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Chad Shear

Partner
Cooley

Chad is a principal in the firm’s San Diego office and is the go-to patent litigator for numerous multinational life sciences companies — including Gilead, GSK, iCeutica, Iroko, Coherus Biosciences and Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma — whose marquee products deliver billions of dollars in annual revenues. He draws on his litigation experience, extensive network of scientific and business experts, and detailed knowledge of his clients’ companies to provide strategic legal counsel on a wide range of business matters.

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Chad Shear

Partner
Cooley

Chad Shear

Partner
Cooley

Chad is a principal in the firm’s San Diego office and is the go-to patent litigator for numerous multinational life sciences companies — including Gilead, GSK, iCeutica, Iroko, Coherus Biosciences and Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma — whose marquee products deliver billions of dollars in annual revenues. He draws on his litigation experience, extensive network of scientific and business experts, and detailed knowledge of his clients’ companies to provide strategic legal counsel on a wide range of business matters. With extensive global experience, including serving as lead attorney in complex patent proceedings, trials and appeals across Asia, Europe, North America, and Australia, Chad has proven to be a results-focused, hands-on leader known for assembling and managing effective, collaborative teams across multiple time zones, firms, and languages.

Chip Design
Edge AI
Enterprise AI
Novel AI Hardware
Systems Design
Hardware Engineering
Software Engineering
Systems Engineering

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Harshit Khaitan

Director, AI Accelerators
Meta

Harshit Khaitan is the Director of AI Accelerator at Meta where he leads building AI Accelerators for Reality labs products. Prior to Meta, he was technical lead and co-founder for the Edge Machine learning accelerators at Google, responsible for MLA in Google Pixel 4 (Neural Core) and Pixel 6 (Google Tensor SoC). He has also held individual and technical leadership positions at Google’s first Cloud TPU, Nvidia Tegra SoCs and Nvidia GPUs. He has 10+ US and international patents in On-device AI acceleration. He has a Master’s degree in Computer Engineering from North Carolina State University and a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Manipal Institute of Technology, India.

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Harshit Khaitan

Director, AI Accelerators
Meta

Harshit Khaitan is the Director of AI Accelerator at Meta where he leads building AI Accelerators for Reality labs products. Prior to Meta, he was technical lead and co-founder for the Edge Machine learning accelerators at Google, responsible for MLA in Google Pixel 4 (Neural Core) and Pixel 6 (Google Tensor SoC). He has also held individual and technical leadership positions at Google’s first Cloud TPU, Nvidia Tegra SoCs and Nvidia GPUs. He has 10+ US and international patents in On-device AI acceleration. He has a Master’s degree in Computer Engineering from North Carolina State University and a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Manipal Institute of Technology, India.

 

Sharada Devarasetty

Head of Biopharmaceuticals Patents
Sandoz

Sharada has spent the last decade building global IP strategies to launch biosimilars.  She started her career in the US with the patent litigation group at Proskauer Rose, participating in several ITC litigations in addition to her district court docket.  In 2012, she moved to Boehringer Ingelheim to begin her career in the then-new and exciting biosimilars market.  There she helped build strategies for most of the first wave biosimilar, in addition to advising her client how to prepare for global biosimilar litigation.  More recently, she leads the biosimilar IP team at Sandoz, a global l

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Sharada Devarasetty

Head of Biopharmaceuticals Patents
Sandoz

Sharada Devarasetty

Head of Biopharmaceuticals Patents
Sandoz

Sharada has spent the last decade building global IP strategies to launch biosimilars.  She started her career in the US with the patent litigation group at Proskauer Rose, participating in several ITC litigations in addition to her district court docket.  In 2012, she moved to Boehringer Ingelheim to begin her career in the then-new and exciting biosimilars market.  There she helped build strategies for most of the first wave biosimilar, in addition to advising her client how to prepare for global biosimilar litigation.  More recently, she leads the biosimilar IP team at Sandoz, a global leader in biosimilars, for the next wave of launches.

 

Emmanuele Degortes

Global Head of Patient, Innovation and Access Policy
Vifor Pharma

Emanuele is the Global Head of Patient, Innovation and Access Policy at Vifor Pharma, a global pharmaceutical company headquartered in Switzerland, specialized in iron deficiency, nephrology and rare conditions. In his role, Emanuele coordinates the company’s government affairs and patient advocacy engagement at EU, international and country level. Previously Emanuele led Biogen’s European Public Policy and Government Affairs activities and was a Director in the Healthcare Practice of FTI Consulting.

