SPLiCE International Conference 2024

Welcome to SPLiCE International Conference 2024! 

April 18 & April 19 | ONSITE ONLY at NBCUniversal Corproate Offices 

1 St Giles High St, London WC2H 8NU, United Kingdom

Join us in London as we network and share international brand licensing best practices.

• Our focus is to discuss benchmarking and trends on global topics related to licensing and brand enhancement.
• Open to SPLiCE Members & Global Affiliates, along with invited licensing industry stakeholders including Licensors, Brand Owners, Government Officials, Retailers, Manufacturers, and Licensees.
• *Agenda subject to enhancement!

Preferred Hotel:

• The DoubleTree by Hilton London West End 7-minute walk to NBCU

Thursday, April 18th NBCUniversal Corporate Offices 1 St Giles High St, London WC2H 8NU, UK

• 8:30 am Registration opens Lobby of NBCU Corporate Offices
• 9:00 am Welcome Tea & Coffee 3rd Floor
• 9:30 am Welcome to NBCUniversal! Massimo Zanoni, EMEA Director | Global Brand Standards, presso NBCUniversal Media, LLC | Auditing and Social Responsibility Compliance
• 10:00 am SPLiCE State of The Union | Kimberly Kociencki, CEO
• 10:30 am Green Claims and Greenwashing in the EU and UK| Anna Halford McGhee Principal Counsel, Environment and Sustainability, The Walt Disney Company EMEA
• 11:00 am Michelin Licensing: A Better Way Forward | Shivam Saxena, Vice President for Brand Licensing, Michelin
• 11:30 am Octane5 Licensing Business Case Study | Denise Penn, Octane5
• 12:00 pm Lunch
• 1:00 pm Who’s Who in Licensing
• 2:30 pm Licensing 360 | Jean-Michel Donner, Management of International Business, MONSTER
• 3:00 pm Break
• 3:15 pm Building Your Licensing Business with Efficiencies | Todd Handy, Chief Revenue Officer, SEBPO
• 3:45 pm Innovative Approaches with Licensees & Audits | Scott Stern, President, Norscot
• 4:15 pm Program adjourns with networking reception with nosh & drinks!

Friday, April 19th NBCUniversal Corporate Offices 1 St Giles High St, London WC2H 8NU, UK

• 8:30 am Welcome Tea & Coffee 3rd Floor
• 9:00 am  Threats to Licensing | Laura Colca, SPLiCE Corporate Counsel, Partner, Goldberg Segalla LLP
• 9:30 am  P&G and Beanstalk Licensed Product Case Study | Scott Goodfellow, Director Global Licensing
• 10:00 am Brand Resources in the EU | Rachel Bae, Director, USPTO Brussels, US Mission to the European Union
• 10:45 am  Break
• 11:00 am  Legal Trends to Protect Your Brand | Jamie Humphreys, International Products Lawyer and Corrine Robinson, Cooley LLP
• 11:30 am  Navigating the Future: Staying Ahead with AI and Emerging Technologies | Josh Heller CDO, SoolisAI
• 12:00 pm Lunch Back to the Future Room, 10th Floor
• 1:00 pm  Philips and LMCA Licensed Product Case Study | Jake Brocklehurst, Director Brand Licensing and
• Remco Rutte, Senior Manager Licensed Products, at Philips and Ciarán Coyle President & CEO at LMCA
• 1:30 pm Global Trends: A View to 2025 | Guest Presenter, TrendBible
• 2:00 pm Retail Trends Outlook & Help Me Help You
• 4:00 pm Adjourn to reception Skyline, 10th Floor
• Networking reception with nosh & drinks!
• 11:15 am  Navigating the Future: Staying Ahead with AI and Emerging Technologies | Josh Heller CDO, SoolisAI
• 11:45 am  LMCA Licensed Product Case Study | Ciarán Coyle President & CEO
• 12:15 pm Lunch Back to the Future Room, 10th Floor
• 1:15 pm Global Trends: A View to 2025 | Guest Presenter, TrendBible
• Retail Trends Outlook & Help Me Help You
• 4:00 pm Adjourn to reception Skyline, 10th Floor Networking reception with nosh & drinks!

Society of Product Licensors Committed to Excellence (SPLiCE), founded on April 26, 2004, maintains a vision to continuously improve brand licensing. We are a licensors community who share best practices to protect, promote, and enhance brand integrity through licensing. 

On April 18 & 19, SPLiCE will celebrate global licensing and World IP Day! The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations. SPLiCE has supported WIPO initiatives since 2004. WIPO is the global forum for intellectual property policy, services, information and cooperation. About World IP Day In 2000, WIPO's member states designated April 26 – the day on which the WIPO Convention came into force in 1970 – as World Intellectual Property Day with the aim of increasing general understanding of intellectual property (IP).

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If you are not SPLiCE Member please request attendance. Contact publicist@SPLiCElicensing.com.

Qualified attendees will receive a response within 24 hours. Acceptance, based upon current by‐laws  and SPLiCE Global Affiliate Program requirements, is at the discretion of SPLiCE management.