We attend conferences and events in order to meet with the organisations building the brands and technologies that will define tomorrow. We build strong and long-standing relationships with our clients and meeting face-to-face is an important part of this. View our calendar to see what conferences and events we are attending and hosting.
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.
Christoph Moeller will be attending the 3rd annual Automotive Legal and IP World Summit in Dusseldorf, Germany from 2 to 3 June 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 virtual 2020 INTA New York Conference on 22 and 23 June. This year the conferences focusses on 'brands in society: their influence and responsibility'.
Emma Graham will be speaking at the 2020 AIPLA Electronic and Computer Law Summit on 25 June by webinar.
Camille Terfve is attending One Nucleus' ON Helix 20 digital event, 'Transforming New Medicine Discovery' on July 13-14.
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Richard Johnson will be speaking alongside Prof Chris Hancock from Creo Medical in a Wales Tech Week event titled 'Unlocking the Magic of IP – The Journey' on July 17.
This session will outline what IntellectualProperty and patents are and why they are so important.
You can join us for the live webinar on Wednesday 2 December at 12.00pm (GMT).
If you can't make the time please do still register and a copy of the webinar will be sent to you to watch at your leisure.
Sarah Kostiuk-Smith is attending the AIPLA 2021 Virtual Mid-Winter Institute from 1-5 February 2021.
Andrew Fearnside, Camille Terfve and Tom Furnival will be attending the Cambridge Wireless - New full-fibre network on 24 February.
This webinar is part of a new way for Cambridge businesses and research institutions to connect to key sites and communities across Europe.
Simon Kremer is attending the Agri-TechE Controlled Environment Agriculture virtual event on 25 February.
Robert Watson is attending the IAM Pharma & Biotech IP Connect 2021 virtual event between 14 and 15 April. Read the full agenda.
Dydra Donath and Rebecca Anderson-Smith will be attending the PTMG conference titled 'Testing Times in the Twenties – Vaccines & Brexit' from 15 to 16 March.
On Tuesday 4 May 2021, Mewburn Ellis will once again host (this year virtually) a global networking and discussion event to celebrate women in intellectual property and innovation. Everyone is welcome.
Christoph Moeller is attending IAM’s Auto IP Connect from 6 to 7 May. The conference is being held virtually and will bring together the world’s leading OEMs, high tech innovators, industry disruptors and tier suppliers to share best practice and leading IP strategies for the future of automobility.
Tom Furnival is hosting a webinar in collaboration with Cambridge Network to discuss IP essentials on Tuesday 8 June.
Boston Patent Law Association Foreign Counsel members Emma Graham, Emily Hayes and Sarah Kostiuk-Smith will be discussing “EPO oppositions - trends and tips” at BPLA’s Annual IP Symposium.
Chris Denison, UK & European Patent Attorney, is looking forward to presenting to JIPA members on videoconference oral proceedings at the EPO. This is a recorded webinar, available to Japan Intellectual Property Association (JIPA) members from Monday 26 July.
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Charles Renney, UK & European Patent Attorney, and Hilda-Georgina Kwafo-Akoto, Solicitor, are looking forward to attending Cambridge Cleantech’s event: 'Climate Action 2021: Responsible Consumption and Production'.
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Camille Terfve is speaking at a World IP Review online panel on 'developing a digital health patent strategy', helping to explore things such as what components are patentable, how to decide what is worth patenting, how different jurisdictions impact digital health patent strategy, and more.
Chris Casley is looking forward to speaking at the Cancer Research UK Eureka Virtual School online panel on Wednesday 14 July. Cancer Research UK offers the virtual school, in collaboration with the Eureka Institute, to introduce cancer researchers to Translational Medicine and accelerate the translation of research to benefit people with cancer.
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Simon Kremer and Robert Watson will be attending CIPA Life Sciences Conference for 2021 at Franics Crick Institute, 1 Midland Rd, London NW1 1AT.
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Rebecca Anderson-Smith will be virtually attending ECTA's 39th Annual Conference 2021.
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Tom Lonsdale will be virtually attending Cleantech Venture Day.
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Tom Lonsdale will be attending Oxfordshire Greentech: Future Focus event on saving the world from plastic waste.
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Becky Campbell will be speaking at IP Inclusive's: Disability and LGBT: Hidden Intersections and Experience event on Thursday 4 November at EIP, Fairfax House, 15 Fulwood Place, London, WC1V 6HU.
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Becky Campbell will be speaking at The Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys - Disability History Month webinar on Wednesday 24 November 2021.
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Tom Furnival and Simon Parry are attending Cambridge Cleantech’s online event ‘Moving to electric-only vehicles by 2030: a realistic challenge’ on 8 December 2021.
This event will explore the policies and thoughts from manufacturers, businesses and solutions providers working towards this target.
Learn more here.
Thomas Lonsdale is attending Oxfordshire Greentech’s Future Focus Series online event ‘Guilt-free holidays and travel’.
