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Accelerating Life Sciences Innovation
This webinar will take place at 3:00pm Central European Time.
FICPI is delighted to welcome Dr Anji Miller, Senior Partner for Academic Engagement at LifeArc, to the FICPI Focus 45 session on 17 June 2026.
Anji leads LifeArc’s academic engagement and translational training programmes, including the organisation’s flagship fellowship initiatives. These programmes are designed to build a pipeline of innovation professionals, researchers, inventors, and technology transfer specialists, equipped with the skills, judgement, and confidence needed to move early‑stage life sciences discoveries toward real‑world patient impact.
LifeArc has a strong focus on rare diseases, with much of its work delivered in close partnership with key organisations across the translational ecosystem. Alongside its investment in science, LifeArc places particular emphasis on ensuring that translational research becomes impactful therapeutics and diagnostics. Central to this approach is the development of innovation professionals who can work with complex science to evaluate, protect, and commercialise technologies so they reach the populations that need them most.
In conversation with webinar host Louis-Pierre Gravelle, FICPI Deputy Secretary General and Partner at Dipchand LLP, she will explore how LifeArc approaches translation as a system, from accelerating target discovery and biomarker development to supporting clinical pathway innovation, data‑informed decision‑making, and effective collaboration across academia, industry, and the IP profession. Drawing on Anji’s experience across technology transfer, IP strategy, licensing, and skills development, the discussion will highlight the critical role of people, partnerships, and professional capability in successful translation.
Join us as we discuss the future of translational science, and how building the right skills, partnerships, and professional pathways is essential to turning promising discoveries into meaningful patient outcomes.
 | Dr Anji Miller is a senior academic engagement partner and director of the LifeArc fellowship programmes. Anji leads translational training and academic engagement across LifeArc’s translational challenge areas and is the LifeArc Skills Lead for the Innovation Hubs for Gene Therapies with responsibility for advancing the Innovation Hubs’ skills agenda. A seasoned tech transfer professional, Anji leads both the LifeArc Knowledge Transfer Innovation Fellowship and LifeArc Technology transfer Fellowship programmes and is a board director of AUTM, ASTP, Certified Licensing Professional (CLP) and is a member of the BioIndustry Association Cell & Gene Therapy Advisory Committee. An EDI and STEM advocate, she is an active participant in LifeArc’s policy engagement. |
| Louis-Pierre Gravelle is Partner at Dipchand LLP in Canada and FICPI Deputy Secretary General. He specialises in the drafting and prosecution of patent applications and providing patentability, validity, infringement and right to manufacture opinions in the fields of electricity, telecommunications, mechanical and information technology. He is a registered patent agent in Canada and in the United States (1998). Louis-Pierre is involved in due diligence matters and managing patent portfolios. He is also involved in strategic counselling for start-ups, small, medium and large-sized businesses. A member of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC) and the Canadian Bar Association (CBA), Louis-Pierre was called to the Québec Bar in 1995. He is also a member of the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec (OIQ). Louis-Pierre Gravelle is past-chair of the Intellectual Property Section of the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) and past co-president of the Joint Liaison Committee – Patents between the Patent office and IPIC. He is a Councillor for FICPI Canada. He is listed in the IAM Patents 1000, and has been since 2012. Louis-Pierre is often called upon to speak on a variety of IP-related topics, at local and international conferences and events. |
📖 CPD/CLE certificates can be provided.
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🗣️ This webinar will be in English