Are You A Grand Master?

Join India’s Elite In House Counsel Gathering

There Are In-House Counsel and There Are Grand Masters. Choose.
Do You Choose Client Delight Over the Billing Delight? Stand Out.
Have You Moved on from Court Room to Board Room? Differentiate.

Here’s a Wire-frame of the Power-Packed Sessions for the Summit:

#The Strategic Counsel – Are You Future Ready?
#India Inc. 3.0 – Pharma & Lifesciences Track – Hyderabad Special
#India Inc. 3.0 – Pharma & Lifesciences Track – Ahmedabad Special
#India Inc. 3.0 – Real Estate & Infra Track – Hyderabad Special
#The Intellectual You – IP in the Age of AI
#The New India Dispute Resolution Wave – Smart Enough?

Organizational Participation

3M India, 9X Media, ABB India, Accel Partners, Accenture, ACCOR, Accuracy Adani Group, Adani Parts And SEZ, Adidas Group, Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail ADP India, Advaya Legal, AGS Health, Ahuja Group, Air Infotech, Airtel, AkzoNobel India, ALMT Legal, Alpha Partners, Alstom, Amar Chitra Katha, Amar Ujala Publications, Amazon.in, Amdipharm Mercury (AMCo) Group, American Express, American Towers, Amicus Services, Amira Nature Foods, Anantraj, Ani Technologies, Ansal API, ArcelorMittal Distribution Solutions India, ARCIL, Ardent Legal, Aricent, Ashland India

Hierarchical Participation

Add. Chief Manager – Legal, Additional Manager – Legal, IP Attorney, AGM – Legal AGM Legal & Asst. Co. Sec., APAC Legal Counsel, Assistant Director, Assistant General Counsel Associate, Associate Director – Legal & Compliance, Associate Director Human Resources

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Partnering with The Grand Masters 2026 Summit Series will enable you to brand and promote your service expertise to a unique and interesting set of senior in house counsel. Summit attendees include senior professionals interested in updating their knowledge and involved in legal and commercial elements of complex business deals. We have a set of standard branding solutions that we can customize based on your specific needs. For more details, contact:

Bhupinder Kaur | +91-9654155065 | bhupinder@witnesslive.in
Neelima Maheshwari | +91-8800841600 | neelima.maheshwari@witnesslive.in

Are You A Grand Master?

Join India’s Elite In House Counsel Gathering

There Are In-House Counsel and There Are Grand Masters. Choose.
Do You Choose Client Delight Over the Billing Delight? Stand Out.
Have You Moved on from Court Room to Board Room? Differentiate.

Here’s a Wire-frame of the Power-Packed Sessions for the Summit:

#The Smarter GC – Are You in The Race?
#India Inc. 2.0 – The Great Indian Regulatory Drive – Pharma & Life Sciences Track
#India Inc. 2.0 – The Great Indian Regulatory Drive – Real Estate & Infra Track
#The Intellectual You – All About IPR & You
#The New India Dispute Resolution Wave – What’s Your Pick?

Organizational Participation

3M India, 9X Media, ABB India, Accel Partners, Accenture, ACCOR, Accuracy Adani Group, Adani Parts And SEZ, Adidas Group, Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail ADP India, Advaya Legal, AGS Health, Ahuja Group, Air Infotech, Airtel, AkzoNobel India, ALMT Legal, Alpha Partners, Alstom

Hierarchical Participation

Add. Chief Manager – Legal, Additional Manager – Legal, IP Attorney, AGM – Legal AGM Legal & Asst. Co. Sec., APAC Legal Counsel, Assistant Director, Assistant General Counsel Associate, Associate Director – Legal & Compliance, Associate Director Human Resources, Associate Manager – Legal Services, Associate Principal – Quality Programs, Associate V P & Head – IP Cell, Associate Vice President & Head Lega, Asst. Company Secretary, Asst. General Manager – Legal, Asst. Manager Legal, Asst. Manager Legal, Ast Director Legal, Attorney Legal

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Partnering with The Grand Masters 2025 Summit Series will enable you to brand and promote your service expertise to a unique and interesting set of senior in house counsel. Summit attendees include senior professionals interested in updating their knowledge and involved in legal and commercial elements of complex business deals. We have a set of standard branding solutions that we can customize based on your specific needs. For more details, contact:

Bhupinder Kaur | M: 09654155065
Neelima Maheshwari | M: 08800841600

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Messages from Various Legal Luminaries

Hon’ble Justice Manmohan
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Dr. Lalit Bhasin
Dr. Lalit Bhasin

Bansuri Swaraj
Bansuri Swaraj

Ms. Veta T. Richardson
Ms. Veta T. Richardson

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Meet The Grand Masters!

