Agenda

Tara is an IP lawyer with a deep understanding of internet governance and AI systems.  Tara was a featured speaker during the WSIS Forum 2025 where she addressed the topic of disinformation and misinformation online and how they effect consumer choice and confidence.  Tara currently leads INTA’s WSIS volunteer engagement team.  Originally from South Africa, she now resides in the Netherlands.  Tara started her career as a in a prominent NY law firm and has taken professional development courses at Harvard and the Wharton School of Business.  She is also certified in AI Governance from the Association of Privacy Professionals.  https://www.linkedin.com/in/tara-harris-7b911615/

Brian Beckham heads up WIPO’s Internet Dispute Resolution Section which primarily manages WIPO's services under the WIPO-initiated UDRP and related ccTLD policies – over 6,000 cases in recent years.  

Brian also oversees WIPO’s domain name-related policy activities, including representation at industry meetings (e.g., ICANN, INTA, MARQUES, ECTA) and RPM proposals. Brian also oversees WIPO’s annual UDRP training workshop and panelists' meeting, and undertook a total overhaul of WIPO’s jurisprudential “WIPO Overview 3.0”.    He also led a WIPO team that successfully proposed an “eUDRP” for paperless domain name case pleadings. Prior to this, Brian was Head of Legal Policy at new gTLD consultancy Valideus, which provided ".brand" clients with policy and strategic advice.  At Valideus, Brian led a team that successfully negotiated with ICANN on Registry Agreement terms for “.brand” new gTLD applicants (ICANN’s “Specification 13”), and was an active member of both the INTA Internet Committee, and ICANN Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC).  Licensed in Virginia, Brian began his career at Gammon & Grange covering trademark prosecution and maintenance, and a range of non-profit matters.

Daniel is the Founder and CEO of Lexsynergy, one of the world's most accredited domain registrars and a leading online brand protection company. He is also a dual-qualified IP lawyer (UK and South Africa). Daniel has more than 25 years of experience advising brand owners on the protection and enforcement of IP Rights in the digital environment. His expertise spans domain portfolio strategy, trade mark enforcement, online infringement, social media takedowns, Web3 brand protection, internet governance and domain dispute resolution. Daniel has represented brand owners in UDRP, Nominet DRS, euADR, zaADR, cnDRP, inDRP and nzDRS proceedings maintaining a 100% success rate for Lexsynergy clients. Daniel is actively involved in IP policy through ICANN's Registrar Stakeholder Group, INTA, MARQUES, ECTA and CITMA. He currently serves on the Internet Committees of MARQUES and ECTA and has previously served on INTA's Internet Committee. A frequent international speaker and published author, Daniel has presented at events including ICANN, INTA, MARQUES and leading intellectual property conferences worldwide. His publications have appeared in the Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, European Intellectual Property Review, CircleID and other respected industry publications.

Nina Ringen is a partner in the Copenhagen-based law firm Bruun & Hjejle and head of its IP and Life Sciences practice group. She primarily advises Danish and international companies on disputes within trademarks, designs, copyright, unfair competition and trade secrets. Nina also works closely with Bruun & Hjejle's M&A team on IP-transactions. She consistently advises clients on regulatory matters concerning food, cosmetics, dietary supplements and medical devices (life sciences), as well as on cases before the Danish Consumer Ombudsman.  Nina frequently writes articles for World Trademark Review and contributes to The Trademark Reporter's Annual Review. Nina is member of INTA’s Copyright Committee. She is also widely recognised and ranked as a 'Leading Partner' in The Legal 500, recommended in Chambers Europe and Global, ranked as tier 2 (Trademark contentious) and “Top 250 Women in IP” by Managing IP and in silver band (tier 2) in WTR1000.

Vibhav Mithal is an artificial intelligence and intellectual property lawyer and an Associate Partner at Anand & Anand. Recognized as a Rising Star by Managing MIP consistently from 2022 to 2026, Vibhav has been involved in landmark IPR litigations for over a decade (including the first AI & Personality rights case – Anil Kapoor and the first software patent – Ferid Allani). His AI Governance work focuses on AI holistically from a non-technical legal plus lens. An ISO 42001 Lead Implementer, a ForHumanity Certified AI Auditor on India’s Data Protection law, Vibhav is the co-author of the NASSCOM Developer’s Playbook for Responsible AI, which has been recognized as a relevant voluntary framework for Responsible AI implementation in India. He has also been involved as an AI subject matter expert in various initiatives, which includes the Strategy for Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare for India (SAHI) and an acknowledgement by the Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India in their White Paper titled ‘Strengthening AI Governance through Techno-Legal Framework”. He has spoken on AI Governance multiple times in various fora, including at multiple panels and closed-door roundtable in the IndiaAI Impact Summit, 2026 and at the UN. The UN engagements include the UN Global AI Dialogue for AI Governance (Online, March 2026); UNITAR, Brussels in an event titled “Everything AI” and at the AI for Developing Countries forum at the UN Offices in Vienna and Bangkok. To shape the AI ecosystem, he voluntarily serves as an Associate Research Fellow with the Centre for Responsible AI, IIT Madras; co-leads Team India at ForHumanity, India, represents Africa Tech for Development Initiative as their global ambassador; heads the India Chapter of Risk Insurance Management Association of Singapore (RIMAS).