WIPO

var speakers_clientHandler = [{"id":170427,"bio":"

","birthdate":"","country":null,"email":"","photourl":null,"name":"CHAIR","jobs":"","urls":""},{"id":226173,"bio":null,"birthdate":"","country":null,"email":"","photourl":null,"name":"Ms. Lee Tiedrich","jobs":"","urls":""},{"id":226291,"bio":"

Simon Chesterman is David Marshall Professor and Vice Provost (Educational Innovation) at the National University of Singapore, where he is also the founding Dean of NUS College. He serves as Senior Director of AI Governance at AI Singapore and Editor of the Asian Journal of International Law. Previously, he was Dean of NUS Law from 2012 to 2022 and Co‐President of the Law Schools Global League from 2021 to 2023.

Educated in Melbourne, Beijing, Amsterdam, and Oxford, Professor Chesterman’s teaching experience includes periods at the Universities of Melbourne, Oxford, Southampton, Columbia, and Sciences Po. From 2006‐2011, he was Global Professor and Director of the New York University School of Law Singapore Programme. Prior to joining NYU, he was a Senior Associate at the International Peace Academy and Director of UN Relations at the International Crisis Group in New York.

Professor Chesterman is the author or editor of more than twenty books, including We, the Robots? Regulating Artificial Intelligence and the Limits of the Law (CUP, 2021) and One Nation Under Surveillance (OUP, 2011). He also writes on legal education and higher education more generally, and is the author of five novels including the Raising Arcadia trilogy and Artifice.

","birthdate":"","country":null,"email":"","photourl":"https://c.connectedviews.com/assets/553269fe-1517-40c8-97de-5cf748bd0105.png","name":"Mr. Simon Chesterman","jobs":"","urls":""},{"id":226445,"bio":"

Paolo Lanteri is an IP lawyer with over 15\r\nyears of experience in international copyright policy and an in-depth expertise\r\non digital copyright issues. As Legal Counsellor in the Copyright Law Division\r\nof the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), his responsibilities range\r\nfrom providing legal and policy advice to leading the work in areas at the\r\nintersection between copyright and new technologies, such as the music\r\nstreaming market, Generative AI, Open Science and Open Access, UGC, metaverse,\r\nand blockchain. He also supports the work of the Standing Committee on\r\nCopyright and Related Rights (SCCR), notably on copyright in the digital\r\nenvironment.

\r\n\r\n

Before joining WIPO, Paolo practiced in the\r\nlaw firm Uría Menéndez Abogados LLP in Madrid, and worked in the legal\r\ndepartment of the Spanish collecting society, Sociedad General de Autores y\r\nEditores (SGAE). An Italian National, he speaks English, French, Italian and\r\nSpanish. He holds an Italian and a Spanish LL.B. and an LL.M. from the\r\nAutonomous University of Madrid.

","birthdate":"","country":null,"email":"","photourl":"https://c.connectedviews.com/assets/b190050e-5cd4-42d2-b6f1-c3381d6cf3f5.png","name":"Mr. Paolo Lanteri","jobs":"","urls":""},{"id":226446,"bio":"

Peng Boris Akebuon is a visionary\r\nentrepreneur and seasoned software engineer with a deep commitment to leveraging\r\ntechnology, particularly AI, to drive positive change. As the Co-founder and\r\nCTO of Bridge Labs, Peng leads the development of innovative HR solutions that\r\nharness the power of AI models alongside human expertise to streamline the\r\nvetting and hiring process for software engineers in Africa.

\r\n\r\n

Additionally, Peng is a co-founder of\r\nTraleor, a groundbreaking platform revolutionizing website building for African\r\nentrepreneurs. Incorporating his expertise in AI, Peng is pioneering the\r\nintegration of text-to-website technology into Traleor's no-code tools,\r\nempowering users to create professional websites effortlessly.

\r\n\r\n

With extensive software industry\r\nexperience, Peng has contributed to the success of American, European, and\r\nAfrican companies, demonstrating a steadfast commitment to advancing\r\ntechnological solutions that drive tangible impacts on communities and\r\nbusinesses.

","birthdate":"","country":null,"email":"","photourl":"https://c.connectedviews.com/assets/05c9d170-18d3-4be7-a139-3d901a1c906e.jpg","name":"Mr. Peng Boris Akebuon","jobs":"","urls":""},{"id":226447,"bio":"

Experienced in Conversational AI and\r\nNatural Language Processing. Collaborative Work includes building a\r\nplatform for more democratic inputs to AI that utilise generative\r\njustice to return value to the data providers.

