About
The Geneva IP and Digital Law Alumni & Career Forum is a joint session which is part of both our 2024 WIPO-University of Geneva Intellectual Property Summer School (IPSS) and our Digital Law Summer School (DLSS). The goal of the Forum is to bring together (both in person and virtually) our global community of alumni and to connect it with the 2024 Summer School participants so that students can learn and interact with our alumni.
Distinguished speakers who are all alumni of our Summer Schools will talk about their career path since their participation in our Summer School and discuss how their Summer School has contributed to their professional development and to their activities. They will also present their current IP and Digital Law activities, their insights on substantive IP and Digital Law issues and future challenges.
Useful informations
The Geneva IP and Digital Law Alumni and Career Forum
will take place at Uni-Mail, in Room MR290 and Online (via Zoom)
on Tuesday June 25, from 5:15 pm to 6:30 pm (Swiss time / CEST)
followed by a cocktail reception.
Program
Panel discussion chaired by Prof. Jacques de Werra
17.15 – 18.30 Geneva IP and Digital Law Career Forum (alumni event in hybrid format at UNIGE (UniMail room MR290)
Mr. Mathieu Marchal, former academic intern IPI (Swiss Intellectual Property Office) and current Student in advocacy at the University of Geneva [IPSS 2022]
Mrs. Lina Gevorgyan, Brand Safety Consultant at BarandMonitor, Former Safety ecosystem manager at TikTok [DLSS 2017]
Mrs. Sofia Spataro, Biomedical Researcher at the University of Geneva [IPSS 2023]
Mrs Maria Vasquez Callo-Müller, Digital Trade Policy Consultant and Post-doctoral researcher at the University of Lucerne [DLSS 2015]
Mr. Pooyan Piredeir, WIPO Young Expert [IPSS 2018]
18.30 – 20.00 Cocktail reception at the University of Geneva [UNIGE]
Admissions and registration
Conditions of participation
The event is designed exclusively for IPSS and DLSS alumni. The number of participants in person is limited due to space constraints (first come first served) and the number of remote participants is not limited. Participation (in person or remotely) is free of charge. Registration is mandatory (confirmation of registration and of participation with the zoom link for remote participants will be sent in due course). The deadline for registration is Monday, June 24, 2024, at 12.00 pm (CEST; Swiss time).
Online registration:
Available: HERE
Location for in person participation :
UNIMAIL, University of Geneva, Bd du Pont d’Arve 40, 1205 Geneva
https://www.unige.ch/presse/plans/uni-mail-uni-pignon
Room R290 on the ground floor (top right on this map):
https://www.unige.ch/presse/plans/application/files/5716/3777/1450/plan-rez-01_App.pdf
Contact & informations
digitallaw
unige [point] ch / ipssunige [point] ch
Témoignages
Sofia Spataro, Biomedical Researcher at the University of Geneva, and IPSS summer school alumna (2023 edition)
“The WIPO-UNIGE Summer School I attended in 2023 was an amazing experience. Coming from a biomedical sciences background, I had the privilege to dive into the world of IP. The program expanded my knowledge and provided invaluable networking opportunities, positively impacting my career.”
Mathieu Marchal, current student in advocacy at the University of Geneva, former academic intern at the Swiss Intellectual Property Office, and IPSS summer school alumnus (2022 edition)
"The WIPO-UNIGE Summer School on Intellectual Property is a springboard for your career. Not only is the program vast and varied, but you also get to meet IP professionals (and IP enthusiasts) from all around the world. This is why the alumni event is so important as well!"
Lina Gevorgyan, Brand Safety Consultant at BrandMonitor, former Safety Ecosystem Manager at TikTok, and DLSS summer school alumna (2017 edition)
“The summer of 2017 was life changing for me in many ways, I was studying at the University of Geneva Summer School, when I got an offer for a position at one of the largest regional tech-companies in the world. Then my career took me down a path of working for many years in various technology giants, through many roles, and acquired skills, but it was the summer school that gave me the opportunity to see the huge number of professional paths possible. I'm lucky to take this journey with an open heart and to have enjoyed this path so far."
