Global Standards Leadership Conference San Diego

Agenda & Speakers

Agenda

8:00am - 9:00am
Breakfast Welcome Reception

9:00am - 9:15am
Welcome Remarks - Tim Pohlmann (IPlytics)

9:15am - 9:45am
Keynote 1: Global Technology Trends for Standardized Technologies
Speaker: Kavon Nasabzadeh (Ofinno)

9:45am - 11:00am
Session 1: Salient Technological Trends for Standardized Technology and its Application
Moderator: Kirti Gupta (CSIS)
Speaker: Chris Hannon (USPTO), Peyton Meyer (Haynes Boone), Vishal Sharma (Metanoia), John Smee (Qualcomm)

11:00am - 11:15am
Break

11:15am - 12:30pm
Session 2: Global Standards, National Interests – Recent Standardization Policy Evolutions in Different World Regions
Moderator: Justus Baron (Northwestern University Chicago)
Speaker: Sukla Chandra (General Electric), Nigel Cory (IETF), Giulia Neaher (Atlantic Counsil)

12:30pm -1:30pm
Lunch

1:30pm - 2:00pm
Keynote 2: The Role of IP in Technology Standards
Speaker: Earl Nied (Veracity-IP)

2:00pm - 3:15pm
Session 3: The Evolution of SEP Policy in View of Current Regulation Proposals
Moderator: Tim Pohlmann (IPlytics)
Speaker: Dave Djavaherian (PacTech Law), Mattia Fogliacco (Sisvel), Jim Harlan (InterDigital), Taraneh Maghame (Maghame IP)

3:15pm - 3:45pm
Keynote 3: The Fundamental Importance of Global Standards
Speaker: Walter Copan (Colorado MINES)

3:45pm - 5:00pm
Session 4: Maintaining Open and Consensus-based Standards Development amid Geopolitical and Patent Policy Divisions
Moderator: Urska Petrovcic (Hudson Institute)
Speaker: Harry Bims (IEEE), Etienne Chaponniere (Qualcomm), Gordon Gillerman (NIST)

5:00pm - 6:00pm
Cocktail reception

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Technology standards define the technical infrastructure for global communications networks and global supply chains. Disruptive technological innovation in fields such as AI, IoT, blockchain, autonomous driving, virtual reality, and many others, is only possible thanks to worldwide standardization. Today, research and development efforts of innovators around the world are pushing a common technological frontier, rather than creating duplicate, incompatible, and mutually inconsistent regional or national technological systems.

The governance and the rules of the worldwide standardization ecosystem are of fundamental importance to its legitimacy and resilience. Due process in standards development is critical to ensure that standardization decisions are objectively justified, rather than driven by narrow agendas or particular interests. Standardization processes must be transparent and open, including smaller players and societal stakeholders that are often under-represented. Intellectual Property Rights policies must protect the right of contributors to standards development to seek a fair return to their R&D efforts, while providing fair and efficient access to the standardized technology to implementers.

For a second time, the Annual Conference on Global Standards Leadership brings together thought leaders on standardization, Intellectual Property, government, and academia. The conference is a venue to discuss the fundamental current challenges facing the global Intellectual Property and standardization ecosystem and promotes efforts to find common ground.

In this year’s edition of the conference, we will discuss the most important and salient technological trends in global standardization; recent evolutions in standardization policy in different regions of the world; current challenges to the governance of standards development processes; and potential reforms to the system for licensing Standard-Essential Patents. The conference will feature a mix of keynote addresses, panel discussions, and open debates.

Global Standards Leadership Conference 2023

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