Cristina Boca is an Intellectual Property Specialist at imec, a world-leading R&D hub for nanoelectronics and digital technologies. With a background in IP strategy and licensing, Cristina advises on complex IP matters across collaborative research, technology transfer, and innovation-driven partnerships. Her work spans software and hardware licensing, open-source compliance, and strategic IP protection in emerging technology domains.
At imec, Cristina plays a key role in safeguarding IP assets in multi-party research ecosystems, ensuring alignment between legal frameworks and innovation goals. She is actively involved in shaping IP policy and contract structures that support imec’s mission to accelerate breakthrough technologies for a better future.
Cristina joins the panel “Is protection at risk in the AI era?” to share insights on how AI-driven innovation challenges traditional IP paradigms, and how licensing professionals can adapt to ensure robust protection and value creation.
As part of imec’s global IP team, Cristina contributes to advancing responsible innovation and IP excellence in one of Europe’s most dynamic research environments.