Speakers

Christian Platzer

Christian Platzer is Director in the joint cluster computers at the European Patent Office, managing the operational area which deals with applications in the field of business methods and educational appliances. He studied electrical engineering and computer science at the Technical University in Vienna, Austria, joined the EPO in 1990 in the field of computers and became a director in 2005. Ch. Platzer represented the EPO in co-operation activities with various European countries and in China, Taiwan, Singapore, India, USA and Canada. He lectured at the ETH Zurich on the topic of patentability of business methods and computer implemented inventions at the EPO.

Vlada Musvydaitė

Lithuanian running champion , TV sports news presenter and head of events,  wellness  motivator.

Vlada has tried over 100 different sports. She created a virtual portal “Sports Exchange” for training and personal trainers,  implemented the  first interactive idea of ​​running in the country. She has been introducing sectors of  business, sports and culture  with the latest technologies in organizing mass walking contests.

Ieva Lukošiūtė-Stanikūnienė

Director of the Lithuanian Anti-Doping Agency.In 2012–2016, elected to act as a Chairwoman of the Advisory Group on Education and a member of the Coordination Group of the Anti-Doping Convention. In 2009, she defended her Doctor’s degree in the area of the biomedical sciences, field of biology (topic of the doctoral dissertation Adaptation of the Human Motor System to Hyperthermia) in the Lithuanian Sports University. In 2014, acted as an international doping control officer in the Sochi Winter Olympics under an invitation from the Organizing Committee.In 2015, joined the Anti-Doping Information Dissemination Team of the European-Baku Games under an invitation from the World Anti-Doping Agency. In 2016, she was invited to participate in the activities of the Education Committee of the World Anti-Doping Agency as an observer.

Vita Balsytė

Head of Olympic Education Programmes at National Olympic Committee of Lithuania. She pursued her Master’s Degree programme „Olympic Studies, Olympic Education, Organization and Management of Olympic Events” at the International Olympic Academy and the University of Peloponnese in Greece. She is a lecturer at Sport Administrators  courses organized by Olympic Solidarity and  National Olympic Committee of Lithuania. Vita Balsytė specializes in Olympism, the Olympic movement, the Olympic education and social responsibility in the field of sports.

Vilma Čingienė

Mykolas Romeris University  Institute of Management Professor, Doctor of Social Science (Economics). She has established and coordinates the Master’s Degree programme „Sports Industry Management“. Prof. Čingienė is delegated member by national sports authorities to the EC expert group “Sport Statistics” (2011-2014) and „Economic Dimension of Sport“ (2014-2017)“. She is the secretary General of the international sports organization, The European Observatoire of Sport and Employment (EOSE).

Henrikas Paulauskas

PhD student  in Biomedicine of Lithuania Sports University  institute of Sport Science and Innovation. His research fields include thermoregulation in humans; aerobic, anaerobic training; social, thermal stress; and their effects on motor performance, cognition, endocrine function and immunity.

Dave Lowe

He is the Head of Intelligence at the UK Intellectual Property Office and has the strategic role in directing the intelligence work of the organisation and co-ordinating the various structures that engage with law enforcement, regulatory and private sector partners. He has worked at the IPO since April 2011 before which he was a Police Officer for 31 years. Dave completed his service as Head of Economic Crime for South Wales Police responsible for investigating money laundering, fraud and public sector corruption. He served as Head of Serious and Organised Crime and was seconded to the National Criminal Intelligence Service where he was responsible for resources dealing with Counterfeit Currency, Kidnap and Extortion, Serious Sex Offenders, Organised Vehicle Crime, West African fraud and Wildlife Trafficking. He represents the UK on IP enforcement matters at Europol, EU IPO Observatory and other international enforcement agencies.

Andaleeb H. Basunia

Andaleeb was a core member of the incredibly successful Brand Protection Program around the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.  Since then, she has worked within the Legal Department for Team GB and more recently was responsible at IMG for managing the Rugby World Cup 2015 Rights Protection Program.  Andaleeb is currently managing brand protection matters across all IMG businesses, advising on strategies for exploitation and protection of intellectual property and commercial rights and strategies for operational brand protection programs.  Further to her unique experience and insight into various major sporting events, Andaleeb is regularly invited to speak to various audiences across the IP and sports industry by leading authorities.