ICV2026
Program
Program
Program & Speakers
Program & Speakers
DAY1 OCTOBER 24 (SAT)
Registration
13:00-18:00
• Location
Fairmont Ambassador Seoul, Lobby (1F) • Time
13:00-18:00 VIP Dinner (Invited only)
18:00-20:30
• Location
Mongro, Yeouido • Time
18:00-20:30 DAY2 OCTOBER 25 (SUN)
Registration
08:00-18:00
• Location
Fairmont Ambassador Seoul, Grand Ballroom Lobby (B1) • Time
08:00-18:00 Opening Remarks
09:00-09:10
• Location
Fairmont Ambassador Seoul, Grand Ballroom (B1) • Time
09:00-09:10 Joo Sup Kim
President, LES Korea
Congratulatory Address
09:10-09:20
• Location
Fairmont Ambassador Seoul, Grand Ballroom (B1) • Time
09:10-09:20 Ningling Wang
CV
President, LES International
Keynote Speech 1
09:20-09:33
• Location
Fairmont Ambassador Seoul, Grand Ballroom (B1) • Time
09:20-09:33 Yong Sun Kim
Minister,
Ministry of Intellectual Property
Keynote Speech 2
09:33-09:46
• Location
Fairmont Ambassador Seoul, Grand Ballroom (B1) • Time
09:33-09:46 Je Young KIM
CV
Senior Vice President / CTO, LG Energy Solution
Featured Keynote Speech
09:46-10:00
• Location
Fairmont Ambassador Seoul, Grand Ballroom (B1) • Time
09:46-10:00 Doris Johnson Hines
CV
Administrative Law Judge, U.S. International Trade Commission
Recent Trends and Key Issues in Global Litigation
10:00-11:10
• Location
Fairmont Ambassador Seoul, Grand Ballroom (B1) • Time
10:00-11:10 Heinz Goddar
CV
German Patent Attorney,
European Patent Attorney,
European Trade Mark and Design Attorney, Boehmert & Boehmert
Dongsuk Easton Bae
CV
Head of the IP Business, Intellectual Discovery Co., Ltd.
Otto Licks
CV
Founding partner, Licks Attorneys
Xiaowu (Emil) Zhang
CV
Head of Strategic Planning and Key Projects Department, Huawei
Doris Johnson Hines
CV
Administrative Law Judge, U.S. International Trade Commission
Bart van den Broek
CV
Judge, Unified Patent Court (UPC)
Young Gi Kim
CV
Presiding Judge, Director of the International IP Law Research Center, IP High Court of Korea
Powering GenAI: Content, Data and Patent Licensing Strategies
11:10-12:20
• Location
Fairmont Ambassador Seoul, Grand Ballroom (B1) • Time
11:10-12:20 James Xu
CV
President, Senior Partner, Patent Attorney, Ex-Patent Examiner, LECOME Intellectual Property Agent Ltd.
Charles Varvaro
IBM
Lian Huang
Assistant General Counsel of IP Transactional Strategies, Genentech & Roche
Linda Biel
CV
Managing Director, Jamster Capital
Mitsura Araki
CV
Director, Intellectual Property Division, Bridgestone Corporation
Lunch
12:20-13:30
• Location
Fairmont Ambassador Seoul, Grand Ballroom 1, 2 (B1) • Time
12:20-13:30 SEPs & FRAND in Motion: From Smartphones to Cars, Factories, and 6G
13:30-14:40
• Location
Fairmont Ambassador Seoul, Grand Ballroom 1 (B1) • Time
13:30-14:40 Xiaolin DANG
CV
General Manager Partner / Attorney-at-Law Patent Attorney, Beijing Sanyou Intellectual Property Agency Ltd.
Andrew Yen
Panasonic
Yongjin Jung
CV
Director, Senior IP Counsel Intellectual Property Center, LG Electronics Inc.
Gustavo Sartori
CV
Co-Head of Patent Prosecution, DANIEL
Tomoko Noguchi
Nokia
Jean-Paul Ameline
CV
French Patent Attorney, European Patent Attorney, UPC Representative, Plasseraud IP
Strategic IP Monetization in a Global Market
13:30-14:40
• Location
Fairmont Ambassador Seoul, Grand Ballroom 2 (B1) • Time
13:30-14:40 Qudus Olaniran
CV
Senior Vice President, Avanci
Jinseong Kim
CV
Professional (Director), IP Licensing Team, LG Innotek
Dookyu Kim
CV
Senior IP Manager, HP Inc.
Han Sun Lee
CV
Head of IP Group and Senior Vice President, LG Energy Solution
Yu-Ying Liang(Anita Liang)
CV
Senior IP Director, Inventec Appliances Corporation / Patent Management Center
IPO Strategies for SMEs: The Strategic Role of Intellectual Property
14:40-15:50
• Location
Fairmont Ambassador Seoul, Grand Ballroom 1 (B1) • Time
14:40-15:50 Ichiro Nakatomi
CV
President, Avida Science, Past President of LESI
Jin-Ho (GINO) Jang
CV
IP Counsel, Division Leader Intellectual Property Center, LG Electronics Inc.
Seoyong Cho
CV
CEO, RN2 Technologies, Ltd.