Invited & Confirmed Speakers

A.J. JAWAD

Registrar & CEO, IAMC Hyderabad

AAKASH SAXENA

General Counsel | Corporate Head - Legal, Auro Group

ABHAYAN JAWAHARLAL

Global General Counsel, Dr Reddy's Laboratories

AKANKSHA DUA

Partner, Obhan Mason

ANURADHA SHARMA

Head - Legal & Company Secretary, Colruyt Group India

APARNA MUTHUMULA

GM - Legal & Contracts, Megha Engineering & Infrastructures

IQBAL TAUSEEF

Executive Director - Legal Head India, TTEC

JAGANNADHARAO NANDURU

Senior Director, Deputy India Compliance Officer, Parexel International

K. SUBODH KUMAR

Head - IP Services, Tata Consultancy Services

KAMAL SAABOO

General Counsel, BirlaNu

KANUPRIYA BHARGAVA

Partner, IRIS Legal

KIRAN A.B.

Sr. Vice President - CS & Legal, Premier Energies

LATIKA CHOUDHARY

Assistant Professor, Mahindra University

NAVROZE PALEKAR

VP & Global Head - Legal & Procurement, Cyient

NITIN KALRA

Partner, Remfry & Sagar

PAWAN CHOWDHARY

Legal Head, Nuziveedu Seeds

PRAVEEN KUMAR (JHA)

Company Secretary, Head - Legal & Compliance, Apollo Hospitals Group

S. RAVI SHANKAR

Senior Partner,
Law Senate

SANDEEP PAREEKSHIT K.

General Counsel, Ashoka Builders India Private Limited

SENTHIL CHANDIRAN

Head of Intellectual Property, Ashland

SHEELA VADAVALLI

Vice President - Legal & Compliance Officer, Mylan

SHUCHI SINGH

Head of Legal, Toyow

SHUJATH BIN ALI

Chief Legal Officer, Fourth Partner Energy

SRIDEVI KASU

Head - IPM, Aurigene Pharmaceutical Services

SUBHADIP SARKAR

Vice President - Legal & Corporate Affairs, Cognizant Technology Solutions

SUBHAJIT GHOSH

Director - Legal & Compliance, Cyient

SURABHI PANDE

Associate Partner, Saikrishna & Associates

    SWASTICA GOSWAMI

    Managing Counsel- India, Rimini Street

    UMAKANTA BARIK

    Company Secretary & Compliance Officer, Head - Legal, Insurance, Internal Audit & IPR, Heritage Foods

    VANDANA BHATIA

    VP - Head of Legal & Compliance, DBS Tech India

    AMRESH CHOUDHARY

    Head - Legal - Senior Vice President, Alembic Pharmaceuticals

    ANKUR MISHRA

    Lead - Litigation, Adani Ports and SEZ

    ANUPAM SHARAN

    Vice President - Legal, Lendingkart Group

      ARJUN DOSHI

      Head - Legal - RMRW Business, Adani

      BASAVA RAO

      Partner, Khaitan & Co.

      C.A. BRIJESH

      Partner, Remfry & Sagar

      C.K. YAGNIK

      President - Legal, Intas Pharmaceuticals

      CA HARDIK GUPTA

      Head - Legal, Reliance Industries

      CHANDAN DUBEY

      Chief Legal Officer, NSE International Exchange (NSEIX)

      DR. RAJESH SATYA SEHGAL

      Chief Legal Officer - Energy Business, Adani Power

      GARG VYAS

      Senior General Manager - IP, Legal, Cummins India

      JATIN JALUNDHWALA

      General Counsel, Adani Group

      KAVAN MANKAD

      Associate VP - Privacy & Data Governance, OPL Innovate

      MALAV DELIWALA

      Head - Corporate Legal, Adani Group

      MANISHA TIWARI

      Head - IPR Litigation, Alembic Pharmaceuticals

      MUKUND THAKKAR

      Senior Vice President - Legal, Zydus Lifesciences

      NEHA KSSHIRSAGAR

      Director - Legal, India Business & MEIC, Medtronic India

      NEHA VERMA

      General Counsel & Company Secretary, Puniska Injectables

      NIKUNJ VYAS

      Company Secretary & Legal Head, Sterling Accuris Diagnostics

      PRADYOTSEN SHUKLA

      Company Secretary & Compliance Officer & Head - Legal, Claris Lifesciences

      PRAYAG PIYUSH

      Law Officer, Deendayal Port Trust (Kandla Port)

