Arpan is currently on research leave, pursuing a PhD at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, as a Scientia Scholar. He is also affiliated with the IP centres of Indiana University Bloomington and Bucerius Law School. Arpan has published widely and received various grants and awards (most recently, from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and the British Academy) . This is Arpan’s fourth ATRIP conference. He first attended in 2014, as a WIPO-sponsored candidate. He has since entered the ATRIP writing competition for young scholars twice, placing third in 2014 and first in 2015.