","birthdate":"","country":null,"email":"","photourl":"https://c.connectedviews.com/assets/c78b89c4-6e8e-43e9-aef6-f5bbe72c60e2.jpg","name":"Mr. Ussen Kimanuka","jobs":"","urls":""},{"id":226448,"bio":"

Jenny started her career at the law firm of\r\nKirkland & Ellis, where she became a partner in the IP litigation group.\r\nAfter a decade, she became in-house counsel at Apple and focused on complex IP\r\nlicenses and procurement agreements. She continued this work at Amazon and at\r\nGoogle before deciding to work for startups. Since 2020, Jenny has been the\r\ngeneral counsel of three startups in various industries (insurance, behavioral\r\nhealthcare, and safety sensors). In\r\naddition, Jenny has been a longtime board member of the Responsible AI\r\nLicensing (“RAIL”) Initiative, a grassroots effort to encourage creators in the\r\nAI space to impose restrictions on downstream users of AI artifacts. RAIL has\r\nauthored several white papers and actively advocates in favor of ethical\r\ncommunity norms in the AI space.

","birthdate":"","country":null,"email":"","photourl":"https://c.connectedviews.com/assets/304b5ff0-d49d-4546-953b-bf56db2c0726.jpg","name":"Ms. Jenny Lee","jobs":"","urls":""},{"id":226471,"bio":"

Juris Doctor LL.B and LL.M in Private Law. Founding partner at Zapata & Ríos Abogados Asociados, Attorney at Law in Intellectual Property and Commercial Law. Secretary of arbitration Court at the Arbitration of the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce. Former President of the Colombian Center for Copyright Law (CECOLDA). In the academic field, serves as a professor in postgraduate programs on Intellectual Property at Sergio Arboleda University and the University of the Andes. Also, a tutor at the WIPO Academy and a speaker at various national and international events on intellectual property. Author of various articles and creator of the blog: autoresalderecho.wordpress.com

","birthdate":"","country":null,"email":"","photourl":"https://c.connectedviews.com/assets/62913cba-e99c-444e-ae91-d713447d0030.png","name":"Mr. Yecid Rios","jobs":"","urls":""},{"id":226472,"bio":"

Partner at BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT Anwaltspartnerschaft mbB, patent attorneys and attorneys at law

Since 1990, Martin Schaefer had been working for the German industry associations of the recording industry (today: BVMI). As legal advisor and later as managing director he was involved in the development of innovative industry projects for the emerging online-sector.

In 2001, he joined BMG (Bertelsmann Music Group) as Vice President, Legal Counsel Europe, before leaving the company at the beginning of 2004 to become a partner at the law firm of BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT.

His client base includes numerous companies as well as trade associations from the media and music industries. He supports them in setting up IP strategies and represents them in court and at the arbitration board for copyright disputes. He also advises them on public policy issues and on strategic projects related to intellectual property law.

Martin Schaefer is a member and longtime chairman of the Advisory Board of the German Music Archive at the German National Library, an elected member of the board of ALAI Germany and an elected member of GRUR's Copyright Committee. He is a co-chair of the International Chapter of the Copyright Society of the USA and a lecturer at MIPLC. He is a co-author of the copyright commentaries \"Fromm/Nordemann\" and \"Wandtke/Bullinger” He also co-authored in the handbooks \"Moser/Scheuermann: Handbuch der Musikwirtschaft\" and “Lindner/Shapiro, Copyright in the Information Society”. Further to this, he is author or co- author of various monographs and numerous articles, especially on copyright issues.

","birthdate":"","country":null,"email":"","photourl":"https://c.connectedviews.com/assets/4f0b6441-ebee-4956-8057-869c237d5b98.png","name":"Mr. Martin Schaefer","jobs":"","urls":""},{"id":226473,"bio":"

Natasha Allen is a partner based in the Silicon Valley and San Francisco offices of Foley & Lardner LLP, where she serves as Co-Chair for Artificial Intelligence within the firm’s Innovative Technology sector and Co-Chair of the Venture Capital Committee , and a member of the Venture Capital, M&A, and Transactions Practices. Natasha counsels companies across a variety of industries including Artificial Intelligence, FinTech, robotics, and life sciences. Natasha’s robust transactional experience includes mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures, including domestic and cross-border buy-side and sell-side transactions in Augmented/Virtual Reality, software, cybersecurity, telecommunications, and healthcare industries. She also regularly advises international clients looking to establish themselves in the United States on structure, financing, and other issues as they enter this market.

","birthdate":"","country":null,"email":"","photourl":"https://c.connectedviews.com/assets/7ebeea8c-3049-43b5-8fce-0885b15ba0fe.png","name":"Ms. Natasha Allen","jobs":"","urls":""},{"id":226474,"bio":null,"birthdate":"","country":null,"email":"","photourl":null,"name":"Ms. Seagull Song","jobs":"","urls":""},{"id":226475,"bio":null,"birthdate":"","country":null,"email":"","photourl":null,"name":"Ms. Celina Lee","jobs":"","urls":""},{"id":226476,"bio":null,"birthdate":"","country":null,"email":"","photourl":null,"name":"Mr. Ricardo Baeza-Yates","jobs":"","urls":""},{"id":226477,"bio":null,"birthdate":"","country":null,"email":"","photourl":null,"name":"Mr. Peter Mezei","jobs":"","urls":""}];