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Innovation insights is now part of the Sidley Geneva office.

The excellence in government affairs, strategic communications, and thought leadership that you have found since 2010 at Innovation Insights continues within SIDLEY.

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Thought Leadership  •  Government Affairs  •  Strategic Communications 

Thought Leadership 

Government Affairs 

Strategic Communications 

Anticipate, Inform, Shape.

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We deliver analysis and strategic advice together with research, reports, and other communications that can be used to inform policymaking. Our practice focuses on trade, innovation and intellectual property, healthcare, and economic development. We deliver work with agility and efficiency.

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We create unique partnerships to achieve goals. We also offer complementary services such as advocacy campaigns, media and communications, and graphic design to support our policy advisory services.

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We are committed to integrity, intellectual honesty, creativity, and nuance in all our work. We consistently integrate a gender lens and inclusivity into our projects.

Our Global Team

Jennifer Brant

Jennifer Brant

Switzerland

Jennifer Brant, the CEO and Founder of Innovation Insights S.a.r.l., has more than 25 years of experience in global policy research and advocacy. In addition to research, her recent publications include: “Making Biologics”, “Unprecedented”, “Policy Approaches to Close the IP Gender Gap”, and she is a contributor to the World Economic Forum blogs on WTO tariff discussions as well as to reports by the World Intellectual Property Organization and the International Chamber of Commerce. ​ She has spearheaded numerous policy campaigns, notably in the areas of trade and intellectual property. Jennifer is skilled at making connections across issue areas, in part thanks to her training in international law, economics, and development at UCLA, Johns Hopkins SAIS, and the Graduate Institute. She is an International Gender Champion and mentor to junior public affairs professionals. A Swiss and US citizen, Jennifer lives with her daughters in Vaud, Switzerland.
Mark Schultz

Mark Schultz

United States

Professor Mark F. Schultz is the Goodyear Endowed Chair in Intellectual Property Law and Director of the IP & Technology Law Program at the University of Akron School of Law. Prior to coming to Akron, he was a co-founder and leader of the Center for Protection of Intellectual Property (CPIP) at George Mason University in Washington, D.C., where he remains a non-resident Senior Scholar. Mark has testified before the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives on IP issues and has been called upon for his expertise on international IP issues by the USPTO, WIPO, the OECD, the U.S. Trade Representative, the Government of India, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, well as numerous academic institutions, think tanks, and industry groups.
Gretchen Reeves

Gretchen Reeves

Austria

Gretchen Reeves is an international operations and finance professional with a drive for perfection and a flair for design. She applies her wealth of experience across industries to manage Innovation Insights’ many collaborations. Gretchen ensures the team delivers impeccable final projects that exceed client expectations and effectively inform policymakers as well as the broader public.
Phil Wadsworth

Phil Wadsworth

United States

Phil has over 40 years of experience as an IP attorney in all fields of Intellectual Property. He has represented clients in both private and corporate practice, including VP and Chief Patent Counsel and VP and Legal Counsel for Global IP Policy at Qualcomm, executive level IP Attorney positions at IBM and staff IP attorney positions at Motorola. Phil was Chair of the IP Committee for the US Semiconductor Industry Association for many years, and he has served on various IP related committees for the American Intellectual Property Association and the Intellectual Property Owners Association.
Sabrina Leung

Sabrina Leung

Italy

Sabrina is pursuing her MA in International Relations at Johns Hopkins SAIS, with a focus on technology and AI policy. Previously she worked in media and advertising, including marketing for global brands like Netflix and Airbnb. She has an interdisciplinary background in business marketing, political science, and Chinese studies.
Sorelle Henricus

Sorelle Henricus

Singapore

Sorelle Henricus is a doctoral-level communications strategist with expertise in academic, corporate and non-profit sectors. Sorelle has over a decade of research and teaching experience on deep approaches to knowledge creation in the information age at the National University of Singapore and consults on research communication and brand and content marketing. She has contributed to panels on cutting-edge approaches to technology and society, and contributed to work for Singapore Government agencies, UN agencies, non-profits and multinational corporations.
Dini Djalal

Dini Djalal

Singapore

Dini Djalal is Associate Director of the Hinrich Foundation, where she leads the international trade research program. She commissions research, shapes content, and manages collaboration with partners from around the world, applying her two decades of communications and public policy experience, gained from her tenure at the World Bank, the APEC Secretariat, and the Office of the President of Indonesia. Prior to working in economic development, she was a correspondent for international media outlets, including CNBC and the Far Eastern Economic Review.
Carolina Rodriguez

Carolina Rodriguez

Singapore

Carolina Rodriguez is a strategic and visual communications expert with 20 years of international experience. She has worked with the United Nations, the World Bank, NGOs and business in the design and development of high-impact advocacy campaigns and innovative communication products to explain policy issues and support high-level decision-making to promote sustainability. She is originally from Chile but is based in Singapore. She has worked in Latin America, Africa, Europe, the Middle East and South East Asia.
Karen Mah

Karen Mah

Switzerland

Karen Mah is a senior communications and policy advisor having worked extensively with international organizations including the World Health Organization, UNICEF and UN Migration. She has developed and implemented communications, advocacy and policy strategies for a diverse range of global public health issues including immunization, emergency outbreaks, drug resistance and pandemic preparedness. She began her career as a journalist working with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Associated Press and CNN.
Asya Slama

Asya Slama

Switzerland

Asya Slama studies political science and communications at the University of Neuchâtel. Given her global background, including having lived in three different countries, she brings an international perspective to her research and analytic work at Innovation Insights.

