Having joined what was then the Chinese Patent Office in 1981, Tian Lipu held several positions within the agency before it was renamed the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) in 1998. During that period Tian was a visiting scholar at Germany's prestigious Max-Planck Institute, and conducted research in the European Patent Office, the German Patent Office and the German Patent Court.

In 2005, Tian took over the post of Commissioner of SIPO and has subsequently brought to the role much of what he learnt during his earlier career. He has dramatically increased the agency's size, efficiency and quality. Under his leadership, SIPO has become one of the leading five patent issuing authorities in the world.

Wu Handong, Doctor of Law, Professor and Doctorate Candidate Supervisor; Director of the Center for Studies of Intellectual Property Rights of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, which is the Key Research Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences in Universities by the Ministry of Education of China and the National Research Institute of Intellectual Property Rights Protection; Member of the Social Sciences Committee of the Ministry of Education; Honorary Chairman of Intellectual Property Rights Law Association of China Law Society (CLS); Special Consultation Expert of the Supreme People's Court and Supreme People's Procuratorate; Arbitrator of the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission of China . Professor Wu has published more than 10 books, including: Study on Fair Use of Copyright, Research on Intangible Property etc. and more than 100 articles in Chinese Social Science, Chinese Journal of Law and China Legal Science, etc. Many of his books and articles have won over 10 awards, mainly including National Prize for the First Excellent Doctorate Dissertation, the First Prize for Excellent Legal Research Achievements of the Ministry of Justice, the Book Prize of the First Government Award of Chinese Publication Industry, Second Prize for the Excellent Achievement of the Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education., and Second Prize of the First Chinese Law Achievements Award etc. On the afternoon of May 26, 2006, Professor Wu was invited to deliver a speech to our national leaders on "Legislation and System Construction on the IP Protection in China" at the 31st Collective Study Meeting held by the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. In 2011, Pro. Wu was honored as one of the "2010 China's 10 Most Influential People in IP" again, and was selected as one of the "Global 50 Most Influential People in IP" by MIP in 2009 and 2011.

David J. Kappos is a partner at Cravath. He is widely recognized as one of the world's foremost leaders in the field of intellectual property, including intellectual property management and strategy, the development of global intellectual property norms, laws and practices as well as commercialization and enforcement of innovation-based assets. Mr. Kappos supports the Firm's clients with a wide range of their most complex intellectual property issues. From August 2009 to January 2013, Mr. Kappos served as Under Secretary of Commerce and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). In that role, he advised the President, Secretary of Commerce and the Administration on intellectual property policy matters. As Director of the USPTO, he led the Agency in dramatically reengineering its entire management and operational systems as well as its engagement with the global innovation community. He was instrumental in achieving the greatest legislative reform of the U.S. patent system in generations through passage and implementation of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, signed into law by the President in September 2011.

Kosuke Minami is the Director of the Regional Policy Office of the International Affairs Division of the Japan Patent Office. In this role since January 2013, he is involved in planning cooperation with countries in Asian, South American, Middle East and African region. He also takes charge of cooperation with WIPO and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to implement cooperation activities. Mr. Minami joined the JPO in 1993, and worked for Examination Department and Appeals Department mainly in the field of Semiconductor and Business Machinery. He was also in charge of Examination Guideline in Examination Standards Office, Patent Law amendment in Appeals Division, and international issues on patent examination as the director of Examination Policy Planning Office. Mr. Minami received his Bachelor degree in Agricultural Engineering from Kyoto University in 1993, and his LL.M. from the Temple University School of Law in 2008.

Education:

1978-1982, Department of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Wuxi Institute of Light Industry. Major: Chemistry Degree: Bachelor of Science

1983-1986, Department of Chemistry & Environmental Engineering, Beijing Polytechnic University. Major: Environmental Engineering Degree: Master of Science

Experience:

1986-1993, worked in the Department of Chemistry & Environmental Engineering, Beijing Polytechnic University.

1993-2000, worked in the Chemistry Examination Department 1,Chinese Patent Office, State Intellectual Property Office of the P. R. China. Position: Director

2000-2004, worked in the Preliminary Examination & Management Department, Chinese Patent Office, State Intellectual Property Office of the P. R. China Position: Director General

2004-2006, worked in the Information Technology Department, State Intellectual Property Office of the P. R. China Position: Director General

2006-2008, worked in the National IP Strategy Formulation Leading Group Office, the P. R. China Position: Director General

2008-present, working in the Protection & Coordination Department, State Intellectual Property Office of the P. R. China Position: Director General

Dr. Jing-Shan Hu brings 20 years of experience in partnering, licensing, management, & research in pharmaceutical MNCs & biotech companies. She joined Bayer Healthcare in Oct 2011 as VP and Head of Global Drug Discovery Innovation Center China, responsible for partnering with innovative organizations in Greater China for Global Drug Discovery of Bayer HealthCare. She was Director of Licensing & External Research at Merck & Co/MSD prior. Previously, she worked at Roche Palo Alto as Head of Functional Biology after being Research Leader of Toxicogenomics; at Affymetrix as Program Manager, and at Human Genome Sciences as Scientist of Protein Therapeutics & VEGF-2 Project Leader. She served in 2006-2007 as the President of Sino-American Pharmaceutical Professionals Association – West (SAPA-West). Dr. Hu obtained her post-doctoral training at Harvard Medical School, PhD degree from Univ. of Texas at MD Anderson Cancer Center, and BS degree in Biochemistry from Peking Univ.