      PRUTHVIRAJ PAWAR

      Head - Intellectual Property, GSP Crop Science

      PUNEET BANSAL

      Group Head - Governance, Adani Group

      RIDDIMA SHARMA

      Partner, ADP Law Offices

      ROOPESH JAIN

      Deputy Vice President (Legal & Secretarial Head), Bosch Home Comfort Group

      SANGEETA BALDOTA

      Head - Legal, L&T Technology Services

      SNEHIMA JAUHARI

      Associate Partner, Saikrishna & Associates

        SUBHADEEP SARKAR

        Managing Legal Counsel & Global Ethics & Compliance Officer, Hillenbrand

        SUDHIR SETHI

        Chief People Officer & Head - Legal, INOX India

        SURESH MEHER

        Legal Director, Company Secretary & Compliance Officer, Votorantim Cimentos

        TABISH ZUBAIR

        Senior Legal Counsel, Vantive

        VINEET BOSE

        Head - Legal - Senior Vice President, Ambuja Cements & ACC (Adani Group Cement Business)

        Meet The Grand Masters!

        Invited & Confirmed Speakers

        Alok Dhir

        Managing Partner, Dhir & Dhir Associates

          Anupam Sharan

          VP and Head Legal, LendingKart

            Bhawna Ranganadhan

            Senior VP and Associate GC - Legal Compliance, Genpact India

              Dr. Ruchi Agarwal

              Senior Counsel, Legal Compliance, Genpact India

                Dr. Sanjeev Gemavat

                Group General Counsel, Vedanta Group

                  Himanshu Bagai

                  Partner, Saikrishna & Associates

                    Ipsita Mazumdar

                    In-House Counsel, MG Motors - India

                      Jyoti Chauhan

                      Chief Manager – IPR and Patents, Gujarat Fluorochemicals

                        Manish Lamba

                        General Counsel, DLF Cyber City Developers

                          Saikat Mukherjee

                          Head - Legal, Dabur International

                            Sidharth Chopra

                            Partner, Saikrishna & Associates

                              Sneha Jain

                              Partner, Saikrishna & Associates

                                Tarun Bhatia

                                MD - Forensic Investigations and Intelligence, KROLL

                                  Tarun Khurana

                                  Partner & Patent Attorney, Khurana & Khurana

                                    Vibhuti Kagdiyal

                                    Chief Manager & Lead Lawyer, Sterlite Technologies

                                      Zameer Nathani

                                      Group General Counsel, CarDekho Group

                                        [confirmedspeaker type=”2023 New Delhi Edition”]

                                        Ashish Chandra

                                        General Counsel, CoinSwitch

                                          Gaurav Dugar

                                          General Counsel, CredAble

                                            Himanshu Bagai

                                            Partner, Saikrishna & Associates

                                              Kanaiya Thakker

                                              SVP - Head Legal, Adani Enterprises

                                                Kanan Rele

                                                Director, Head - Legal India, Media.Monks

                                                  Namrata Chadha

                                                  Partner, K&S Partners

                                                    Nikhil Rodrigues

                                                    Head - Litigation, Aditya Birla Finance

                                                      Nitin Potdar

                                                      Partner,
                                                      J Sagar & Associates

                                                        Sachin Mishra

                                                        General Counsel and CS, Tata Consulting Engineers Ltd.