Lourdes Marie Tejero
CV
Professor & Director, Technology Transfer and Business Development Office, University of the Philippines Manila
Taekyu Han
CV
Head of IP & Legal Team, THINKWARE Corporation
Jaeyoung Im
CV
Patent Attorney, Head of Intellectual Property, Voronoi, Inc.
Winning with Soft IP: Strategic IP Approaches in the Beauty, Entertainment, Content Industries
14:40-15:50
• Location
Fairmont Ambassador Seoul, Grand Ballroom 2 (B1) • Time
14:40-15:50 Youngtack Shim
CV
CEO, Largeact
Youngtack Shim
CV
CEO, Largeact
Yijae Cho
CV
Legal & IP Team Leader, TIRTIR Inc
Rongmei Zhang
CV
Attorney at Law, Foundin Intellectual Property
Kozo Aoyama
CV
Japanese Patent Attorney, IP Director, SEGA Sammy Holdings Inc.
Networking Break
15:50-16:10
• Location
Fairmont Ambassador Seoul, Grand Ballroom Lobby (B1) • Time
15:50-16:10 IP Valuation for Business and Investment Decisions
16:10-17:20
• Location
Fairmont Ambassador Seoul, Grand Ballroom 1 (B1) • Time
16:10-17:20 Sangmi Han
CV
IP Manager, Patent Attorney, KT
Yongjoo Kim
CV
Department Leader, Director IP Licensing Department, LG Energy Solution
Nobuo Tanaka
CV
Senior General Manager of Intellectual Property and Design Center, Yokogawa Electric Corporation
Il-won Seo
CV
Senior Vice President, Head of IP, HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering
Eric Lin
CV
VP of Strategy, Patlytics
Global Trademark Trends: Registration, Enforcement, and Dispute Resolution
16:10-17:20
• Location
Fairmont Ambassador Seoul, Grand Ballroom 2 (B1) • Time
16:10-17:20 Jordan Kim
LEE & MOCK IP
Alexander Nesterov
CV
Partner Trademark Attorney, Gorodissky & Partners, Moscow
KyungHwan Min
CV
Head of IP Division, LG H&H Co., Ltd
Jasmine Toh
Senior IP Counsel, Deputy Director,
Luckin Coffee, International Legal
Jongho Soh
CV
Head of Trademark & Design Team, Intellectual Property Center, LG Electronics
Networking
17:20-18:00
• Location
Fairmont Ambassador Seoul, Grand Ballroom Lobby (B1) • Time
17:20-18:00 Welcome Reception
18:00-21:00
• Location
Fairmont Ambassador Seoul, Grand Ballroom (B1) • Time
18:00-21:00 DAY3 OCTOBER 26 (MON)
Registration
08:00-13:00
• Location
Fairmont Ambassador Seoul, Grand Ballroom Lobby (B1) • Time
08:00-13:00 Keynote Speech 3
09:00-09:15
• Location
Fairmont Ambassador Seoul, Grand Ballroom (B1) • Time
09:00-09:15 Man Ki Paik
CV
Former Co-chairman of the Presidential Council on Intellectual Property, Kim & Chang
Keynote Speech 4
09:15-09:30
• Location
Fairmont Ambassador Seoul, Grand Ballroom (B1) • Time
09:15-09:30 Sang Hoon Lee
CV
CEO, Founder, ABL Bio
How Licensing Became the Primary Engine of Innovation and Scale
09:30-10:35
• Location
Fairmont Ambassador Seoul, Grand Ballroom (B1) • Time
09:30-10:35 Young Wook Ha
Senior Managing Partner, HA&HA
Sae Ahn
CV
Legal Counsel, Hanaloop
Dmitry Milikovsky
CV
Former VP, IPR Counsel, Qualcomm
Chuloh Ha
IP Team Leader, Kolon Industries
Jin-Ho (GINO) Jang
CV
IP Counsel, Division Leader Intellectual Property Center, LG Electronics Inc.
Biopharma & HealthTech Deal Structures: Platform Bets, Options, and Global BD
10:35-11:40
• Location
Fairmont Ambassador Seoul, Grand Ballroom (B1) • Time
10:35-11:40 Mei Hsin Wang
CV
CEO, China Biomedical and Technology Application Association
Jaeyoung Im
CV
Patent Attorney, Head of Intellectual Property, Voronoi, Inc.
Eunha Sung
CV
Senior Director, CHA Medical Group, CHA Hospital
Hyunim Kim
CV
Senior Expert, LG Chem
Meejeong Lee
Head of Legal / IP, SK Biopharm
Dongho Shin
CV
Chief Business Officer, MVRIX Co., Ltd.
Lunch
11:40-12:30
• Location
Fairmont Ambassador Seoul, Grand Ballroom (B1) • Time
11:40-12:30 Industry Visit
12:30-17:30
• Location
Fairmont Ambassador Seoul, Grand Ballroom Lobby (B1) • Time
12:30-17:30 Networking
17:30-18:00
• Location
Fairmont Ambassador Seoul, Grand Ballroom Lobby (B1) • Time
17:30-18:00 Farewell Dinner
18:00-21:30
• Location
Fairmont Ambassador Seoul, Grand Ballroom (B1) • Time
18:00-21:30