Conference programme

Sunday 13 September

15:00

Welcome Reception at BAHR

Networking and drinks.

Monday 14 September

08:30

Registration and Morning Coffee

09:30

Welcome and Opening Address

LES Scandinavia President, Norwegian Board Members & Organizing Committee.

09:40

Keynote:
Innovation Under Fire: How the War in Ukraine Is Reshaping Defense Technology

Palle Ydstebø, Lieutenant Colonel, Norwegian Military Academy.

10:30

Panel:
FRAND Licensing and SEP: Nordic approaches in a fragmented IP landscape

Marianne Frydenlund, Vice President, Avanci. Collette Rawnsley, Head of IP Policy & Advocacy Nokia, UK. Sonja London, Founder, Fearless IP.

Moderator: Wendela Härdemark, Partner, Bird & Bird Stockholm.

11:30

Coffee and Networking

11:45

Speaker:
A Nordic success story with tech/IP at its core – the road to success

Ivar Fjellheim, Captain of Innovation, Autostore.

12:30

Lunch and Networking

13:30

Parallel Session: Technology, Patent & Business
UPC

Åsa Hellstadius, Expert, Member of the Swedish Bar, Doctor of Laws (LL.D), Vinge Law Firm. Tobias Wüttke, Partner, Bardehle Pagenberg.

13:30

Parallel Session: Copyright, Trademarks and Designs
Battle for the Brand in a Chaotic World

Pål Andre Larsen, Inhouse lawyer, Jotun.

14:15

Parallel Session: Technology, Patent & Business
TBC

14:15

Parallel Session: Copyright, Trademarks and Designs
TBC

14:45

Coffee and Networking

15:15

Speaker:
The role of intellectual property in the defence industry 

Ivar Mortensen, IPR manager, Division Missiles and Aerostructures, Kongsberg.

16:00

Short Break

16:15

Speaker:
When Machines Negotiate: IP and Licensing in Autonomous Contracting

Dan Sørensen, Co-Founder & Legal Innovator, Saga AI.

17:00

End of Conference Day 1

19:00

Drinks Reception and Boat Tour

Brim Explorer

19:30

Gala Dinner

Festningen

Tuesday 15 September

09:30

Keynote:
IP as a stabilizer in a fragmented World; Trade, security and innovation

Kathrine Myhre, Director General, Patentstyret.

10:15

Coffee and Networking

10:45

Speaker:
The role of intellectual property in the defence industry – public / private partnerships

Erik Warberg, FFI, Defence Institute

11:30

Panel
Copyright and AI

Tone Solbakk, Senior Legal Counsel, Schibsted Media AS.

More panelists are TBA.

12:15

Close of Conference

12:00

Lunch and Departure