft and other securityrelated issues in the payments industry.
Mr. Thomas frequently speaks on issues relating to intellectual property best practices and IP licensing and deal strategies. He is the author of a 2007 monograph entitled Driving IP Deals: Internal Decisions and Processes.
Mr. Thomas is admitted to the New York, Illinois and Wisconsin bars, and is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Before attending law school, he was an electrical engineer at Wisconsin Electric Power Company in Milwaukee and a software engineer at Bear Automotive in New Berlin, Wisconsin.
 11:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Amory Lovins, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Rocky Mountain Institute
Amory Lovins, a MacArthur Fellow and consultant physicist, has advised the energy and other industries for 34 years as well as the U.S. Departments of Energy and Defense. His work in 50+ countries has been recognized by the "Alternative Nobel," Onassis, Nissan, Shingo, and Mitchell Prizes, the Benjamin Franklin and Happold Medals, nine honorary doctorates, honorary membership of the American Institute of Architects, and the Heinz, Lindbergh, Jean Meyer, Time Hero for the Planet, and World Technology Awards. He advises industries and governments worldwide, and has briefed 19 heads of state. He co-founded and leads Rocky Mountain Institute, an independent, market-oriented, entrepreneurial, nonprofit, nonpartisan think-and-do tank that creates abundance by design. Much of its pathfinding work on advanced resource productivity and innovative business strategies is synthesized in Natural Capitalism.
More than 80 Fortune 500 firms have lately used or invited RMI's consultancy. RMI earns most of its revenue from such programmatic enterprise, including the super-efficient redesign of $30 billion worth of facilities in 29 sectors, and has spun off four for-profit firms. His Pentagon-cosponsored 29th book (2004), now being implemented in the private sector, is Winning the Oil Endgame. |
Elaine Paul, Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Business Development, The Walt Disney Company 
Rich Karlgaard
In every issue of Forbes, Rich writes a column called Digital Rules. It appears in the front pages of Forbes, directly after columns by Steve Forbes. In his Digital Rules column, Rich writes about technology, entrepreneurship, regional and economical development, and the future of business and work. He frequently lectures on these subjects and is a regular guest on the Fox News Channel's Forbes on Fox. In 2005, Rich began writing a daily blog, which appears on the homepage of Forbes.com.
