Manipal Law School is organizing a one day comprehensive SYMPOSIUM ON INTERFACE OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND POLICY on 11^th of May, 2024 at Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), campus, Bengaluru.The Symposium will be in the form of invited lectures of prolific personalities from the industry in the domain of intellectual property rights as well as that of the Indian judiciary coupled with  industry-academia round table discussion sessions in the area of emerging technology domains like Artificial Intelligence and its impact on IPR protection laws, technology transfer and commercialization. Registration is free and the registration link will be shared soon. We are honoured to have Justice (Dr.) Vineet Kothari as the Hon’ble Chief Guest and Dr. Ramani V. Marakani as an Invited Speaker. 

There will be three Panel Discussion sessions as follows :

Panel 1  ( Topic : AI in the domain of pharma and biotech and its implications )

1) Dr. Amar Rajendra Desai (General Manager : Global IP (Api) - Zydus)
2) Dr. Harish Chandran Avaronnan (Head of IPR & Licensing, India- Novonesis)
3) Mr. Amitabh Mishra (Head : Biotech; Deputy General Manager and In-Charge Legal – NRDC,  Govt. of India)
4)Mr. Chirag Soni (General Manager : Global IP (Formulations) – Zydus
5) Mr. Vikas Agrawal (General Manager - Global IP, Unison Pharmaceuticals)

Panel 2 (Topic : IPR protection and its impact on start-up’s & technology transfer in the era of AI )

1) Dr. Rajinder Kumar Sapru (Senior Patent Attorney - R K Dewan & Co.)
2) Prof. (Dr.) Pinaki Ghosh (IPR Chair Professor - NUJS)
3) Mr. Amitabh Mishra (Head : Biotech; Deputy General Manager and In-Charge Legal – NRDC, Govt. of India)
4) Mr. Prakalpa Sharma (Deputy Registrar : Legal – IIT Kanpur)
5) Mr. Rahul Dubey (Senior Manager : Competitive Intelligence & IP Strategy - Baker Hughes)

Panel 3 ( Topic : How IPR system benefits invention and innovation in the era of AI )

1) Dr. Sachin Garg (Chief Technology Officer  - NavankurIT)
2) Mr. Balwant Rawat (Head :IPR - Mercedes Benz R & D India)
3) Mr. Sujith Subramanian (General Manager : IP & Innovation – Samsung India)
4) Mr. Siddharth Karkhanis (Head : IPR - Robert Bosch India)
5) Mr. Sumantra Mukherjee (Partner – KPMG) 
6) Mr. Ravishankar Ganesan (Senior Vice President and Co-Founder -  Ittiam Systems Pvt. Ltd.)
7) Dr. Indranil Saha (Associate Professor & Chairperson IPR Cell, Manipal Law School)

Registration Link :

https://forms.gle/Y1zcsHFZmVHgUihy5

Download Brochure here:

 Event Yotube link :https://www.youtube.com/live/6fzhDZQDq7M?si=cMB3hGSdqvpozCRy 

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

CHIEF PATRON: Prof. (Dr.) Madhu Veeraraghavan (Pro Vice-Chancellor, MAHE, Bengaluru)
PATRON : Prof. (Dr.) Avinash Dadhich (Director – Manipal Law School, Bengaluru)
CONVENER : Dr. Indranil Saha (Associate Professor and Chairperson of IPR Cell – Manipal law School, Bengaluru)

SCHEDULE

8.30 am - 09.30 am: Registration and breakfast

09.45 am - 10.00 am : Inauguration and lamp lighting

10.00 am – 10.10 am : Introductory speech by Convener 

10.10 am - 10.20 am : Inaugural speech by Chief Patron

10.20 am - 10.30 am : Inaugural speech by Patron

10.30 am - 11.00 am : Keynote address by  Chief Guest

11.00 pm - 11.20 pm: Tea break

11.30 am – 11.55 am : Presentation and address by invited speaker no.1.

12.00 pm -1.15 pm : Round table discussion (Panel 1)

1.15 pm - 02.15 pm : Lunch

2.30 pm – 3.45 pm : Round table discussion (Panel 2)

3.45 pm - 4.10 pm :  Tea break

4.15 pm – 5.30 pm : Round table discussion (Panel 3)

5.30 pm - 6.00 pm: Valedictory session and vote of thanks