Archives: Speakers

Tateo Nakajima is a Director of Arup, an international firm of designers, planners and consultants working across all aspects of the built environment.

As Intellectual Property Legal Counsel, based in Amsterdam, I manage a dynamic portfolio of over 3000+ trademark registrations in 100+ countries and handle domains, copyright, design and patent matters too. I would closely with the global marketing teams on new product launches, from conception to final product delivery, and provide guidance and support to the external global legal teams in relation to IP strategy and protection.

Igor has been in the digital risk protection industry for a few years, assisting businesses to protect against phishing, violations of trademark rights, counterfeiting, and online piracy. With a wealth of industry experience, he has been participating in brand protection activities as an expert in online fraud trends for Russia and the CIS.

He frequently represents Group-IB at major international industry events, workshops, and law enforcement trainings, speaking on online threat prevention, anti-counterfeiting trends and challenges.

With Group-IB, Igor is looking for sharing experience and exploring new ways of making Brand Protection service an essential security tool for businesses to eliminate online infringements and protect their clients.

Sjoerd Oosterhuis is Group Legal Counsel and Member of the Executive Committee of Vlisco Netherlands. He has held this role since 2017. His key accountabilities for the Vlisco Group include: company secretary to the Executive Board and the Supervisory Board; protection of intellectual property rights and trademarks; corporate legal framework and strategy; and general legal affairs. From 2015 to 2017, in his practice at Fender Advocaten, Sjoerd provided legal advice to clients at home and abroad in the area of company law with an emphasis on transaction practice. Sjoerd also was involved with corporate law and M&A at AKD (2010-2015) and previously at Holland Van Gijzen (2006-2010). Sjoerd holds a Master’s degree in law from Tilburg University, achieved in 2005.

andFred is co-founder of AlpVision and has served as CEO since June 2001. He is the author of numerous scientific publications and patents and co-inventor of Cryptoglyph and Fingerprint, AlpVision’s core technologies.
Dr. Jordan has work experience in the United States and in France. In 1999, he received his PhD from the Swiss Technology Institute (EPFL) – Signal Processing Institute (ITS) in Lausanne.

Bryant is currently Vice Chairman of Ronald Lu & Partners (RLP); a leading architectural practice housing over 600 staff across Hong Kong, Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Shenzhen. He is a graduate of Cornell University and has over twenty years of experience in architectural design, management and business development. He joined RLP in 2000 after two years of practice at the renowned New York firm Fox & Fowle Architects. In 2011, Bryant was selected as a rising creative star in Asia in the “40 Under 40 Awards”, organized by the global magazine Perspective. He has been instrumental in leading development and driving change at RLP, and has delivered buildings that have reshaped the skylines and harbour fronts of cities around Asia.

Joyce heads up the sustainability research group of HOK London and a UK Chartered Architect, with more than twelve years’ experience of working on large scale complex projects from design to completion, as well as Post-Occupancy Engagement Programme that promote energy saving strategies in the post-build stage. She has applied sustainable design principles to several international projects, including Heathrow Terminal East, Palace of Westminster feasibility study, & Masdar Zero Carbon City.

Mike Hitchmough is an Architect Director at BDP.  Mike is an accomplished designer with proven commercial experience across the workplace, masterplanning, residential, hotel and interior sectors.   He has rich experience across the full spectrum of the construction and development industry and over both in the UK and internationally.

He has successfully combined a distinguished career working both in academia, architectural practice and commercial development as a client.  Mike is particularly interested in exploring concepts of resilience and adaptation within design and creating buildings and places that are able to flex and change in response to shifting climatic, social and technological structures.  His research team contributed towards the RIBA publication A Guide for Assisted Living in 2011 looking at how people with chronic health issues can support themselves for longer thorough adaptation of their homes and technology.

Céline Eyers has more than 15 years of work experience in the area of intellectual property, including complex worldwide IP litigation (trademark law, copyright, design and model and unfair competition). She works as General Counsel for ICE, a Belgian company renown for the Ice-Watch timepieces. She manages all the commercial agreements (distribution agreement, license agreement, loan agreement, agency agreement, settlement agreement, etc.) and the legal/administrative proceedings for the company ICE as well as the related entities.

She has been a member of the Brussels Bar (2002-2010), working a.o. for large law firms (Linklaters and Stibbe). Céline Eyers holds a law degree (magna cum laude), a Master degree in Intellectual Property (cum laude) and a Master in Management (cum laude). She has authored several articles in IP and spoken at various conferences.                          

Firas Hnoosh has over 17 years of professional design experience, and has held design director roles for the Abu Dhabi practices of two large international architectural firms.