We work with companies, industry groups, NGOs, and inter-governmental organizations.

ActogeniX  •   African Vaccines Manufacturing Initiative  •   Afya Rekod  •   Biovac Institute  •   Biolabs  •   Center for Global Enterprise  •  CISPE  •   Color Accounting  •   Corning  •   Croplife International  •   Cultiv  •   Energysquare  •   EnergySquare  •   EPFL  •   Ericsson  •  Ethisphere  •   EU Commission  •   General Electric  •   GLIPA  •   Hinrich Foundation  •   IFPMA  •   Innovation Hub Geneva  •   Innovation Hub South Africa  •   Innoventures  •   Innoventures  •   InterDigital  •   International Chamber of Commerce  •   International Gender Champions Network  •   International Telecommunications Union  •   Interpat  •   Invent Together  •   IP Europe  •   J&J  •   LSMA  •   Medicines for Malaria Venture  •   Merck Healthcare  •   Merck Life Science  •   Mexican Institute of Science, Technology and Innovation (MISTI)  •   Microsoft  •   National University of Singapore  •   Novartis  •   Novo Nordisk  •   Pfizer  •   PipeWay  •   Procter & Gamble  •  Qualcomm  •   SARIMA  •   Shiok Meats  •   Start-up Africa  •   TechInvention  •   Techstars Berlin  •   Tecsis  •   UNHCHR, the UN Refugee Agency  •   UNIGE  •   US Chamber of Commerce  •   Villgro  •   Wetility  •   EBPMN  •   World Brewing Alliance  •   World Intellectual Property Organization  •   World Health Organization  •   World Trade Organization

Our Work Speaks for Itself.

Trade restrictions are delaying the COVID response; the WTO must act
Trade restrictions are delaying the COVID response; the WTO must act
Article for World Economic Forum ↗

This blog, published by WEF, makes the case for a robust global trade and health agenda. It was written in advance of a WTO Ministerial, where Members were expected to discuss actions ranging from tariff reductions to commitments to avoid export restrictions on raw materials for COVID vaccines and diagnostics.

Strategies to improve gender equity in IP development and commercialization
Strategies to improve gender equity in IP development and commercialization
Article for World Intellectual Property Organization ↗

This article for WIPO magazine describes strategies for improving diversity within organizations, in terms of how intellectual property is developed, identified, and managed. The insights come from discussions among global IP policymakers, and from the co-authors' experience with projects involving IP management and organizational change management.

Bilateral agreements on health worker migration and mobility
Bilateral agreements on health worker migration and mobility
Policy Report for World Health Organization ↗

This project for WHO aimed to support government officials, typically but not only from the Ministry of Health, to more effectively use formal agreements to manage international health worker mobility. The Innovation Insights team: (1) Analyzed the content and form of scores of bilateral and regional health worker mobility agreements, (2) Conducted more than 30 stakeholder interviews to shed further light on these agreements and their negotiation/execution, and (3) Carried out a comprehensive literature review about the impact of health worker mobility agreements in the real economy/healthcare systems. This work informed WHO guidance for Member States. 

Closing innovation and intellectual property diversity gaps: A global literature review
Closing innovation and intellectual property diversity gaps: A global literature review
Economic Paper for Innovation Council ↗

This is a literature review about diversity and inclusion in invention, creativity, and innovation, with analysis focusing primarily on access by women to patent systems, the reasons for relatively less access than that enjoyed by men, and the most promising government initiatives to correct this fact. The paper contains a comprehensive annex featuring government and public-private initiatives to address DEI in IP use.

Improving diversity & inclusion in intellectual property development and management: A guide for organizations
Improving diversity & inclusion in intellectual property development and management: A guide for organizations
Toolkit for Innovation Council ↗

Developed in partnership with Ethisphere, and published jointly by Ethisphere and Innovation Council (a cross-sectoral innovators group based in Geneva), this Guidance provides actionable insights about improving inclusion and diversity within an organization, such as a company or tech transfer office, in developing, identifying, and managing IP. The Guidance is available online, and the co-authors are available to host webinars during which they explain and coach users on its content.

Summary of remarks at the TRIPS Council special session
Summary of remarks at the TRIPS Council special session
Presentation for Innovation Council ↗

During and after the COVID pandemic, at the TRIPS Council, WTO Members discussed the role of IP rights such as patents in the innovation, manufacturing, tech transfer, and the global distribution of vaccines and other relevant technologies. A TRIPS Council Special Session was organized around this topic; Jennifer Brant delivered this presentation, which combines insights from research papers including Unprecedented, Making Biologics, and Biomanufacturing Resilience. While some WTO Members argued that IP rights had hindered these efforts, evidence pointed to IPRs playing an enabling role. They allowed innovators to share technology and know-how with partners, thus accelerating the innovation response to the pandemic. 

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