Bradley J. Freedman, Program Co-Chair, is the co-chair of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP’s National Intellectual Property and Technology Law Professional Group and the Vancouver office Intellectual Property and Technology Law Practice Leader. His practice focuses on e-business, the Internet, intellectual property, and he is also a Domain Name Dispute Arbitrator.

Holly K. Towle, Program Co-Chair, is a member of Preston Gates & Ellis LLP’s Technology and Intellectual Property Department and counsels financial institutions on a wide variety of issues and transactions. Included in An International Who’s Who of Internet and E-Commerce Lawyers, Ms. Towle speaks nationally and internationally on e-commerce, licensing and online services.

The Hon. Thomas B. Leary, Kickoff Address, was sworn in as a Commissioner at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in 1999. Before his service at the FTC, he was a partner at Hogan & Hartson and Assistant General Counsel of General Motors, with overall responsibility for antitrust, consumer protection and commercial law matters.

Raymond T. Nimmer, Luncheon Address, is Leonard Childs Professor of Law and Director, Intellectual Property and Information Law Institute, at the University of Houston Law Center. He has authored over ten books, including The Law of Computer Technology,and is currently the Reporter to the Uniform Commercial Code on two areas: the Drafting Committee on Article 2B – Licenses and Technology Contract Issues to revise U.C.C. Article 2.

Raymond F. Pierce, Kickoff Address, is Deputy Commissioner of the Competition Bureau, Fair Business Practice Branch.

Ian C. Ballon is a partner in the Palo Alto and Los Angeles offices of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, concentrating on e-commerce, new media and intellectual property litigation, licensing and strategic counseling. He is the author of E-Commerce and Internet Law: Forms-Text- Cases(Glasser Legal Works).

Michael J. Beninger is a partner at Bull, Housser & Tupper and has 21 years experience as a tax lawyer with a focus on international tax planning and structuring, and tax litigation. He acts as advisor to Canadian and foreign corporations and individuals.

Duncan Cornell Card is a partner and senior member of Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP’s Technology, E-Commerce and Communications Law Group, and is widely regarded as one of Canada’s leading information technology lawyers. He is a member and on the Board of several technology industry associations and has been a director of several multinational corporations.

Robert C. Chesnut is the Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of eBay, Inc., the Internet’s leading person to person trading community. He is in charge of overseeing all domestic legal issues for eBay, including eBay’s litigation in the U.S. and abroad.

James P. Dugan is a partner at Perkins Coie LLP where his practice emphasizes online agreements and e-commerce counseling and includes U.S. and International regulatory issues, trademark protection, enforcement, and licensing. Previously he chaired the Technology Solutions Practice Group at Foster, Pepper & Shefelman PLLC.

Linda A. Goldstein is partner-in-charge of Hall Dickler Kent Goldstein & Wood LLP’s Advertising, Marketing and Media Department. She is a nationally recognized expert on promotions (sweepstakes, games, contests), how to minimize the legal risks of marketing on the Internet, and, in the infomercial and home shopping industries.

Henry B. Gutman is head of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett’s Intellectual Property Group, concentrating in complex, high-technology, intellectual property litigation. Since 1983 he has been principal litigation counsel for Lotus Development Corporation and has served as counsel for Lotus, Intel, Reuters, Polaroid and other technology clients.

Sunny Handa works in the corporate law section of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin, where he deals with information technology, intellectual property and communications law matters. An adjunct professor at McGill University, Dr. Handa has been named as one of Canada’s leading Computer and I.T. lawyers.

Jeffrey E. Harmes is a partner in the Intellectual Property and Technology Licensing Group at Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich LLP, where he focuses his practice on protection and commercialization of intellectual property, licensing, e-commerce and business law/mergers & acquisitions.

John D. Hollinrake, Jr. is a partner in the Tax Department at Dorsey & Whitney LLP, where he is a member of the International, Emerging Companies, and Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Groups. Mr. Hollinrake was the Chair of the Tax and Transactions Department, Bogle & Gates, P.L.L.C.

Bruce E. H. Johnson is a partner at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP. Over the past several years he has represented media and Internet clients on privacy and defamation issues, in the U.S. and in the European Union. He has also written and lectured extensively on First Amendment protections for collection and dissemination of data.

Lauren Knoblauch is a solicitor with the Legal Services Branch of the Ministry of Attorney General, British Columbia. Her practice areas include e-commerce and information technology law, software licensing and intellectual property.

Martin P. J. Kratz leads the Technology Law Practice Group for Bennett Jones LLP. He is ranked as one of Canada’s leading I. T. lawyers and has published over 160 articles or books on advanced technology. He teaches Internet Law at several universities.

Michael D. Manson is a partner with the firms of Smart & Biggar/ Fetherstonhaugh & Co., and is the managing partner of its Vancouver office, where he practices exclusively in the area of Intellectual Property, primarily in litigation. He is listed in Euromoney’s “Guide to the World’s Leading Patent Law Experts.”

Roger D. McConchie is a partner with Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, where his practice emphasizes defamation, privacy, media and Internet law. He has advised and represented Internet Service Providers, website hosting companies, website owners, online publishers and e-business enterprises.

Shawn C. D. Neylan is a partner with Stikeman Elliott practicing competition law with a focus on providing transactional, litigation and compliance advice and representation. He is experienced in advising companies on Competition Act merger pre-notification, civil actions, and general competition law compliance.

George T. Peters has served as Senior Counsel at The Walt Disney Company since 1997. Previously, Mr. Peters served as Senior Counsel at Comshare, Inc., on the Computer Law Counsel of the Michigan Bar Association, and taught at Detroit College Business.

Herbert Regehr is a partner at Bull, Housser & Tupper where he practices exclusively in intellectual property and technology law. He has extensive experience in protecting the intangible assets of major local and foreign companies with particular emphasis on Canadian and American jurisdictions.

Daniel Shap focuses his practice on corporate and information technology law at Osler Hoskin Harcourt LLP. He assists large and small businesses with a wide range of legal issues.

Steven M. Weinberg is a principal of the Weinberg Cummerford Legal Group, a national law firm practicing e-business, marketing and intellectual property law exclusively. Listed in Who’s Who publications, Mr. Weinberg is Editor In Chief of the Trademark Reporter and Editor of The Journal of the Copyright Society of the USA.