Dr Stephan Wolke

Head of Intellectual Property & Services | CEO
Thyssenkrupp AG | Thyssenkrupp Intellectual Property

Dr Stephan Wolke studied physics, philosophy and macroeconomics at Bonn university and graduated with a Doctorate in physics. He spent the first five years of his professional career at McKinsey & Company. After founding (and having sold) two own businesses Stephan served in several functions at Bayer AG as well as Danaher Corp. He joined ThyssenKrupp in 2011 and is on corporate level responsible for Intellectual Property & Services (Head of Corporate Intellectual Property at ThyssenKrupp) as well as head of management board of ThyssenKrupp Intellectual Property GmbH.

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Pre-Conference Day

Monday, March 23rd, 2020

3:30 PM Workshop 2: IP Commercialisation

This session will drill down on the various processes of successfully getting your IP to market and creating new

revenue streams, whether on your own, through a partnership or via a combination of the two. The workshop will

focus on several aspects of commercialisation strategy – from valuation of your IP Portfolio across its entire lifecycle,

to IP Evaluation and Technology Disaggregation

You will walk away with:

• Insight into the various aspects of infringement detection – from reverse engineering to trade secrets and unfair

competition

• Skills on how to manage and commercialise your portfolio

• A deeper understanding of how to avoid the various risks around IP and differentiating declaratory and economic

ownership

• Key skills and strategies for creating awareness for IP with all the management teams in your business