WIPO

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Jennifer has more than 20 years of experience providing public policy research and analysis, and developing and executing communications and policy advocacy strategies. She works with and advises leading innovators from the private sector, along with industry groups, NGOs, and international organizations such as the WHO and WIPO. Her work centers on global market access and regulatory issues, notably in the areas of technological innovation, healthcare, cybersecurity, intellectual property, and trade. Since 2010, she has led her own consulting business. Jennifer sponsors and mentors junior female professionals working in government affairs, and she a longstanding member of the International Gender Champions network. Jennifer has an M.A. in International Development and Economics from Johns Hopkins SAIS, an M.A. in International Law from the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, and a B.A. in International Relations from UCLA, all with the highest honors.

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Professor Mark SCHULTZ is the Goodyear Endowed Chair in Intellectual Property Law and Director of the\r\nIP & Technology Law Program at the University of Akron School of Law.

Professor of Law, University of Akron School of Law, Akron, United States of America Mark Schultz is a professor at the University of Akron School of Law, where he is the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Endowed Chair in Intellectual Property Law and Director of the IP & Technology Law Center. His research concerns the law and economics of the global intellectual property system, focusing particularly on trade secret law. He worked with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to co-author a groundbreaking global trade secret protection index (the TSPI). The TSPI is being used to frame policy discussions on this cutting\u0002edge topic in capitals around the world. He recently has written about the role of trade secrecy in the fight against Covid-19. Professor Schultz is frequently called on to help governments and international organizations with IP policy and capacity building. He currently serves as a member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s U.S.- India IP Cooperation Dialogue. He has testified before the U.S. Congress and spoken at programs hosted by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Trade Representative, and the U.S. Copyright Office, as well as numerous universities, think tanks, and industry groups.

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