Frank Schwanke
Dr. Frank Schwanke, PhD in Chemistry, has been driving innovation in skin & personal care for more than 21 years. During his career, he developed various NPDs in different categories like Face, Sun, Hair Care and make-up, explored new technologies with external partners and ran a large number of early innovation and prototyping initiatives. Leading the regional R&D innovation hub for the Americas, located in Mexico, gave him a broad perspective on different markets, consumers and technologies. Since 2020, he is heading the topic of personalization at Beiersdorf being the manager of the company’s personalization accelerator, a cross-functional entrepreneurial team, that focuses on offering personalized solutions. Already in 2021, the personalization accelerator created O.W.N, a face care brand that offers truly individualized products.
Tamaris Bucher
Tamaris is a Principal Patent Attorney at Novartis. She has gained extensive experience in pharmaceuticals in her almost ten years at Novartis, as well as from a previous role at a patent law firm in Basel.
She specialises in patent matters relating to antibody technology and cell & gene therapies. She has expertise in patent prosecution and SPC issues, as well as a keen interest in following legal developments in these areas.
Tamaris is both a registered European Patent Attorney and Swiss Patent Attorney. Additionally, she has a background in Australian patent law, having completed a Master of Industrial Property at the University of Technology, Sydney.
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Paul Csiszar
After graduating from ELTE School of Law of Budapest, Paul Csiszár studied international comparative law and earned a second Juris Doctorate at Loyola Law School in the United States. Following his admission to the California Bar in 1986 he practiced as a corporate, securities and M&A lawyer in the US and then from 1997 in Europe with the international law firm of Squire Sanders until 2003 when he joined the public sector. Currently Mr Csiszár serves as one of the Directors of the Directorate General for Competition of the European Commission.