Please find below the pictures of the 2016 Alumni conference and dinner. To view the captions, move the mouse pointer to the lower part of of the picture.
Waiting for dinner: Nuno de Araújo Sousa e Silva (Portugal) and Ventsislav Pantov (Bulgaria), both 2012/13
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Waiting fro something to drink: Özge Moser (Turkey, 2007/08) and Rachel Alemu (Uganda, 2008/09)
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Welcome aperitif
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Lucía Tamayo (Colombia, 205/16, left) clinking glasses with Jennifer Rodríguez (Panama, 2016/17)
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Long-time MIPLC tutor Andrea Hüllmandel (Germany, 2007/08), now at the Goethe University Frankfurt, catching up with Matthias Fink (MIPLC Administrative Director)
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Talks at the bar (1): Luciano Marchione (Argentina, 2015/16) and Seth Ericsson (MIPLC Program Director)
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Talks at the bar (2): Rachel Alemu (Uganda, 2008/09) and Jacaranda Rivera (Mexico, 2011/12)
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Talks at the bar (3): Prof. Drexl and Vilhelm Schröder (Finland, 2015/16)
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Networking in an informal atmosphere: Jurgita Randakevičiūtė (Lithuania, 2013/14) in discussion with the Secretary General of GRUR, Stephan Freischem
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Irina Shurmina (Russia), Zuzana Fialova Kamenska (Slovakia), both 2014/15, and Vivian Sapienza Cardozo (Brazil, 2015/16)
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Skol! Patent attorney Ryoko Oshikamo (Japan, 2009/10) is currently working on her Ph.D. at the University of Helsinki
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"I tell you, Adam, being a sponsor of the Alumni Conference is a great thing. You should definitely engage next year, too!" Oliver Galindo (Mexico, 2008/09), whose law firm Regalado Galindo has been supporting the event for several years now, tries to convince Adam György (Hungaria, 2012/13) of the advantages.
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Prof. Drexl giving the dinner opening speech ...
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... which is apparently quite entertaining.
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Nobuyuki Hamanaka, addressing the participants in his capacities as alumnus (2010/11), member of the MIPLC Board of Trustees, and consul for economic affairs at the Japanese Consulate General in Munich
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Magdalena Kolasa (Poland, 2010/11) listening to her classmate
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Cheers!
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Many thanks to Praterinsel Catering for the delicious food!
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Julia Pracht, former MIPLC Administrative Director, returning to the "scene of the crime"
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Maria del Carmen Vasquez Callo (Peru, 2015/16), recent graduate and soon Ph.D. candidate in Switzerland
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Nobuyuki Hamanaka (2010/11) with recent Japanese graduates Noriya Ishikawa and Hirotaka Nonaka (both 2015/16)
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Twilight hour: Stephan Freischem in conversation with Sunimal Mendis (Sri Lanka, 2008/09) and Prof. Robert Brauneis
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Exchanging patent experts' views: Dr. Sabine Keim (Germany, 2006/07), Takeshi Tsuru (Japan, 2016/17), and Eiji Fujimoto (Japan, 2008/09)
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Casey Garner (United States, 2009/10) talking to Prof. Brauneis
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International smokers' retreat
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Disco time!
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Many thanks to DJ Tom Bichlmeier and Regalado Galindo (Mexico) for the great party!