                                                          Shweta Girotra

                                                          Company Secretary & Compliance Officer, Kalpataru Projects International Limited

                                                            Tarun Bhatia

                                                            MD - Forensic Investigations and Intelligence, KROLL

                                                              Tarun Khurana

                                                              Partner & Patent Attorney, Khurana & Khurana

                                                                Zameer Nathani

                                                                Group General Counsel, CarDekho Group

                                                                  [confirmedspeaker type=”2023 Mumbai Edition”]

                                                                  Al Rafeeq Moideen

                                                                  Chief General Manager (Legal), MRPL - ONGC Group Company

                                                                    Chinmoy Roy

                                                                    Senior Legal Officer, Antrix Corporation

                                                                      Deergha Aggarwal

                                                                      Senior Associate, Khurana & Khurana, Advocates and IP Attorneys

                                                                        Denise Gardner

                                                                        Head - Legal, Secretarial and Compliance, Licious

                                                                          Dibyojyoti Mainak

                                                                          Policy, Communications, Law, People  Mobile Premier League (MPL)

                                                                            Dr. Kavita Arora

                                                                            Partner, K&S Partners

                                                                              Himanshu Bagai

                                                                              Partner, Saikrishna & Associates

                                                                                Hon’ble Mr. Justice M.I Arun

                                                                                Judge, Karnataka High Court

                                                                                  Savni Endlaw

                                                                                  Partner, Saikrishna & Associates

                                                                                    Tarun Khurana

                                                                                    Partner & Patent Attorney, Khurana & Khurana

                                                                                      Tejas Adiga

                                                                                      Partner, Trilegal

                                                                                        Vasan MS

                                                                                        Senior Vice President, Hinduja Global Solutions

                                                                                          Vasanthika (Radhika) Srinath

                                                                                          Vice President, Concentrix

                                                                                            Vicky Gala

                                                                                            Associate Managing Director, Kroll

                                                                                              Zameer Nathani

                                                                                              Group General Counsel, CarDekho Group

                                                                                                [confirmedspeaker type=”2023 Bengaluru Edition”]

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                                                                                                The Summit Agenda

