Welcome Speeches
and Keynotes

09:05

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 09:15

Welcome
Mr Balázs Gulyás, President of HUN-REN (Hungarian Research Network)

09:40

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 09:55 

European Landscape on IP 
Ms Merete Clausen, Director for GROW.C - Investment, Directorate General for Internal Market, Industry, Enterpreneurship and SMEs, European Commission

AI - Present and Future

10:55 

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 11:15 

Co-creation with AI: the future of innovative work in the age of Generative AI
Mr Levente Szabados, Lecturer, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management Lead Scientific Consultant, Neuron Solutions

Mr István Peták, MD, PhD, Research Professor of Molecular Pharmacology, Széchenyi István University, Győr, Hungary, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA, Genomate Health Inc. USA

AI, Industrial Property and Transparency

Artificial Intelligence and Industrial Property Rights 
Roundtable Discussion

Ms Maria Gonzalez Gordon, Co-Chair Europe Global Advisory Council, International Trademark Association (INTA)

Ms Prof. Regina Hanke, Macromedia University of Applied Sciences; Secretary, The Bureau of European Design Associations (BEDA)

Mr Guillaume Henry, Second Deputy Reporter General, International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)

Moderator: Mr Barna Arnold Keserű, PhD, Associate Professor, Head of Civil Law and Civil Procedural Law Department of Széchenyi István University, Attorney

Enforcement of IP in the age of AI

15:35 

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16:30 

AI and IP Enforcement 
Roundtable Discussion

Mr Harrie Temmink, European Union Intellectual Property Office, EU Observatory 
Ms Claudia Felix Martinez, EU Commission Directorate General - GROW
Ms Eva Prudilová, Public Policy Manager Digital Affairs and AI/ML Amazon Web Services
Tobias Mckenney, Senior Copyright Counsel, Google

Moderator: Ms Roberta Pál, Vis Probandi Hungary, IP Attorney

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Gala Dinner & Optional Program

18:35 

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19:05 

Transfer to the Gala Dinner 

Bus 1 to the House of Music, Hungary 

19:05

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 19:35 

Social Program: Tour of the House of Music
Group 1 - Tour of the House of Music
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 20:05

Gala Dinner

 Day 2,  2 October 2024  

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  Copyright Challenges of Generative AI

Mr András Szinger, Director General, Hungarian Copyright Collecting Society
Mr Lodovico Benvenuti, Director of Multilateral Relations, and Regional Director Europe, International Federation of the Phonographic Industry
Ms Angela Mills Wade, Executive Director, European Publishers Council
Ms Emilie Anthonis, Senior Vice President Government Affairs, Head of Policy, EMEA, Motion Picture Association
Representative of a performing artist association
Mr Ioan Kaes, General Secretary, Association of European Perfomers’ Organizations (AEPO-ARTIS)

Moderator: Mr Christophe Geiger, Professor of Law and Director of the Innovation Law and Ethics Observatory, Luiss Guido Carli University, Rome 

10:20 

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11:00 

Cultural Diversity and Generative Artificial Intelligence 
Roundtable Discussion

Ms Emmanuelle du Chalard, Head of Copyright Unit at European Commission
Ms Lucie-Aimée Kaffee, EU AI Policy Lead and Applied Researcher at Hugging Face
Ms Ellen van Keer, Heritage Data Expert of Meemoo

Moderator: Mr Péter Mezei, Professor of Law, Deputy Head of the Institute of Comparative Law and Legal Theory, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, University of Szeged

 AI IT Tools in IP Offices

11:30 

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12:10 

AI in the Operation and Services of IP Offices (Search Tools, Customer Service, Awareness Raising)

Mr Angel Aledo Lopez, Chief Technology Officer at European Patent Office, on the topic of AI in the Operation and Services of IP Offices 
Mr Mladen Mitić, Assistant General Manager, Business Delivery & Architecture, Innovation & Technology Group (ITG), IP Australia

Data Security Questions related to AI and Cloud Technology
Roundtable discussion

Mr Jeremy Rollison, Head of EU Policy & Senior Director, European Government Affairs, Microsoft
Ms Ana Arredondo, Director of Information Technology at the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (OEPM)
Mr Josef Fleischmann, Group Leader, Patent Examination at the German Patent and Trademark Office

Moderator: Mr Tivadar Bognár, Digitisation and Development Director, Hungarian Intellectual Property Office

Closing remarks

12:50 

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13:00 

 Summary & Closing