Committee Chairs

2023-24 Committees
 The following provides a comprehensive list of the current 2023-2024 LESI Committee Chairs and Vice-Chairs.

Management Committee Chairs

Committees Chairs Vice Chairs Society
Audit Russell Levine

USA/Canada
Awards Fiona Nicholson


Britain & Ireland
Communications

   
Education

Natalie Raffoul
Martin Schneider
Danie Dohmen




Bruna Lins


USA/Canada
Switzerland
South Africa
Brazil
Endowment Russell Levine
USA/Canada
External Relations





Investment Russell Levine


USA/Canada

IP Maintenance Christine Hudgins


USA/Canada

Legal

Emmanuel Gougé
Keith Lutsch

  France
USA/Canada

Long Range Planning

Jean-Christophe Troussel


Benelux
Meetings Thomas Adocker
Alexander Haertel
Laura MacDonald



Georgina Busku
Bob Held
Francisco Velasco

Austria
Germany
Benelux
Hungary
USA/Canada
Spain/Portugal


Membership

Matteo Sabattini
Emmanuel Gougé





USA/Canada
France
Nominations Ichiro Nakatomi

Japan

Publications David Drews
 
LESI Editor

Industry Committee Chairs

Committees Chairs Vice Chairs Society
Environment, Energy, Materials, and Chemicals
Dallas Wilkinson
Ia Modin
 

Vikran Duangmanee

Australia/New Zealand
Scandinavia
Thailand
High Technology Hemang Shah
Sanjay Prasad
Guido Quiram



Heinz Goddar
Dario Santander
John Carney - Auto IAB
Gary Ma - Consumer Products
Lakshika Joshi - IT & Software IAB
Taruna Gupta - IT & Software IAB

India
USA/Canada
Germany
Germany
Spain/Portugal
USA/Canada
CN Taipei
India
India

Tech Transfer Committee
Formerly Industry, Univ. & Gov’t Transactions Comm (IUGT)

Peter Ling
Saara Inkinen



Shiva Loccisano
Switzerland
Austria
Italy
Life Sciences Joanne van Harmelen
Marie Barani


Richa Pandey
Jayde Wood
South Africa 
Benelux
India   
USA/Canada    

Professional Committee Chairs

Committees Chairs Vice Chairs Society
Dispute Resolution Marco Tong

Eszter Szakács

China
Hungary
IP Valuation
Chris Schulte
Bob Held
USA/Canada
USA/Canada

Copyright Licensing George Hwang
Johan Du Prezze
  Singapore
South Africa
Patent and Technology Licensing Nikos Minas
Qinghong Xu


Cândida Ribeiro Caffé
Spyros Makris

Britain/Ireland
China
Brazil
Germany

Trademarks, Designs, and Merchandising

Barbara Berdou
Jochen Schaefer



Javier Fernández-Lasquetty Quintana
South Africa
Germany
Spain/Portugal


Women in Licensing Alliance (WILA)

Pam Cox


Judith Miller (mentorship)
Bruna Lins (communications)
USA/Canada
Australia-New Zealand
Brazil
Young Members Congress (YMC)

Stacy Dunn


USA/Canada

Regional Committee Chairs

Committees Chairs Vice Chairs Society
Americas Paula Mena Barreto
Jeff Whittle
 

Renzo Scavia
Hilton Sue
Mariana Gonzalez
Cédric Sikandar

Brazil
USA/Canada
Andean Community
USA/Canada
Mexico
Brazil
Asia Pacific Lionel Tan

Singapore

European
 


Ad Hoc / Task Force Committee Chairs

Committees Chairs Vice Chairs Society
Innovation Trends
Tanja Sovic

Antonio di Bernardo

Austria
Italy

Global Technology Impact Forum (GTIF)
Mark Wilson
Omer Hiziroglu


Britain/Ireland
France

SDG IP Index

Rinaldo Plebani


Bruno Vandermeulen
Thierry Van Beckhoven
Suracha Udomsak

Italy
Benelux
Benelux
Thailand
High Growth Technology Business (HTB)

Thomas Bereuter

 
Juergen Graner
Austria
Austria
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