Arian Duijvestijn graduated in technical physics from Delft Technical University. He joined Philips in 1986 and held various positions in development of optical drives before joining Philips Intellectual Property & Standards in 1993. After qualifying as a Dutch and European Patent Attorney, he was appointed as manager of Philips' patent portfolio related to semiconductors in 1998. In 2004 he joined the management team of Philips Intellectual Property & Standards and is currently responsible for all IP matters relating to Philips Lighting.

University degree at the "Fachhochschule Wilhelmshaven Elektrotechnik".

Degree in Communication Engineering (FH).

1985: Patent Searcher in the Patent department of Siemens AG.

1996: Project Manager of "Electronic Patentinformation- IPAS BUS" at Siemens AG

Since 01.06.2007: Head of "Patent Search and Information" in the Patent Department of Siemens AG. Memberships

Since 2001: member of the IMPACT-Group within the PDG und cooperation to various working groups on Patent Information.

Since 2006: Siemens Representative within the PDG (Patent Documentation Group) and Board member of the PDG. 2006 – 2011: member of the scientific advisory council "FIZ Karlsruhe".

Ben Wang is currently Head of Patents for Unilever Research and Development Center in Shanghai, one of the Company's global innovation centers. Prior to coming to Shanghai, Mr. Wang had been practicing law in California for over ten years, serving as IP counsel for clients ranging from Silicon Valley startups to Fortune 500 companies. He is licensed to practice law in California and Washington, DC, and is also a registered US patent attorney. Mr. Wang obtained his BS degree from Fudan University, MS degree from Harvard University, and JD degree from Georgetown University. After law school, he served as a federal law clerk in Washington DC, and taught intellectual property law as a visiting professor at Tsinghua University. Mr. Wang also gained knowledge in European patent practice by working at a German law firm in Munich, prior to returning to private practice in San Francisco.

Jie Zhao has more than ten years track record of enterprise intellectual property protection and management. She is professional engaged in establishing and executing enterprise intellectual property strategy and competitive strategy and is skilled in overseas intellectual property distribution and protection. Moreover, she devotes to conducting studies on patent licensing and litigation. Thus, she is wise in IP dispute solutions. Ms Zhao participates in SIPO research projects and presents at several international IP conferences. She well knows IP protection procedures of European Union and the United States, especially in the field of mobile manufacture and motor vehicle.

Dr. Reiner Grabowski is heading the patent information analysis team of the Novartis Pharma division since 2009. In this function he is coordinating the patent search activities related to products after the early development stage. Reiner originally obtained his PhD in Microbiology at Marburg University/Germany. Having worked as a scientist for several years he joined Novartis in 2001 as a patent searcher. He is now managing the information needs of about 50 patent attorneys and additional scientists and external counsels.

Shen Jianfeng, director of Intellectual Property Department of ZTE Corporation, is wholly responsible for ZTE worldwide IP matters. He possesses more than 10 years experience as practitioner and manager in the field of Intellectual Property, and has profound theoretical attainments and rich practical experiences on enterprise innovation, intellectual property strategy development and implementation, management of enterprise intellectual property matters. Besides, he also has global view and hands-on experiences on IP negotiation and litigation.

Xiaoyu Liu joined in China Intellectual Property Legal Affairs Department, IBM in 2004. She is currently senior patent attorney at China Intellectual Property Department, IBM and responsible for patent business affairs for IBM China. Formerly, she held a post in State Intellectual Property Office, P. R. C. Mr. Liu obtained her bachelor degree in Electronics Engineering from Xidian University and master degree in Communication and Electronic System from Beijing Institute of Technology.

Dr. Jennifer Jian Kang works as a senior patent counsel with Bayer China Legal department. She primarily practices intellectual property law and focuses on the fields of pharmaceuticals, chemicals, biotechnology, agrichemicals, and medical devices. She is responsible for IP related matters of Bayer Greater China and supports the company's business and R&D center by providing legal advices and managing patent prosecution, litigation and other related matters. She is experienced in conducting patent related due diligence, drafting and advising technology transfer agreements, IP licensing agreements, and other IP transactions.

May 2004--February 2009 Worked in the Patent Reexamination Board of State Intellectual Property Office P.R.C. February 2009 Started to work in the Intellectual Property Right Division of Supreme People's Court August 2010 Appointed as a judge mainly engaged in the hearing of cases relating to patent, unfair competition, technology contracts, etc.