19th Annual USPTO IP Attaché Roundtable

Event Description

Please join the Global Innovation Policy Center for the 19th annual roundtable with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) IP Attachés. The program provides a unique opportunity to engage with the assembled IP Attachés for a discussion about recent trends and challenges in IP protection and enforcement in regions around the world.

Details

Tuesday, December 9, 2025
 

Breakfast & Networking: 8:30 - 9:00 a.m. ET 

Program: 9:00 - 11:00 a.m. ET

 

JW Marriott Washington, DC

1331 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,

Washington, DC 20004

Agenda

9:00am Opening Remarks 

  • Kelly Anderson, Vice President of International Policy, US Chamber's Global Innovation Policy Center (GIPC) 

  • John Squires, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) 

9:10am MLO and Europe Panel 

  • Helene Liwinski, IP Attaché, U.S. Mission to the WTO • Geneva, Switzerland 

  • Marina Lamm, IP Attaché, for the U.S. Permanent Mission to the U.N. in Geneva 

  • Rachel Bae, IP Attaché for the European Union • Brussels, Belgium  

  • Dorian Mazurkevich, IP Attaché for Eurasia and Central Europe • Kyiv, Ukraine 

  • Moderated by Corey Salsburg, Vice President, Global Head IP Affairs (Novartis) 

9:35am Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East Panel  

  • Dinesh Sharma, IP Specialist for South Asia • New Delhi, India 

  • Matthew Kohner, IP Attaché for Southeast Asia • Bangkok, Thailand 

  • Rasha Abdel Magid, IP Specialist for the Middle East & North Africa • Abu Dhabi, UAE 

  • Katherine Hiner, IP Attaché for Sub-Saharan Africa • Johannesburg, South Africa 

  • Moderated by Liz Clark, Lead for India and Middle East, Global Policy and International Government Affairs, BMS 

10:00am Latin America Panel  

  • Cairo Jennings, IP Attaché for Mercosur • Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 

  • Jennifer Chicoski, IP Attaché for the Andean Region and Chile • Lima, Peru  

  • Claudia Rojas, IP Specialist for Mexico, Central America & Caribbean • Mexico City, Mexico 

  • Moderated by Kira Alvarez, Vice President, Government Relations, Paramount Global 

10:25am China Panel  

  • Michael Mangelson, IP Attaché for China and Mongolia • Beijing, China 

  • Conrad Wong, IP Attaché, for South and Southeast China • Guangzhou, China  

  • Moderated by Julie Carlson, Director, Economic Strategy, Qualcomm 

10:50am Closing Remarks 

  • Deborah Lashley-Johnson, Acting Director of the IP Attaché Program, USPTO