Previous Keynote Speakers
2018
Eric H. Holder
Former U.S. Attorney General
Former Judge, Superior Court, District of Columbia
Former Judge, Superior Court, District of Columbia
2018
Michelle Lee
Former Under Sec. of Commerce for Intellectual Property
Former Director, USPTO
Former Deputy General Counsel, Google
Former Director, USPTO
Former Deputy General Counsel, Google
2017
Benjamin Powell
Former General Counsel, Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Former Special Assistant to the President and Associate White House Counsel
Former Special Assistant to the President and Associate White House Counsel
2016
Stasia Kelly
Former General Counsel, AIG
Former General Counsel, MCI/WorldCom
Former General Counsel, Sears
Former General Counsel, Fannie Mae
Former General Counsel, MCI/WorldCom
Former General Counsel, Sears
Former General Counsel, Fannie Mae
2015
David Anderman
CBO, Jaunt, Inc.
Former COO & General Counsel, Lucasfilm, Ltd.
Former COO & General Counsel, Lucasfilm, Ltd.
2014
Thomas M. McCoy
EVP-CLO, CH2M Hill
Former EVP-CLO, Advanced Micro Devices
Former EVP-CLO, Advanced Micro Devices
2014 - All Hands Meeting International
Hon. Jeffrey L. Bleich
Former United States Ambassador to Australia
Former Special Counsel to President Obama
Former Special Counsel to President Obama
2013
Daniel Scheinman
Former SVP and General Counsel, Cisco Systems, Inc.
2013 - All Hands Meeting International
James Pooley
Deputy Director General for Innovation and Technology,
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
2012
Karen Cottle
Former SVP and General Counsel, Adobe Systems Inc.
2011
Melinda Haag
United States Attorney for the Northern District of California
2010
Daniel Cooperman
Former General Counsel, Apple, Inc.
Former General Counsel, Oracle Corporation
Former General Counsel, Oracle Corporation
2009
Tom Campbell
Dean, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
(on leave of absence)
Presidential Fellow and Visiting Professor of Law,
Chapman University School of Law
Former United States Congressman, 12th and 15th Districts, State of California
Former Director, Bureau of Competition, Federal Trade Commission
Former State Senator and Director of Finance, State of California
Former Professor of Law, Stanford Law School
(on leave of absence)
Presidential Fellow and Visiting Professor of Law,
Chapman University School of Law
Former United States Congressman, 12th and 15th Districts, State of California
Former Director, Bureau of Competition, Federal Trade Commission
Former State Senator and Director of Finance, State of California
Former Professor of Law, Stanford Law School
2008
Barbara Caulfield
Former United States District Judge, Northern District of California
Former General Counsel, Affymetrix, Inc.
Former General Counsel, Affymetrix, Inc.
2007
Lanny Davis
Former Special Counsel to the President of the United States
2006
Pete Wilson
Former Governor, State of California
Former United States Senator, State of California
Former United States Senator, State of California
2005
George J. Mitchell
Former Majority Leader, United States Senate
Former United States Senator, State of Maine
Former United States District Judge, District of Maine
Former United States Senator, State of Maine
Former United States District Judge, District of Maine
2004
Raymond L. Ocampo, Jr.
Former General Counsel, Oracle Corporation
2003
Sanford Litvack
Former General Counsel and Vice-Chairman, Walt Disney Corporation
2000
William H. Neukom
Former General Counsel, Microsoft Corporation