                                                                                                08:30 AM
                                                                                                REGISTRATION & WELCOME REFRESHMENTS
                                                                                                09:15 AM
                                                                                                WELCOME REMARKS BY LEX WITNESS
                                                                                                09:30 AM
                                                                                                RESERVED FOR SPECIAL ADDRESS
                                                                                                09:45 AM
                                                                                                RESERVED FOR KEYNOTE ADDRESS
                                                                                                • The Counsel as a Strategic Growth Enabler – Shaping business decisions, enabling innovation, and driving sustainable growth without compromising oversight.
                                                                                                • M&A Readiness & Transaction Governance – Navigating diligence depth, regulatory approvals, deal certainty, indemnity exposure, data-room risk, stakeholder consent and post-closing integration in increasingly compressed transaction timelines.
                                                                                                • Boardroom Accountability 2.0 – Navigating heightened scrutiny of directors, senior management, and governance practices in a rapidly evolving regulatory landscape.
                                                                                                • IPO Preparedness & Public Market Accountability – Stress-testing disclosures, material contracts, related-party transactions, litigation exposure, governance controls and risk narratives before private companies face public-market scrutiny.
                                                                                                • Agentic AI & Legal Accountability – Establishing governance frameworks when autonomous systems influence decisions, actions, and outcomes across business functions.
                                                                                                • Cyber Resilience & Crisis Leadership – Preparing legal teams to respond to cyber incidents, ransomware events, and reputational crises under increasing stakeholder scrutiny.
                                                                                                • GCCs Beyond Execution – Positioning legal GCCs as centres of strategic advisory, innovation, and enterprise-wide risk management.
                                                                                                • GCC Governance Models – As GCCs assume greater decision-making responsibilities, how should organisations redefine oversight, accountability, and risk ownership?
                                                                                                • DPDPA Readiness & Data Governance – Operationalising consent, breach response, vendor accountability and board-level data governance beyond privacy policy updates.
                                                                                                • Labour Code Implementation & Workforce Compliance – Preparing for the shift in employment structures, wage definitions, social security obligations, contractor management and workplace governance under the new labour regime.
                                                                                                • AI Workforce Transformation – Managing bias, accountability, role redesign and human oversight as AI reshapes hiring, productivity, performance management and workplace decision-making.
                                                                                                • Beyond the Billable Hour – Are GCs seeking strategic partners, technology-enabled advisors, or simply better value from external counsel?
                                                                                                • Regulatory Acceleration & Global Filing Discipline – Can faster approvals and export-linked filings coexist with stronger documentation, data integrity and compliance discipline?
                                                                                                • Schedule M, GMP & Inspection Readiness – Are manufacturing and formulation clusters prepared for tighter quality systems, documentation standards and contamination-control scrutiny?
                                                                                                • Clinical Research, BA/BE Studies & Ethics Oversight – How should companies strengthen consent, protocol governance, investigator oversight and cross-border accountability?
                                                                                                • UCPMP 2.0, HCP Engagement & Anti-Bribery Controls – Under sharper scrutiny, is commercial compliance becoming a board-level concern for pharma, healthcare and medtech companies?
                                                                                                • Pricing & Access – Where should the balance lie between pricing nets, affordability, innovation, business viability and regulatory intervention?
                                                                                                • DPDP, ABDM & Patient Data Governance – With digital health records reshaping healthcare, who owns responsibility for consent, secondary use, breach response, interoperability etc.?
                                                                                                • MedTech & Digital Health Convergence – As devices, diagnostics and software enter mainstream healthcare, are compliance expectations beginning to mirror pharma?
                                                                                                11:45 AM - 12:15 PM
                                                                                                NETWORKING BREAK
                                                                                                12:15 PM - 12:30 PM
                                                                                                FEATURED FOR A FOCUSSED PRESENTATION / FIRESIDE CHAT
                                                                                                • Land Records, Bhu Bharati & Title Certainty – Will Telangana’s land-record digitisation reduce title disputes or create new diligence risks around mutations, encumbrances and legacy claims?
                                                                                                • RERA Enforcement & Promoter Accountability – Are developers prepared for sharper scrutiny around unregistered projects, delayed handovers, refunds, escrow compliance and buyer compensation?
                                                                                                • RERA, IBC & Stressed Project Resolution – Is real estate insolvency shifting from recovery and litigation towards homebuyer protection, project completion and revival?
                                                                                                • HYDRAA, Lake Buffers & Public Asset Protection – Should FTL boundaries, lake buffers, and anti-encroachment action become non-negotiable diligence points before acquisition, lending or development?
                                                                                                • Environmental Clearances & Sustainable Construction – Should EC, EIA and sustainability approvals be treated as core transaction risks rather than post-approval formalities?
                                                                                                • PPPs, Metro, RRR & Contractual Risk Allocation – How should large infrastructure contracts allocate delay, change-in-law, political risk, environmental risk and maintenance obligations?
                                                                                                • REITs, SM REITs & Fractional Ownership – Are commercial assets, warehousing, co-living, data centres and income-yielding real estate entering a stricter governance phase?
                                                                                                • Stamp Duty, Market Values & Deal Structuring – How will revised market values impact transaction timing, registration costs, tax exposure, JVs, SPVs and investor appetite?