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Emmanuele Degortes

Global Head of Patient, Innovation and Access Policy
Vifor Pharma

Emmanuele Degortes

Global Head of Patient, Innovation and Access Policy
Vifor Pharma

Emanuele is the Global Head of Patient, Innovation and Access Policy at Vifor Pharma, a global pharmaceutical company headquartered in Switzerland, specialized in iron deficiency, nephrology and rare conditions. In his role, Emanuele coordinates the company’s government affairs and patient advocacy engagement at EU, international and country level. Previously Emanuele led Biogen’s European Public Policy and Government Affairs activities and was a Director in the Healthcare Practice of FTI Consulting. In his spare time he runs a film festival on a deserted island off the coast of Sardinia. 

 

Xisca Borrás

Partner
Bristow (UK)

Xisca Borrás

Partner
Bristow (UK)

Xisca Borrás

Partner
Bristow (UK)
 

Hilary Jones

Senior Director Legal Pharmaceutical Regulation
BioNTech

Hilary Jones

Senior Director Legal Pharmaceutical Regulation
BioNTech

Hilary Jones

Senior Director Legal Pharmaceutical Regulation
BioNTech
Chip Design
ML at Scale
Novel AI Hardware
Systems Design
Hardware Engineering
Strategy
Systems Engineering

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Nitza Basoco

VP, Business Development
proteanTecs

Nitza Basoco is a technology leader with over 20 years of semiconductor experience. At proteanTecs, she leads the Business Development team, responsible for driving partnership strategies and building value-add ecosystem growth. 

Previously, Nitza was the VP of Operations at Synaptics with responsibility for growing and scaling their worldwide test development, product engineering and manufacturing departments. Prior to Synaptics, Nitza spent a decade holding various leadership positions within the operations organization at MaxLinear, ranging from test development engineering to supply chain. Earlier in her career, Nitza served as a Principal Test Development Engineer for Broadcom Corporation and as a Broadband Applications Engineer at Teradyne.  

Nitza holds MEng and BSEE degrees from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Nitza Basoco

VP, Business Development
proteanTecs

Nitza Basoco is a technology leader with over 20 years of semiconductor experience. At proteanTecs, she leads the Business Development team, responsible for driving partnership strategies and building value-add ecosystem growth. 

Previously, Nitza was the VP of Operations at Synaptics with responsibility for growing and scaling their worldwide test development, product engineering and manufacturing departments. Prior to Synaptics, Nitza spent a decade holding various leadership positions within the operations organization at MaxLinear, ranging from test development engineering to supply chain. Earlier in her career, Nitza served as a Principal Test Development Engineer for Broadcom Corporation and as a Broadband Applications Engineer at Teradyne.  

Nitza holds MEng and BSEE degrees from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Author:

Judy Priest

Distinguished Engineer & VP, GM
Microsoft

Judy Priest is a Distinguished Engineer in Microsoft's Cloud and AI Group. She drives innovation, integration, and operations in next generation Data Center platforms supporting Azure, AI, and MS's Enterprise software. Judy has over 25 years of experience in developing data centers systems and silicon, high speed signaling technologies and optics, circuit design, and physical architectures for compute, storage, graphics, and networking.

Judy has previously worked at Cisco Systems, Silicon Graphics, Hewlett-Packard, and Digital Equipment Corporation, as well as two startup ventures. She serves on the Board of Directors for Women's Audio Mission, a local SF nonprofit moving the needle for girls, women, and GNC individuals in STEM through music. Judy was awarded Business Insider's 2018 Most Powerful Female Engineers and InterCon Networking's 2020 Top 100 Leaders in Engineering.

 

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Judy Priest

Distinguished Engineer & VP, GM
Microsoft

Judy Priest is a Distinguished Engineer in Microsoft's Cloud and AI Group. She drives innovation, integration, and operations in next generation Data Center platforms supporting Azure, AI, and MS's Enterprise software. Judy has over 25 years of experience in developing data centers systems and silicon, high speed signaling technologies and optics, circuit design, and physical architectures for compute, storage, graphics, and networking.

Judy has previously worked at Cisco Systems, Silicon Graphics, Hewlett-Packard, and Digital Equipment Corporation, as well as two startup ventures. She serves on the Board of Directors for Women's Audio Mission, a local SF nonprofit moving the needle for girls, women, and GNC individuals in STEM through music. Judy was awarded Business Insider's 2018 Most Powerful Female Engineers and InterCon Networking's 2020 Top 100 Leaders in Engineering.

