Date and time
Start: Thursday 17 October 2024, 08:00 AM
End: Thursday 17 October 2024, 07:00 PM
Thursday 17 October
Start: Thursday 17 October 2024, 08:00 AM
End: Thursday 17 October 2024, 07:00 PM
Hyatt Regency Birmingham, Hyatt Regency Birmingham, 2 Bridge Street, Birmingham, B1 2JZ
This year’s conference will take place at Hyatt Regency Birmingham. The conference will be followed by a drink reception, where you can mingle with your colleagues and chat with our speakers and committee members.
The Committee is planning a varied and exciting programme to meet your requirements.
Early Bird Rates:
Standard Rates (after Friday 13 September):
We offer reduced – rate overnight accommodation at Hilton Garden Inn Birmingham Brindleyplace, please contact us to arrange any accommodation you may need [email protected].
We look forward to seeing you.
Topics and timings are subject to change
IP Paralegals
Lee Davies has been the Chief Executive of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) since February 2012. Prior to this, Lee was the Deputy Chief Executive of the Institute for Learning (IfL), the professional body for further education teachers. Lee’s professional background is in engineering (mechanical services) and further education teaching. Lee has experience of the governance of professional bodies, having served as the President of the Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering (CIPHE) in 2011-12.
Lee says that such a varied career, from apprentice plumber to CEO of CIPA, via organisations such as the Highbury College in Portsmouth, the Workers’ Educational Association (WEA) and IfL, has left him a little confused about his professional identity. Lee now identifies as an ‘association leader’, although the concept of association leadership is, in Lee’s words, “woefully undervalued and little recognised in the UK”. Lee is a passionate advocate for the association sector and is President and Chair of the Institute of Association Leadership (IAL), where he leads the Chief Executives’ Forum.
I’m a part qualified European patent attorney and a qualified Indian patent attorney. I handle patent applications in the field of information and communication technology, software applications related to AI and ML.
Before starting my journey to become a European patent attorney, I’ve worked with renowned IP law firms in India and prosecuted patent applications for multinational companies at the Indian patent office. I’ve also been part of big IP service providers in India where I’ve worked on patent search and analytics.
Simon is the Divisional Director of Manage Services and Customer and has been a public servant for over 25 years.
He has been at the IPO for twelve years, having started his career with nine years in the Ministry of Justice on frontline delivery of court services, before spending five years in the Wales Office, including a stint as Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Wales.
Simon’s current role includes the delivery of all business support services, which are currently very analogue, manual processes. Under Transformation he is responsible for the customer account, renewals and register transactions.
Christina is a Key Account Manager and Patent Administration (PA) expert. She has worked with the EPO since 2003 in different positions and has been a PA expert for more than 13 years. Since 2015 she is a Key Account Manager and has participated in various projects around the EPO’s Online tools and services, including the technical implementation of the Unitary Patent.
Sandrine joined WIPO as a translator of PCT published application abstracts. With a degree in management and communications, she transitioned into a role focused on the promotion of WIPO Global Databases.
Jonathan became Senior Partner of John Venn & Sons in 2019 (with the firm itself having been in existence since the mid-19th century). He is a linguist by background and studied translation to masters-degree level prior to joining his firm 29 years ago. He acts for a wide range of clients with notarial and translation requirements, and within the IP sector is instructed by multinationals, SMEs, universities, and specialist IP firms (in the UK and abroad). He served as Honorary Secretary of the Society of Scrivener Notaries for 15 years and is recognised within the notarial profession for his contribution to regulatory matters and engagement with the legal services sector.
Debbie works as a patent attorney with Prevayl Ltd: a new company developing wearable technologies. She is a member of the CIPA Council, vice chair of the CIPA education committee and co-Editor of the CIPA Patents Training Manual.
Vicky is a proven IP specialist with a wealth of experience, working within various aspects of Intellectual Property. She has been working for D Young & Co since January 2024 as IP Practices Manager.
Vicky works very closely with the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys as a member of the Education Committee, and is the Vice Chair of the Administrators’ Committee. She is the Chair of the sub-committee responsible for the development of the Advanced Patent Administrators’ Course. Vicky is also the only IP specialist in the UK working with the EPO to deliver a structured and comprehensive certification for patent paralegals who work with, or for the EPO – the European Patent Administrator’s Certificate. Vicky passed the CIPA Certificate in Patent Administration qualification in 2007. She became a Fellow of the Institute of Paralegals in 2011 and a qualified teacher in 2015. She passed the Post Graduate Certificate in Intellectual Property at Bournemouth University in 2018.
Dora is the Learning & Development Manager and joined The Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys in May 2022. Dora’s responsibilities include providing support to committees focusing on education and professional development (Education Committee, IP Paralegal Committee), full administrative support and running of IPPC (Introductory Patent Paralegal Course) and development, full administrative support and running of APPC (Advanced Patent Paralegal Course), planning and delivery of CIPA’s events e.g. seminars, webinars, regional, educational and social events, and assisting the Membership team as needed.
She is also leading the implementation of PebblePad, a new online learning platform for CIPA members. Before working at CIPA, Dora worked in the property sector for a London-based property developer company as a property and office manager. Dora has over 12 years of volunteer event coordinator experience for different organisations and charities. Dora has a Master of Arts in Archaeology; Eötvös Loránd University Faculty of Humanities, Institute of Archaeological Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
Chris Clarke is a senior patent attorney at Vectura, working on medical devices and pharmaceutical formulations. He handles the full range of patent work including drafting, prosecution, oppositions and appeals, freedom to operate opinions and advising on the IP aspects of agreements. He has been a FD4 tutor and mentor for resitters for about 10 years.
Annemarie is a highly skilled paralegal with over 25 years of experience, her responsibilities including the preparation and delivery of training and training materials for paralegals, the standardisation of work and the career development and continuing professional development for paralegals. Annemarie also manages a large portfolio of patents and designs, liaising closely with attorneys, outside counsel and clients.
Annemarie is currently the Chair of CIPA’s IP Paralegal Committee, as well as a Lead Course Tutor and Examiner for the official paralegal qualification of the UK registered patent profession. Annemarie gained the European Patent Administration Certification in 2022 and is also currently involved in the preparation of course materials for the CIPA advanced paralegal qualification.
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