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Building Conditions to thrive in Latin America

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Building Conditions to thrive in Latin America

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SEPTEMBER 08TH, 2026

SEPTEMBER 08TH, 2026

Museo Casa del Risco | Plaza de San Jacinto 5 y 15, San Ángel. Alcaldía Álvaro Obregón. Ciudad de México 01000

08:40 – 09:10

Registration

09:15 – 10:05

Opening Ceremony

 

  • Position IP as infrastructure for investment,
    clinical research, collaboration and patient
    oriented innovation.
  • WIPO institutional
  • IMPI

09:15 – 10:05

Opening Ceremony

 

  • Position IP as infrastructure for investment,
    clinical research, collaboration and patient
    oriented innovation.
  • WIPO institutional
  • IMPI

 

SPEAKERS:

  • Andrew Jenner – Director
    General – Interpat (UK)
  • Marco Alemán  – WIPO Assistant Director-General IP and Innovation Ecosystems Sector – Switzerland
  • Vidal Llerenas Morales – General Director of the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property – Mexico
  • Senator Emmanuel Reyes Carmona – Mexico

10:10 – 11:10

PANEL 1

10:10 – 11:10

PANEL 1

SPEAKERS:

  • Hugo Carrasco – Professor at UNAM – Mexico
  • Rodrigo Javier Garrón Bozo – Andean Court of Justice – Bolivia
  • Marco Alemán – WIPO Assistant Director – General IP and Innovation Ecosystems Sector – Switzerland
  • Maritza Reátegui – Partner | Head of Life Sciences & Health Care – Estudio Rodrigo – Peru

MODERATOR:

  • Carlos Olarte – Partner at OlarteMoure – Colombia

Economic Context

 

CONTENT:

IP as a tool for fostering social develpment and economic growth.

11:15 – 11:45

Coffee Break

 

11:50 – 12:50

PANEL 2

11:50 – 12:50

PANEL 2

SESSION INTRODUCTION:

  • Yaneth Giha – Executive Director of FIFARMA – Colombia

INTERVIEWEE:

  • Claudia Rojas – USPTO Priorities and the IP Attaché Program: Role, Mandate and Scope of Activities in Latin America – Mexico

INTERVIEWER:

  • Anjam Aziz – Senior Director, International Advocacy (Intellectual Property) – PhRMA – USA

International IP Engagement in Latin America: Priorities, Partnerships and Perspectives

CONTENT:

This panel will explore how the US government engage on intellectual property matters in Latin America. Anjam Aziz will interview Ms Clauda Rojas about this topic, including the role of IP attachés in fostering dialogue with governments, businesses and other stakeholders.

12:55 – 14:55

Lunch Break

 

15:00 – 16:00

PANEL 3

15:00 – 16:00

PANEL 3

SPEAKERS:

  • Alexandre Dantas – Director of Patents, Computer Programs, and Integrated Circuit Topographies – INPI – Brazil
  • Maria Jose Garcia – Deputy Director of Patents – INPI -Chile
  • Eulalia Méndez Monroy – Divisional Director of Patents, IMPI – Mexico

MODERATOR:

  • Maria Cecilia Romoleroux – Partner at Corral Rosales – Ecuador

Innovation-focused priorities and initiatives of regional IP offices

 

CONTENT:

Leaders of various IP offices to discuss the innovation-focused initiatives they are advancing within their organizations.

16:05 – 16:35

Coffee Break

 

16:40 – 17:40

PANEL 4

16:40 – 17:40

PANEL 4

SPEAKERS:

  • Hon. Judge Ricardo Li Rosi – National Court  of Appeals for Civil Matters, President of the AIEJ – Argentina
  • Hon. Judge Juan Diego Salvador – Head of the IP Office Board of Appeals – Ecuador
  • Hon. Judge Luis Edwin Molinar Rohana – Presiding Magistrate of the Specialized Intellectual Property Chamber of the Federal Court of Administrative Justice – Mexico

MODERATOR:

  • Karla Olvera – Partner at Olivares – Mexico

IP protection and enforcement

 

CONTENT:

This panel to discuss how the judiciary apporaches IP enforcement.

