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Global Standards Leadership Conference 2025 Agenda

Registration Closed

June 12, 2025 | 9:00AM – 5:00PM ET

Agenda

08:00 AM – 09:00 AM Breakfast

09:00 AM – 09:15 AM Welcome Remarks

09:15 AM – 09:30 AM Study Results: 5G FRAND Royalty Rates

Study Results: 5G FRAND Royalty Rates by Justus Baron

09:30 AM – 10:45 AM Session 1: What is the value of 5G?

Moderator: Justus Baron, Founder, BRELA Research

Speaker:

Tejas Shah, Sr. Director Licensing, Interdigital

Thomas Pease, Partner, Greenberg Traurig

Jon Putnam, Founder and Principal, Competition Dynamics

Timothy Simcoe, Professor, Boston University

10:45 AM – 11:15 AM Coffee & 2^{^nd} Breakfast Break

11:15 AM – 11:30 AM Study Results: US SEP Litigation Trends

Study Results: US SEP Litigation Trends by Tim Pohlmann

11:30 AM – 12:45 PM Session 2: SEP Disputes Amid Global Tech Competition

Moderator: Tim Pohlmann, Managing Director Americas, LexisNexis IP

Speaker:

Tom Brown, Senior Managing Legal Director, Dell

John Mulgrew, Former VP of IP, Lenovo

Patricio Delgado, VP IPR Policy, Ericsson

Collette Rawnsley, VP, Head of IP Policy & Advocacy, Nokia

12:45 PM – 01:45 PM Lunch Break

01:45 PM – 02:45 PM Session 3: Fire-Side Chat – Updates on the Current FRAND case Law

Moderator: Kirti Gupta, VP & Chief Economist, Global, Technology Cornerstone Research

Speaker:

Richard Vary, Partner, Bird & Bird

Tim Syrett, Partner, WilmerHale

Steven Baldwin, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis

02:45 PM – 03:15 PM Coffee Break

03:15 PM – 04:30 PM Session 4: Looking Ahead: The Global Ecosystem of Standardized Technology and the Road to 6G

Moderator: Marc Rysman, Professor, Boston University

Speaker:

Milind Kulkarni, VP Engineering, Interdigital

Peter Merz, Head of Standards, Nokia

Shahrokh Nayeb Nazar, Head of Patent Analysis & Assertion, Qualcomm

Eswar Vutukuri, Director of Standards, ZTE

04:30 PM – 06:30 PM Cocktail Reception