This event will explore if it possible to fly abroad without worrying about our impact on the environment and ways to minimise this impact.
Learn more here.
Hilda-Georgina Kwafo-Akoto, Karolina Fryzlewicz and Polly Savva are looking forward to attending London Fashion Networking.
London Fashion Networking is organised for Designers, Bloggers, Fashionista's, Stylists, Fashion Students, Brand Owners and anyone interested in the Fashion sector to meet and network in central London.
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Charles Renney is attending Cambridge Cleantech’s event on sustainability and the path to net zero.
This event will explore how organisations can help drive the net-zero transition, and get practical guidance on how to shape and finance your business’s net-zero strategy.
Learn more here.
Kate O’Rourke is speaking at CITMA's webinar on International Women's Day.
This event will engage in a crucial conversation around how gender equality in the Trade Mark industry can be achieved and protected. You will hear about the role models and mentors of three of CITMA's most recent past female presidents: Kate O’Rourke, Catherine Wolfe and Maggie Ramage, and how they see their own position as role models for others.
Find out more here.
Andrew Fearnside is attending the online Quantum Business Europe conference
This unique online event offers business leaders the keys to understand the state of quantum technologies, evaluate the potential for their business, and design a clear quantum roadmap.
By bringing together industry leaders, research teams and early adopters, the event aims at bridging the gap between science, research and business.
Find out more here.
Mel Richardson is attending One Nucleus' BioWednesday Webinar: What’s the Best use of Carbon in the Life Science Sector?
This event will discuss factors contributing to a Life Science cluster’s carbon footprint and its mitigation, the panel will discuss how the available resources can be deployed to enable the biggest returns for the carbon used in terms of global health challenges, the environment and stakeholders.
Find out more here.
Andrew Fearnside is attending Westminster eForum's online conference on the next steps for quantum technologies in the UK.
This conference focuses on the development of quantum technologies in the UK.
Find out more here.
On Thursday 7 April 2022, Mewburn Ellis will once again host a global networking and discussion event to celebrate women in intellectual property and innovation. Everyone is welcome.
Our Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer Robert Andrews is going to be speaking to IP Futures with committee lead Rachel Bell (GSK) in an informal "fireside chat" to explain more about this new role, as well as sharing his journey in the profession and what he would tell his younger self. The fireside chat will touch on a range of D&I topics including for example, the benefits and challenges of being your authentic self.
Find out more here.
Simon Parry is attending British Marine's National Conference Innovate to Success at the National Conference Centre, Birmingham
This event is set to become the flagship event for the UK leisure marine, small commercial and superyacht industry. It is a must for any business seeking to embrace change and adopt new strategies for growth and innovation.
With a focus on innovation, the event will explore new and emerging consumer trends and barriers to continued business growth and success. These include new consumer lifestyle choices, logistical, technological, post-pandemic and Brexit-related challenges and new environmental opportunities.
Find our more here.
Rebecca Campbell will be speaking at a joint webinar between IP Inclusive and Jonathan's Voice on Wednesday 11 May.
This webinar, to mark Mental Health Awareness Week 2022, will look at the intersections between mental wellbeing and diversity, in particular through the lens of this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week theme of “loneliness”.
Find out more here.
Robert Watson, Jan Rether, Kate O'Rourke, Jacqueline Pang and Sean Jauss are all attending INTA's 2022 Annual Meeting Live+ in Washington DC.
Join the most influential brand professionals from across the globe and across industries at the largest gathering of its kind! INTA’s Annual Meeting Live+ is bridging the physical and digital divide with an event unlike any other—with options for everyone.
Find out more here.
Andrew Fearnside is attending a conference, under the stewardship of The Economist’s editors on Commercialising Quantum.
The Commercialising Quantum conference will explore how organisations should prepare for quantum today.
Find out more here.
Sean Jauss, Sam Bailey and Christopher Casley are attending the BIO International Convention in San Diego, California.
The BIO International Convention attracts 15,000+ biotechnology and pharma leaders who come together for one week of intensive networking to discover new opportunities and promising partnerships. It brings together a wide spectrum of life science and application, including drug discovery, biomanufacturing, genomics, biofuels, nanotechnology, and cell therapy.
Find out more here.
Charles Renney is attending Cambridge Network's Making plastics fantastic (again!) event on Thursday 26 May.
Prof James Elliott from the University of Cambridge will outline a plan to rehabilitate the reputation of plastics, and address some of the major problems related to their production and recovery after use.
Find our more here.
Rebecca Anderson-Smith and Stephan Höfs are attending the ECTA 40th Annual Conference.
The ECTA (European Communities Trade Mark Association) Annual conference 2022 brings together professionals responsible of the European Community in the field of designs, trade marks and related IP matters.
Find out more here.
Matthew Smith is attending The Graphene Council Commercialization Conference’ on 28 June 2022 in Birmingham.
The conference will bring together a range of graphene commercialization experts and stakeholders to discuss industry trends and provide valuable networking opportunities.