                                                                                                01:15 PM – 02:15 PM
                                                                                                NETWORKING LUNCH
                                                                                                • Generative AI, Training Data & Creator Compensation – Can businesses use AI training data and generated content at scale without triggering copyright, licensing and creator-consent risks?
                                                                                                • AI Patentability & CRI Examination – With the revised CRI Guidelines bringing AI, ML, deep learning, cloud, blockchain and quantum technologies into sharper examination focus, how should innovators frame technical contribution under Section 3(k)?
                                                                                                • SEP, FRAND & India’s Licensing Moment – How should businesses approach essential patents, FRAND royalties, portfolio licensing and global enforcement exposure?
                                                                                                • Cross-Border Licensing & Royalty Structures – Are IP licensing models robust enough for tax, competition, export-control, data-use and enforceability scrutiny?
                                                                                                • Patent Prosecution & Portfolio Discipline – Are prosecution timelines, divisional filings, working requirements and portfolio pruning becoming strategic business decisions?
                                                                                                • Copyright, Designs & Industrial Application – After judicial scrutiny of engineering drawings, industrial designs and Section 15 overlap, should businesses rethink protection strategies?
                                                                                                • Deepfakes, Brand Identity & Personality Rights – Are companies ready to protect brands, voices, images and endorsements from AI-enabled impersonation and misuse?
                                                                                                03:15 PM - 03:30 PM
                                                                                                RESERVED FOR A FOCUSSED PRESENTATION
                                                                                                • Dispute Prevention by Design – Are businesses using stronger contracts, escalation clauses, risk allocation and early warning systems to prevent disputes before they arise?
                                                                                                • Forum Strategy & Interim Relief – Are legal teams choosing the right forum, remedy and timing when injunctions, interim protection and early case strategy can decide outcomes?
                                                                                                • Mediation & Settlement Strategy – Can mediation move from a soft alternative to a serious boardroom tool for enforceable settlements and business continuity?
                                                                                                • Institutional Arbitration & ADR Discipline – Can businesses move beyond ad-hoc arbitration without compromising speed, neutrality, sector expertise and cost efficiency?
                                                                                                • Arbitrator Independence & Conflict Disclosure – Are legacy arbitration clauses still fit for purpose amid rising scrutiny of neutrality, unilateral appointments and conflict disclosures?
                                                                                                • Award Finality & Enforcement Strategy – Does limited judicial modification of arbitral awards create a more pragmatic regime or fresh post-award uncertainty?
                                                                                                • AI Evidence, ODR & Courtroom Technology – Are counsel prepared for authenticity, disclosure, bias and evidentiary integrity challenges?
                                                                                                • Third-Party Funding & Cross-Border Enforcement – How should parties manage funding disclosures, adverse costs, emergency relief, asset tracing and enforcement across jurisdictions?
                                                                                                04:30 PM
                                                                                                RESERVED FOR SPECIAL ADDRESS
                                                                                                04:45 PM
                                                                                                GALA LUCKY DRAW FOLLOWED BY 'CHAI PE CHARCHA'
                                                                                                08:30 AM
                                                                                                REGISTRATION & WELCOME REFRESHMENTS
                                                                                                09:15 AM
                                                                                                WELCOME REMARKS BY LEX WITNESS
                                                                                                09:30 AM
                                                                                                RESERVED FOR SPECIAL ADDRESS
                                                                                                09:45 AM
                                                                                                RESERVED FOR KEYNOTE ADDRESS
                                                                                                • The Counsel as a Strategic Growth Enabler – Shaping business decisions, enabling innovation and driving sustainable growth without compromising oversight.
                                                                                                • GIFT City & Global Finance Readiness – Are legal teams prepared for governance expectations across funds, capital markets, insurance, pensions and global financial services?
                                                                                                • M&A Readiness & Transaction Governance – Navigating diligence depth, regulatory approvals, deal certainty, indemnity exposure, data-room risk, stakeholder consent and post-closing integration in increasingly compressed transaction timelines.
                                                                                                • Boardroom Accountability 2.0 – Navigating heightened scrutiny of directors, senior management and governance practices in a rapidly evolving regulatory landscape.
                                                                                                • IPO Preparedness & Public Market Accountability – Stress-testing disclosures, material contracts, related-party transactions, litigation exposure, governance controls and risk narratives before private companies face public-market scrutiny.
                                                                                                • The New Enforcement Playbook – As regulators become more coordinated and data-driven, are organisations prepared for the next generation of investigations?
                                                                                                • Agentic AI & Legal Accountability – Establishing governance frameworks when autonomous systems influence decisions, actions and outcomes across business functions.
                                                                                                • DPDPA Readiness & Data Governance – Operationalising consent, breach response, vendor accountability and board-level data governance beyond privacy policy updates.
                                                                                                • Labour Code Implementation & Workforce Compliance – Preparing for the shift in employment structures, wage definitions, social security obligations, contractor management and workplace governance under the new labour regime.
                                                                                                • AI Workforce Transformation – Managing bias, accountability, role redesign and human oversight as AI reshapes hiring, productivity, performance management and workplace decision-making.
