Anti-Counterfeiting Committee
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EUIPO-Link Committee
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WIPO-Link Committee

with a Coffee Break at 15.30-16.00

Moderator: F. Peter Müller, Müller Schupfner & Partner, DE

Sven Stürmann, EUIPO, ES
Michele Ferrante, Ferrante Intellectual Property, CN
Aurélia Marie, Cabinet Beau de Loménie, FR
Lisa Pearson, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, US

sponsored by: ALTIUS, DLA PIPER, ETHIKOS, GEVERS, INTEO, JANSON, KIRKPATRICK, NOVAGRAAF, WIGGIN

At the turn of the twentieth century, Belgium was a hotspot of the Art Nouveau style. Architects such as Victor Horta, Octave van Rysselberghe and Henry Van de Velde designed revolutionary new buildings with asymmetrical, curved lines inspired by nature. Grand Café Horta, opened in 2000, is an icon in Antwerp’s theatre district. It comprises a modern Grand Café and an awe-inspiring Art Nouveau Hall. Decorated with the original iron rafters recovered from the demolished Maison du Peuple by Victor Horta, it pays homage to an architectural masterpiece.

Dress Code: Smart casual

The venue is in walking distance, no bus transfers will be provided.
Guests should make their way to Grand Café Horta individually.

Address: Hopland 2, 2000 Antwerp
From the Conference venue approx. 15 minutes on foot via De Keyserlei, Meir and Wapper.

ECTA President Mladen Vukmir, Vukmir and Associates, HR
ECTA First Vice-President Carina Gommers, Wiggin LLP, BE
Hans Dhondt, Janson Baugniet CVBA, BE
Alexis Fierens, DLA Piper, BE
Annick Mottet, Ethikos SRL, BE
Olivier Vrins, Altius, BE

Moderator: Paola Ruggiero, Bird & Bird, IT

João Negrao, EUIPO, ES
Hugues Derème, BOIP, NL
Kamil Kiljanski, European Commission DG Grow, BE
Dalila Hamou, External Relations Division, WIPO

Meet ECTA Committee leaders at the Committee Corner!

Moderator: Lidy-Anne Jeswiet, Kirkpatrick SA, BE

Peter Klein, Vossius & Partner, DE
Ronald Brohm, REACT, NL
Sara Citterio, Trussardi, IT
John Wilks, DLA Piper, UK

Moderator: Delia Belciu, DB Law Office, RO

Geo Van Langenhove, EURID, BE
Mary White, Stobbs Ireland Limited, IE
Frédéric Le Mauff, Biomerieux, FR
Ingrid Mennens, Novagraaf Belgium, BE

Meet ECTA Committee leaders at the Committee Corner!

Moderator: Maria Cecilia Romoleroux, CORRALROSALES, EC

Maria Antonella Incardona, LUPPI Intellectual Property S.R.L., IT
François Uyttenhove, Anheuser-Busch InBev S.A., BE
Özgül Güngör, Yıldız Holding A.Ş., TR
Ilya Lipaev, Ferrero Management Services, LU

The Marble Hall is the historical heart of the FMCCA. The impressive columns of pink marble, the high ceiling and windows give a spacious and stylish feeling to the room. During the welcome drink and appetizer, guests will have the possibility to visit the Winter Garden, a late 19th century architectural gem of glass and steel providing a tropical illusion. Entering this Winter Garden is like arriving in a dense woodland, where you can walk among hundreds of butterflies during the Spring and Summer.
The dinner will continue after an evening walk in the Antwerp Zoo.

Dress Code: Smart casual

Moderator: Julien Scicluna, Cabinet Laurent & Charras, FR

Femke van Horen, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, NL
Birte Vanrobaeys, Versuni Netherlands BV, NL
Stoyan Sirakov, Interius Co., BG

Moderator: Alberto Giordano, Chadha & Chadha, IN

Deborah Hampton, The Chemours Company, US
Davide Leiballi, Studio Legale Withers, IT
Roland de Meersman, ABAC-BAAN npo, BE

Meet ECTA Committee leaders at the Committee Corner!

Moderator: Anette Henrysson, aera, DK

Sergio Rizzo, EUIPO, ES
Ronald van Tuijl, JT International SA, CH
Tobias Dolde, Noerr Alicante IP, SL, ES

Moderator: Jordi Güell, Guell Intellectual Property SLP, ES

Nick Holmes, Davies Collison Cave AU & NZ
Dalila Hamou, External Relations Division, WIPO

Moderator: Marie-Christine Seiler, Merx Pütz Rechtsanwälte PartmbB, DE

Virginia Melgar, EUIPO, ES
Alexander von Mühlendahl, Bardehle Pagenberg Partnerschaft Rechtsanwaelte Patentanwaelte, DE
Judge Gustavo Andrés Martín Martín, EU Trademark Court, ES

In the Middle Ages, the port of Antwerp became a crucial link in world trade. The city was home to thousands of merchants from all over Europe. In the course of the fifteenth century, they began to buy and sell not just goods, but shares of a ship’s cargo. Soon the wooden buildings where the transactions took place became too cramped, and the city decided to build a new, dedicated stock exchange just outside the gates – the first of its kind in the entire world, which served as a model for similar buildings in London, Amsterdam, and other European cities.
The current neogothic building, inspired by the sixteenth-century original, was designed by Joseph Schadde (1872). After a long and intensive renovation the building complex of the Handelsbeurs, the adjacent Schippersbeurs (where traders and merchants negotiated the freighting of ships and skippers received their missions) and a connected housing block was reopened in October 2019.

Dress Code: Cocktail attire

The venue is in walking distance, no bus transfers will be provided.
Guests should make their way to Handelsbeurs individually.

Address: Twaalfmaandenstraat 9, 2000 Antwerp
From the Conference venue approx. 15 minutes on foot via De Keyserlei and Meir
or
by underground tram (pre-metro) to Antwerpen Meir station by
- Tram 3 (direction Zwijndrecht P+R Melsele) or tram 5 (direction P+R Linkeroever) from Antwerpen Astrid station;
- Tram 9 (direction P+R Linkeroever) or tram 15 (direction Regatta) from Antwerpen Diamant station.

Taxis can stop at Borzestraat 31, 2000 Antwerpen.