HIGH TECH COMPANIES
AND THE GOVERNMENT IN THE
AGE OF CONVERGENCE

Conference in Detail (Day 2)
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8:30	Introduction and Overview	Martin L. Stern, Esq., Program Co-Chair
8:45	Keynote Address: “Mr. Silicon Valley Goes to Washington”	Donald H. Gips Chief Domestic Policy Advisor, Office of the Vice President and Blair Levin, Esq. Chief of Staff, FCC, 1993-1997 Washington, D.C.
10:00	Case Study on Encryption: Why Washington Matters and How to Win There	Rebecca M. J. Gould, Esq. Business Software Alliance Washington , D.C. Peter F. Harter, Esq. Netscape Communications Corp. Mountain View, CA Thomas Parenty Director, Data and Communications Security, Sybase, Inc. Emeryville, CA
10:30	Break
10:45	Economic Espionage: Protecting Trade Secrets Under the Economic Espionage Act	James A. DiBoise, Esq. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Palo Alto, CA
11:30	Special Address	Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren U.S. House of Representatives
12:00	Lunch
1:00	SEC Enforcement: New Medium, Same Old Swindle Helane Morrison, Director of Enforcement of the SF Office of the SEC, will discuss Enforcement’s priorities in the Internet age; the SEC’s focus on Year 2000; insider trading; and financial fraud issues. Ms. Morrison, together with Daniel Bergeson, will also discuss ways in which high technology companies implement procedures to reduce the risk of an SEC investigation.	Helane L. Morrison, Esq. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission San Francisco, CA Daniel J. Bergeson, Esq., Program Co-Chair
2:00	Break
2:15	Foreign Trade and Customs Issues	Timothy C. Stanceu, Esq. Hogan & Hartson, LLP Washington, D.C.
3:00	Fair Trade in Cyberspace Domain names, trademark protection, linking and beyond	Sally M. Abel, Esq. (inv) Fenwick & West Palo Alto, CA Kirk A. Dublin, Esq. Preston Gates & Ellis, LLP Seattle, WA and San Francisco, CA Jefferson F. Scher, Esq. Carr & Ferrell, LLP Palo Alto, CA
4:00	Questions and Answers	Members of the Faculty

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