18:00 – 20:00

Welcome Cocktail

 

Olivares | Pedro Luis Ogazón 17, Col. San Ángel, 01000, Ciudad de México

SEPTEMBER 09TH, 2026

Museo Casa del Risco | Plaza de San Jacinto 5 y 15, San Ángel. Alcaldía Álvaro Obregón. Ciudad de México 01000

09:00 – 09:10

Opening Ceremony

 

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

  • Jorge Luis Caridad – AMIIF President – Mexico

09:15 – 10:15

Roundtable

SPEAKERS: 

  • Jon Santamauro – Senior Director, International Government Affairs  – ABBVIE – USA
  • Erika Quevedo – Executive Director – AMIIF – Mexico
  • Gonzalo Rovira – Head of Intellectual Property for Latin America – Bayer – Argentina
  • Alejandro Rodríguez Torres – Director of Health Technologies – Secretariat of Science, Humanities, Technology, and Innovation – Secihti – Mexico

MODERATOR:

  • Cristian Bittel – Partner at Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal – Argentina

Global Best Practices and LATAM IP Practices: Convergence, Challenges, and Opportunitie

 

CONTENT:

Senior executives from leading innovative pharmaceutical companies and authorities will discuss the factors that influence investment decisions across Latin America. The conversation will explore the role of intellectual property, regulatory predictability, judicial certainty, clinical research capacity, talent, and public policy in creating an environment that attracts long-term innovation and technology investments.

10:20 – 11:20

PANEL 5

SPEAKERS: 

  • Mariana González – President of LES México the Mexican Chapter of the Licensing Executives Society International – Mexico
  • Corey Salsberg – Vice President, Global Head IP Affairs at Novartis and member of the Global IP Leadership Team – USA
  • Augusto Martinez – Director Legal México & IP Policy LatAm – Johnson & Johnson – Mexico
  • Ignacio Gilmore – Partner – Carey – Chile

MODERATOR: 

  • Ana Maria Castro – Partner, Head of Patent and Regulatory departments – Lloreda Camacho & Co – Colombia

AI & Regulatory Data Protection

 

CONTENT:

RDP in an AI World. How AI, clinical data, regulatory reliance and innovation incentives interact; RDP as part of the clinical research narrative.

11:20 – 11:50

Coffee Break

 

11:55 – 12:55

PANEL 6

SPEAKERS:

  • Guillermo Estrada – Professor of International Law – UNAM – Mexico
  • Carlos Felipe Escobar – Director, HUB-iEX – Universidad El Bosque – Colombia
  • Bettina Wanner – Head of IP Advocacy & Strategy – Bayer – Germany
  • Maria Isabel Giacchetti –  Head of Latin America Patents at Sanofi – Brasil

MODERATOR:

  • Fernando Portugal – Director of Intellectual Property, Legal, and International Affairs – AMIIF – Mexico

Enabling Innovation Ecosystem

 

CONTENT:

Sustainable access through innovation partnerships. Voluntary partnerships; know-how; academia-private sector collaboration; IP as a bridge rather than a barrier.

13:00 – 15:00

Lunch Break

 

15:10 – 16:10

PANEL 7

SPEAKERS:

  • Cynthia Cano Sarmiento – FOODVICA SA
  • Rodrigo Molina – Founder – HikeOn – Mexico
  • Daniel Varela – Director of Medical Partnerships and Health Innovation of Meddi – Mexico
  • Larisa Cruz Ornelas – Director General of Science and Technological Development for the Government of the State of Jalisco – Mexico

MODERATOR:

  • Raquel Sorza – Health Policy Director – FIFARMA – Colombia

Creating the Conditions for Health Innovation to Thrive

 

CONTENT:

A dynamic conversation bringing together health innovators and a government perspective to explore what it takes for innovation to thrive in Latin America. Through real-world experiences, panelists will discuss how ideas are transformed into solutions with impact, the role of intellectual property in supporting innovation and enabling conditions needed to scale Latin American innovation locally and globally.

16:10 – 16:40

Coffee Break

 

16:45 – 17:05

16:45 – 17:05

Closing address

 

Closing address

 

 

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

  • Corey Salsberg – Vice President, Global Head IP Affairs at Novartis and member of the Global IP Leadership Team – USA