Moderator: Axel Ferrazzini

October 30, 2022

Axel is the managing director of 4iP Council since 2017, a European research council working across a broad variety of industries and sectors to promote the role of intellectual property in innovation. He has a strong background in technology research and policy development. In addition to be an elected member of the ETSI Board since 2014, Axel’s career is rooted in research and development and holds more than 20 patents. He has been selected in the 2022 edition of IAM Strategy 300: The World’s Leading IP Strategists.

Axel has an MS in Computer Science from EPITA and an Executive MBA in innovation strategy and entrepreneurship from the ESSEC & Mannheim business schools.

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