Events

We are delighted to be sponsoring the “leadership through the keyhole” panel session at the Managing Intellectual Property (MIP) International Women’s Leadership Forum on 6 February 2018. The one day forum will focus on European and international IP developments, providing an opportunity for women in IP to network and hear from industry thought leaders.

Emma Graham, partner in our engineering & electronics and computing & physics patent teams, will be moderating the leadership panel. Sofia Arenal, partner in our trade mark and dispute resolution teams, will be speaking on the panel.

Christoph Moeller will be attending the Standard Essential Patents Strategy Conference at the Solvay Business School in Brussels on Tuesday 10 September 2019.

If you are also attending and would like to meet up, please contact Christoph directly.

Victoria Coleman will be attending WIPR's Influential Women event in London on Thursday 12 September 2019. 

The event will present a series of guest speakers, sharing their experiences as women in IP, and contributing their advice on how best to empower women in the sector.

Robert Andrews will be attending the 2019 AIPPI World Congress in London from 15 to 18 September.

If you are also attending and would like to meet with Robert, please do contact him directly.

Nick Sutcliffe will be attending the STORM Therapeutics Conference on 17-20 September 2019 at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge. The conference will discuss 'RNA epigenetics in human disease'.

If you are also attending the conference and would like to meet up with Nick, please contact him directly.

Fran Salisbury is attending the Bionow Precision Medicine Conference on Wednesday 18 September at Citylabs in Manchester. 

If you are also attending and would like to meet up with Fran, please contact her directly.

Robert Andrews will be speaking at the IPR Conference at the Grand Ballroom Baekdu, Seoul Dragon City on 24 September 2019. Robert will be speaking as part of the following section:

'EPO in silico: interdisciplinary computing – bioinformatics, modeling reality & beyond'.

Please do get in touch if you are also attending and would like to meet up.

Robert Watson will be attending the AIPF Annual Meeting in Alexandria, VA from 22 to 24 September 2019.

If you are also attending and would like to meet up with Robert, please do contact him directly.

Andy King and Robert Watson will be attending the 47th IPO Annual Meeting from 24 to 26 September in Washington DC.

If you are also attending and would like to meet up, please contact Andy or Robert directly.

CIPA is hosting its annual IP Paralegals Conference at the Millennium Gloucester Hotel in Kensington on 27 September and will be attended by Camilla Kennedy, Sammie Kempers, Kristobel Rowe-Gidley and Phillipa Schofield, paralegals from our Cambridge and Manchester offices.

Christoph Moeller is attending the IP Seminar @ Volvo Cars in Gothenburg, Sweden from 8-9 October 2019.

If you are also attending and would like to meet with Christoph, please contact him directly.

Robert Watson, Kate O'Rourke and Christoph Moeller will be attending the FICPI 18th Open Forum in Vienna, Austria on 9-12 October 2019.

Rebecca Anderson-Smith will be attending the 77th ECTA Annual Conference on 17 October 2019 in Larnaca, Cyprus. Rebecca will be attending the meeting as she is part of the ECTA Harmonization Committee. 

If you are also attending and would like to meet up with Rebecca, please contact her directly.

Sarah Kostiuk-Smith will be attending the 2019 AIPLA Annual Meeting on 24-26 October 2019 in Washington D.C.

If you are also attending and would like to meet up, please contact Sarah directly.

Joseph Newcombe and Callum McGuinn will be attending a Tech Talk focused on digital health by HS.Ventures on Thursday 31 October in London. 

Rachel Oxley and Graeme Moore will be attending the 2019 APAA meeting from 9 to 12 November in Taipei, Taiwan. 

If you are also attending and would like to meet up, please contact Rachel or Graeme directly.

Robert Andrews and Scott Armstrong will be attending the UK-KOREA BioPharma Conference in London on Thursday 14 November. The conference is titled 'Accelerating Global Open Innovation from Science to Commercialisation'.

If you are also attending and would like to meet up with Robert or Scott, please contact them directly. 

Adam Gregory will be attending the Second Annual Longevity Forum on Thursday 14 November 2019.

Mewburn Ellis are proud to be sponsoring the Graphene Hackathon which will be hosted by Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre (GEIC) in Manchester on 16-17 November 2019. 

Kate O'Rourke will be attending the INTA Leadership Meeting in Austin, Texas from 17 to 20 November 2019. Kate will be attending as Vice Chair of the INTA Pro Bono committee and is presenting on the 'Impact of Brexit on Trade Marks'.

Robert Watson will be speaking at the FICPI India Symposium in Mumbai on 20 November. Robert will be discussing 'Protection in litigation for clients of IP attorneys (Client-Attorney Privilege)'.

Read the full event program.

Robert Watson will be speaking at the FICPI India Symposium in New Delhi on 21 November. Robert will be discussing 'Protection in litigation for clients of IP attorneys (Client-Attorney Privilege)'.

Read the full event program.

Robert Watson will be attending the FICPI Seminar and CET Meeting in Singapore on 22-24 November 2019. The one-day seminar will focus on 'New developments for IP practitioners' and is part of the FICPI Seminar Series.

