<Education>   1980 Doctor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge   1976 Master of Laws, University of Melbourne   1974 Bachelor of Laws, University of Melbourne      <Career>   2008~Present      Director General, WIPO   2003~2008         Deputy Director General, WIPO    1985~2003         Various positions in the Secretariat of WIPO, including Legal Counsel, Assistant Director General   1979~1984         Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Melbourne

Daniel J. Staudt is Vice President and Chief IP Counsel of the Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department,  covering all Intellectual Property legal matters for the Siemens North American Operating Companies.   Mr. Staudt’s practice focuses upon managing all of Siemens Corporation IP attorneys and staff that  manages all the Intellectual Property assets for Siemens and its affiliates.  Mr. Staudt is located at Siemens’ US energy headquarters in Orlando, Florida.   Previously, he was Chief Counsel for the IP operations in Munich, where he managed the group that covered IP issues for the Munich-based  Siemens AG businesses and prior to that he was division IP counsel for the Siemen Energy Division’s US Business.   He received his undergraduate degree in Electronic Engineering and his Juris Doctor from the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio.   Previous to his work at Siemens, Mr. Staudt was an Intellectual Property Attorney at Harris Corporation, located in Melbourne, Florida,  and an IP Counsel in patent law firms in the Midwest and Southern United States.   Mr. Staudt is the Vice President and a sustaining board member of the Intellectual Property Owners Association,  and a member of the Association of Corporate Patent Counsels.  He is registered at the USPTO and is licensed in the states of Florida and Ohio,  and admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

2006­-2016, Mr He served in National Intellectual Property Administration, PRC (CNIPA).  He has been engaged in patent examination and macro-management of intellectual property rights,  and has rich experience in patent practice. He is also familiar with the operation and protection of intellectual property rights.  Since 2016, Mr He has been working in PPAC as Deputy Secretary-General,  Mainly in charge of the association management and member services,  such as enterprises’ IP strategies, protection, operation, coordination, etc.

Tony obtained a PhD in organic chemistry from the University of Dundee and qualified as a UK and European Patent Attorney in 1978.  He worked initially in the Patent Departments of Beecham Group and the Wellcome Foundation Ltd.  In 1995 he moved to Amersham International plc., as a Vice President and the head of the intellectual property group.  In 2004 he moved to Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) where he was Managing Counsel of the European patent group  and latterly also of the Japanese patent group. In March 2014, he started his own consultancy business, Rollins IP Strategies Ltd..  Tony is active in in promoting improvements to the patent system, primarily through industry associations.  He is a past chair of the ABPI IP group and was a member of BusinessEurope’s and Efpia’s patent committees  and has represented and led BusinessEurope delegations in patent harmonisation discussions.  He has also represented BusinessEurope on the EPO Academy Academic Advisory Board and as an observer on the Academy Supervisory Board.  He has also been a Vice President of AIPPI UK and was the President of the UK Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys for the year 2016/7. Tony is the current President of the Global Network of National Intellectual Property Practitioner Associations.

Seiji Mori is Head of IP Operations and Project Management of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited.  He started the career with trademark practices and supports of branding for marketing teams, including establishment of global naming policy and process.  In the trademark career, he experienced working at a UK IP firm in a training program.  From 2008, his coverage was extended into other areas such as employee inventor remuneration issues, IP ownership rule in Takeda group,  patent portfolio management, copyrights, trade secrets and public/policy affairs. Alongside the above, he has been leading  operational management of Takeda IP group which consists of approx. 100 people located in USA, Switzerland, Germany and Japan.     For 2012 –2014, he was a steering committee member of IP committee of JPMA (Japan Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Association).   For 2016 – 2017, he was Managing Director of JIPA (Japan Intellectual Property Association).

<Education>   2009 Ph.D., Graduate School of Law, Seoul National University   2009 Ph.D. Candidate, School of Tax Law and Policy, University of Seoul   2004 LL.M., Columbia University Law School   2003 Sejong-Syracuse MBA Program     <Career>   2017~Present      Managing Partner, Choishin Law&IP Office   2016~Present      Arbitrator, Korean Commercial Board of Arbitration   2013~Present      Moderator, Seoul High Court   2015~Present      Legislative Commission Chairperson, Korean Bar Association   2014~Present      Vice President, AIPPI(International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property)   2005~2017        Partner, DARAE LAW & IP FIRM  2012~2014        Attorney, Kim & Chang Law Office

<Education>   1998 Seoul National Univ.  MSc. in Material Science and Eng.   1996 Seoul National Univ.  BSc. in Material Science and Eng.     <Career>   2019~Present      Adjunct Professor of Yonsei Univ.   2018~Present      Committee member of Techincal Protection law Support Group in Korea Small and Medium Business Venture Department   2018~Present      Director of Accelerator Wevelop, Co. Ltd.    2018~Present      Planning Director of KPAA   2011~Present      Counsel Patent Attorney for SK Hynix   2010~Present      Representative Patent Attorney, IPMAX Patent Law Group   2005~2010         Lee & Mock Patent Law Firm    2001~2003         Patent Law Firm Koreana     <Qualification>   Korea Patent Attorney (2014)    Korea Technology Transfer Agent (2011)

<Education>   2004 Honorary Doctorate in Engineering from INHA University    1986 B.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering from INHA University     <Career>   2019~Present      Co-Chairman (IP Strategy conference), The National Academy of Engineering of Korea    2018~Present      Chairman, Korea Entrepreneurship Foundation   2018~Present      Member of board of directors, The National Academy of Engineering of Korea    2015~Present      Vice Chairman, Korea International Trade Association   2012~Present      Member, The National Academy of Engineering of Korea    2005~Present      Chairman, ILUN Science & Technology Foundation   1993~Present      Founder, JUSUNG Engineering Co., Ltd.     2017~2018        Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems   2014~2017        Director, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of science & Technology    2013~2017        Director,  Korea Institute of Science & Technology Evaluation and Planning

< Career >  2019~Present      The National Academy of Engineering of Korea, Member 2018~Present      Blockchain Service Research Center(ITRC), Director 2018~Present      Korea Convergence Security Association, President

<Education> University of Colorado, Master of Public Administration    <Major Career> 2018.5~           Vice President, The Korean Association for Industrial Technology Security                          Vice President, The Korea Association for Industrial Security                           Member, Defense Industry Technology Protection Committee, Ministry of National Defense ~2017.6           Industrial Confidentiality Protection Center