Kit Carter

Head of IP Litigation

Sandoz

James Horgan

Assistant General Counsel

MSD

Jiri Slavik

Director of IP

Adalvo

Thomas Boehmer

Head of Intellectual Property

Pieris Pharmaceuticals

John Kirkland

Executive Director, Intellectual Property and Litigation Counsel

Litigation Counsel Alkermes

Ina Burck

Director Intellectual Property

BioNTech

Gemma Campabadal

Director Patent Law

Johnson and Johnson

Kerri Braun

Senior Corporate Counsel, Trade Secret and Copyright

Cisco

Karis McLarty

Chief Compliance & Data Privacy Officer

Clear Channel International

Karis McLarty MA (oxon) MSc, ACSI, CIPP(E), is Chief Compliance and Data Privacy Officer, and ESG Lead of Clear Channel Outdoor, one of the world’s largest out of home media companies. An anti-corruption and human rights lawyer, with financial compliance, sustainability and privacy also under her remit, she previously set up the Compliance  function at the world’s largest travel conglomerate, TUI AG. Karis specialises in cross-border forensic investigations, and cross-ESG cultural rejuvenation for international listed businesses (especially those going through digital transformation), helping embed leading ethical business practice as a core part of commercial strategy.