 

Author:

Shivam Bharuka

Software Production Engineer
Meta

Shivam is an engineering leader with Meta as part of the AI Infrastructure team for the last three years. During this time, he has helped scale the machine learning training infrastructure at Meta to support large scale ranking and recommendation models, serving more than a billion users. He is responsible for driving performance, reliability, and efficiency-oriented designs across the components of the ML training stack at Meta. Shivam holds a B.S. and an M.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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Shivam Bharuka

Software Production Engineer
Meta

Shivam is an engineering leader with Meta as part of the AI Infrastructure team for the last three years. During this time, he has helped scale the machine learning training infrastructure at Meta to support large scale ranking and recommendation models, serving more than a billion users. He is responsible for driving performance, reliability, and efficiency-oriented designs across the components of the ML training stack at Meta. Shivam holds a B.S. and an M.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Author:

Jim von Bergen

Senior Director, Product Quality Engineering
Cisco
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Jim von Bergen

Senior Director, Product Quality Engineering
Cisco
Enterprise AI
ML at Scale
Systems Design
Data Science
Software Engineering
Strategy
Systems Engineering

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Daniel Wu

Strategic AI Leadership | Keynote Speaker | Educator | Entrepreneur Course Facilitator
Stanford University AI Professional Program

Daniel Wu is an accomplished technical leader with over 20 years of expertise in software engineering, AI/ML, and team development. With a diverse career spanning technology, education, finance, and healthcare, he is credited for establishing high-performing AI teams, pioneering point-of-care expert systems, co-founding a successful online personal finance marketplace, and leading the development of an innovative online real estate brokerage platform. Passionate about technology democratization and ethical AI practices, Daniel actively promotes these principles through involvement in computer science and AI/ML education programs. A sought-after speaker, he shares insights and experiences at international conferences and corporate events. Daniel holds a computer science degree from Stanford University.

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Daniel Wu

Strategic AI Leadership | Keynote Speaker | Educator | Entrepreneur Course Facilitator
Stanford University AI Professional Program

Daniel Wu is an accomplished technical leader with over 20 years of expertise in software engineering, AI/ML, and team development. With a diverse career spanning technology, education, finance, and healthcare, he is credited for establishing high-performing AI teams, pioneering point-of-care expert systems, co-founding a successful online personal finance marketplace, and leading the development of an innovative online real estate brokerage platform. Passionate about technology democratization and ethical AI practices, Daniel actively promotes these principles through involvement in computer science and AI/ML education programs. A sought-after speaker, he shares insights and experiences at international conferences and corporate events. Daniel holds a computer science degree from Stanford University.

Approximately one year ago, Samsung confirmed the world’s first use of AI to design a mobile processor chip. Since then, AI-driven design has been adopted across the industry at a phenomenal pace, accelerating silicon innovations to market in automotive, high-performance computing, consumer electronics, and other applications. Will this pace of innovation ultimately lead to self-designed silicon? In this sequel to the Day-1 Keynote – Enter the Era of Autonomous Design: Personalizing Chips for 1,000X More Powerful AI Compute, we will be looking at real-world examples of using AI to design chips, and reporting on the industry’s path to autonomous design.

Chip Design
Novel AI Hardware
Hardware Engineering
Industry & Investment

Author:

Stelios Diamantidis

Senior Director & Head of Autonomous Design Solutions
Synopsys

Stelios heads Synopsys' AI Solutions team in the Office of the President, where he researches and applies innovative machine-learning technology to address systemic complexity in the design and manufacturing of integrated computational systems. In 2020, Stelios launched DSO.ai™, the world’s first autonomous AI application for chip design. He has more than 20 years of experience in chip design and EDA software and has founded two companies in this space. Stelios holds an M.S. Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, California.

 

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Stelios Diamantidis

Senior Director & Head of Autonomous Design Solutions
Synopsys

Stelios heads Synopsys' AI Solutions team in the Office of the President, where he researches and applies innovative machine-learning technology to address systemic complexity in the design and manufacturing of integrated computational systems. In 2020, Stelios launched DSO.ai™, the world’s first autonomous AI application for chip design. He has more than 20 years of experience in chip design and EDA software and has founded two companies in this space. Stelios holds an M.S. Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, California.