Richard Clegg will be speaking at Esco Ventures in Singapore on Tuesday 26 November at 10.00am. The talk will be part of the Esco Ventures Fellowship. 

Matthew Smith will be attending the Graphene Industry Showcase event on 10 and 11 December at the GEIC in Manchester. 

Find out more about the event. 

Robert Andrews will be attending the Genesis 2019 conference in London on 11 December. The conference will focus on 'New Horizons in Life Science & Healthcare'.

If you are also attending and would like to meet up, please contact Robert directly.

Sarah Kostiuk-Smith will be attending AIPLA Mid-Winter Institute from 29 January to 1 February in Phoenix, AZ. 

The conference is titled '20/20 Vision – How Will the IP System Adapt to a Changing World?' Read the full program.

If you are also attending and would like to meet up with Sarah, please contact her directly.

Andy King will be attending the ISPO 2020 Sports Industry Exhibition in Munich from 26 to 28 January.

If you are also attending and would like to meet up with Andy, please contact him directly.

Camille Terfve will be attending the Festival of Genomics & Biodata in London from 29 to 30 January 2020.

If you are also attending and would like to meet up with Camille, please contact her directly.

Sarah Kostiuk-Smih and Anna Mudge will be attending the 2020 BioInfect Conference at Alderley Park on Wednesday 12 February. We will also be exhibiting at the conference. 

Please contact Sarah or Anna if you are also attending and would like to meet up.

Andy King will be attending the INTA 2020 Europe Conference in Madrid on 17 and 18 February. The conference is titled 'Brands, Sports, and Esports: A Brand (R)evolution'.

If you are also attending and would like to meet up with Andy, please contact him directly.

Graeme Moore and John Addiss will be giving a lecture at the Japanese Intellectual Property Association (JIPA) on Tuesday 18 February 2020 in Tokyo. The lecture will be titled 'Examination of AI and the IoT at the EPO'. 

Please do contact Graeme or John if you will be attending and would like to meet.

Simon Kremer will be attending the Westminster Health Forum policy conference titled 'Antimicrobial resistance - progress on the UK strategy and coordinating a global response' on Thursday 20 February in London. 

Graeme Moore and John Addiss will be giving a lecture at the Japanese Intellectual Property Association (JIPA) on Wednesday 26 February 2020 in Osaka. The lecture will be titled 'Examination of AI and the IoT at the EPO'. 

Please do contact Graeme or John if you will be attending and would like to meet.

Andrew Mears will be attending the PATSKI Whistler Intellectual Property Conference from 1 to 5 March 2020 in Canada.

If you are also attending the conference and would like to meet up with Andrew, please contact him directly.

Robert Andrews and Robert Watson will be attending the 10th World ADC conference in London from 2 to 5 March 2020.

The conference will focus on 'Maximising the Clinical Therapeutic Window of Antibody-drug Conjugates'. 

If you are also attending and would like to meet up, please contact Robert Andrews or Robert Watson directly.

Sarah Kostiuk-Smith will be attending the Inspiring Women in Technology event in Manchester on Thursday 5 March. 

The event is in partnership with Code Nation and Manchester Science Partnership. 

Eliot Ward will be attending the One Nucleus Life Science Leadership Series: Collaborating to Enable Precision Medicine event on Thursday 5 March in London. 

If you are also attending and would like to meet up, please contact Eliot directly.

Sam Bailey and Sean Jauss will be attending the 2020 AUTM Annual Meeting in San Diego from 8 to 11 March.

If you are also attending and would like to meet up, please do contact Sam or Sean directly. 

Mewburn Ellis partners Sean Jauss and Sam Bailey are planning a small dinner for UK TTOs in San Diego to coincide with the AUTM 2020 Annual Meeting.

Christoph Moeller will be attending the 3rd annual Automotive Legal and IP World Summit in Dusseldorf, Germany from 10 to 11 March 2020.

If you are also attending and would like to meet up with Christoph, please do contact him directly. 

Kate O'Rourke will be attending the 2020 INTA New York Conference from 16 to 17 March. The conference is titled 'Brands in Society: Their Influence and Responsibility'.

If you are also attending and would like to meet up with Kate, please do contact her directly. 

Rebecca Anderson-Smith will be attending the CITMA Spring Conference in London from 18 to 20 March.

Please do contact Rebecca directly if you are also attending and would like to meet up. 

Emily Hayes will be attending the CIPA East of England Meeting on Thursday 19 March in Cambridge.

Please do contact Emily if you are also attending and would like to meet up.

Simon Kremer will be attending the Westminster Higher Education Forum policy conference in London on Wednesday 25 March. The conference is titled 'UK science and innovation policy - funding and investment, commercialisation and IP management, and the international positioning of UK research'.

On Thursday 2 April Mewburn Ellis is once again hosting a networking and discussion event at our Manchester office to celebrate women in intellectual property and innovation in the North West. The event is open to all in IP and innovation, regardless of gender.

Find out more about the event and register to attend here.