Find out more here.
Simon Parry and Daniel Brodsky are attending The Goodwood Group Festival of Speed (23 – 26 June), the world's greatest celebration of motorsport and car culture.
We are proud to be working in partnership with McMurtry Automotive Limited at the Goodwood Festival of Speed and will join them on their stand at the event, where they aim to win the Hillclimb Shootout (26 June) and challenge the outright record.
Find our more here.
Andrew Tindall is attending One Nucleus' ON Helix event on 7 July.
This one-day conference will address the main bio innovation trends, from the developments in life science and technology research to their translation into new diagnostics, prevention tools or treatments.
Find out more here.
Callum McGuinn is attending the Battery Cells & Systems Expo on Thursday (30 June).
Bringing together automotive manufacturers, electric utilities, battery system integrators, cell manufacturers and the entire manufacturing supply chain, the event will allow companies from around the world to launch products and demonstrate their technology.
Find out more here.
Callum McGuinn is virtually attending the Innovate UK KTN: Longer Duration Energy Storage and Storage at Scale Showcase on Wednesday 13 July.
This showcase event will see the work being carried out by projects funded under “Longer Duration Energy Storage Innovation” and the “Storage at Scale” Projects. The aim of the event is to help provide further collaborative opportunities for the projects to expand with additional partners.
Find out more here.
Robert Andrews is attending the 2022 AIPPI World Congress from 10 – 13 Sep 2022 in San Francisco, USA.
Experts from different countries and regions will be sharing and exchanging insights on various areas of IP.
Find out more here.
Also attending? Get in touch with Robert.
Eleanor Maciver is attending University of Cambridge's event ‘Intellectual Property & Drug Repurposing: New Frontiers’ on 16 Sep 2022.
The event will focus on important policy issues for pharmaceutical repurposing. In particular, it will examine new empirical data on patent protection, regulatory exclusivities and market authorisation pathways.
Find out more here.
Also attending? Get in touch with Eleanor.
Kate O'Rourke, Robert Watson and Thomas Wolter are attending the 2022 FICPI - International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys World Congress from 25 – 29 Sep 2022 in Cannes, France.
The FICPI World Congress provides an opportunity to listen to and debate with experts on recent international developments in intellectual property protection and their impact on day-to-day practice.
Find out more here.
Also attending? Get in touch with Kate, Robert or Thomas.
We are delighted to once again be one of the host firms supporting the JIPA (Japanese Intellectual Property Association) bi-annual two week European seminar which is taking place in London and Munich.
The Japanese Intellectual Property Association (JIPA) is one of the largest private IP organisations in Japan, most of its members are from leading Japanese companies and the group are considered very influential.
JIPA offers its members a unique personal training system and regularly holds a wide range of seminars and workshops. This includes the bi-annual two week European seminar, which provides members with the opportunity to visit the UK and Germany to learn about the legal and practical aspects of working with the EPC (European Patent Convention) and EPO (European Patent Office).
Mewburn Ellis have close links to JIPA having worked with them for over 15 years.
Eleanor Maciver is attending Oxfordshire Greentech’s Future Focus Series online event ‘How can oceans contribute to our net zero goals?’, co-hosted with Taylor Vinters on Wednesday 14 September 2022.
This event will explore what role could oceans have to play in our global race to net zero.
Find out more here.
Also attending? Get in touch with Eleanor.
Jan Rether, Claire Evans and David Fyfield are attending the 2022 MARQUES Annual Conference in Madrid from Tuesday 20 - Friday 23 September.
The Conference sessions will address how sustainability and new technologies will shape the future of brands.
Find out more here.
Thomas Lonsdale and Rob Walker are attending the International Composites Summit in London from Wednesday 21 - Thursday 22 September.
ICS brings together leading industry professionals to address the worldwide opportunities for sales and growth within the composites sector, needed to help deliver the climate change targets set out in each nation's green agenda.
Find out more here.
Charles Renney is attending Cambridge Cleantech's event "Can National Governments tackle the climate emergency?" on Wednesday 28 September.
This event will discuss whether National Governments can tackle the climate emergency.
Find out more here.
Also attending? Get in touch with Charles.
Rebecca Anderson-Smith is attending the Pharmaceutical Trade Marks Group Autumn Conference in Lisbon, Portugal from 5 – 8 October 2022.
This conference includes talks on topics such as the challenges of new social media, the complexities of protecting trade marks in sanctioned/embargoed countries, and where the pharma industry will be in 5-10 years’ time.
Find out more here.
Also attending? Get in touch with Rebecca.
Rachel Oxley is attending the Asian Patent Attorneys Association 2022 Council Meeting in Busan, South Korea from 15 – 18 October.
In addition to the 73rd Council Meeting and the working sessions, such as the Standing Committee Meetings and Workshops, the conference program provides many opportunities for IP professionals to meet.
Find out more here.
Also attending? Get in touch with Rachel.
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