                                                                                                • Cyber Resilience & Crisis Leadership – Preparing legal teams to respond to cyber incidents, ransomware events and reputational crises under increasing stakeholder scrutiny.
                                                                                                • Beyond the Billable Hour – Are GCs seeking strategic partners, technology-enabled advisors or simply better value from external counsel?
                                                                                                11:00 AM – 11:30 AM
                                                                                                NETWORKING BREAK
                                                                                                11:30 AM - 11:45 AM
                                                                                                FEATURED FOR A FOCUSSED PRESENTATION / FIRESIDE CHAT
                                                                                                • Regulatory Acceleration & Global Filing Discipline – Can faster approvals and export-linked filings coexist with stronger documentation, data integrity and compliance discipline?
                                                                                                • Schedule M, GMP & Inspection Readiness – Are manufacturing and formulation clusters prepared for tighter quality systems, documentation standards and contamination-control scrutiny?
                                                                                                • Clinical Research, BA/BE Studies & Ethics Oversight – How should companies strengthen consent, protocol governance, investigator oversight and cross-border accountability?
                                                                                                • UCPMP 2.0, HCP Engagement & Anti-Bribery Controls – Under sharper scrutiny, is commercial compliance becoming a board-level concern for pharma, healthcare and medtech companies?
                                                                                                • Pricing & Access – Where should the balance lie between pricing nets, affordability, innovation, business viability and regulatory intervention?
                                                                                                • DPDP, ABDM & Patient Data Governance – With digital health records reshaping healthcare, who owns responsibility for consent, secondary use, breach response, interoperability etc.?
                                                                                                • MedTech & Digital Health Convergence – As devices, diagnostics and software enter mainstream healthcare, are compliance expectations beginning to mirror pharma?
                                                                                                12:45 PM – 02:00 PM
                                                                                                NETWORKING LUNCH
                                                                                                • Generative AI, Training Data & Creator Compensation – Can businesses use AI training data and generated content at scale without triggering copyright, licensing and creator-consent risks?
                                                                                                • AI Patentability & CRI Examination – With the revised CRI Guidelines bringing AI, ML, deep learning, cloud, blockchain and quantum technologies into sharper examination focus, how should innovators frame technical contribution under Section 3(k)?
                                                                                                • SEP, FRAND & India’s Licensing Moment – How should businesses approach essential patents, FRAND royalties, portfolio licensing and global enforcement exposure?
                                                                                                • Cross-Border Licensing & Royalty Structures – Are IP licensing models robust enough for tax, competition, export-control, data-use and enforceability scrutiny?
                                                                                                • Patent Prosecution & Portfolio Discipline – Are prosecution timelines, divisional filings, working requirements and portfolio pruning becoming strategic business decisions?
                                                                                                • Copyright, Designs & Industrial Application – After judicial scrutiny of engineering drawings, industrial designs and Section 15 overlap, should businesses rethink protection strategies?
                                                                                                • Deepfakes, Brand Identity & Personality Rights – Are companies ready to protect brands, voices, images and endorsements from AI-enabled impersonation and misuse?
                                                                                                03:00 PM – 03:15 PM
                                                                                                FEATURED FOR A FOCUSSED PRESENTATION / FIRESIDE CHAT
                                                                                                • Dispute Prevention by Design – Are businesses using stronger contracts, escalation clauses, risk allocation and early warning systems to prevent disputes before they arise?
                                                                                                • Forum Strategy & Interim Relief – Are legal teams choosing the right forum, remedy and timing when injunctions, interim protection and early case strategy can decide outcomes?
                                                                                                • Institutional Arbitration & ADR Discipline – Can businesses move beyond ad-hoc arbitration without compromising speed, neutrality, sector expertise and cost efficiency?
                                                                                                • Arbitrator Independence & Conflict Disclosure – Are legacy arbitration clauses still fit for purpose amid rising scrutiny of neutrality, unilateral appointments and conflict disclosures?
                                                                                                • Award Finality & Enforcement Strategy – Does limited judicial modification of arbitral awards create a more pragmatic regime or fresh post-award uncertainty?
                                                                                                • AI Evidence, ODR & Courtroom Technology – Are counsel prepared for authenticity, disclosure, bias and evidentiary integrity challenges?
                                                                                                • Port Concessions & Terminal Disputes – Are concession agreements, revenue-share models, performance obligations and change-in-law clauses strong enough for disputes between port authorities, terminal operators and private concessionaires?
                                                                                                • Cargo, Demurrage & Logistics Claims – How should ports and operators manage disputes around cargo damage, delay, demurrage, detention, storage charges, force majeure and multimodal logistics failures?
                                                                                                • Vessel Arrest, Security & Urgent Relief – Are commercial ports prepared for vessel arrests, maritime liens, unpaid dues, cargo holds and urgent court or arbitral intervention without disrupting port operations?
                                                                                                • Port Infrastructure & Commercial Risk Allocation – As private ports expand capacity across bulk, container, LNG, liquid cargo and industrial corridors, are contracts allocating operational, environmental, tariff and delay risks clearly enough?
                                                                                                04:30 PM
                                                                                                RESERVED FOR SPECIAL ADDRESS
                                                                                                04:45 PM
                                                                                                GALA LUCKY DRAW FOLLOWED BY 'CHAI PE CHARCHA'

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