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February 18, 2009 - The Leela Kempinski, Gurgaon - Delhi NCR 14.00 - 15.00 Executive Committee Meeting, Hotel Leela Kempinski 15.00 - 17.00 Board of Directors Meeting, Hotel Leela Kempinski 20:30 - 22:30 Welcome Reception for ITech Law Association Board of Directors, Sponsors, Speakers and International Delegates, Hotel Leela Kempinski Hosted by Allen & Overy LLP (to be preceded by Art Reception by Gallerie Alternatives in the Royal Room from 1900 hrs to 2030 hrs) Conference Program | Day One - The Marketplace Today Thursday, February 19, 2009 Timings Topics & Speakers 08:00 - 08:55 Breakfast for International Delegates 08:55 - 09:00 Welcome Address John M. Carson, Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear, San Diego; President - ITechLaw 09:00 - 09:30 Keynote Address Speaker: Justice Madan Lokur 09:35 - 10:50 The Technology Organization Today The Extended Enterprise: Key Legal and Tax Issues in Global Sourcing The impact of the Vodafone judgment on Cross Border M&A in India Corporate Governance in India Today Doing Business in Europe in this Time of Economic Downturn Moderator: Raian Karanjawala - Karanjawala & Co., New Delhi Speakers: Michael Mensik - Baker & McKenzie, Chicago Nishith Desai - Nishith Desai Associates, Mumbai Ajay Bahl - AZB Partners, New Delhi Filip Van Elsen - Allen & Overy LLP, Antwerp 10:50 - 11:20 Coffee / Tea / Networking Break 11:20 - 11:30 Attribution of the Traveling Fellowship Award 11:30 - 13:00 The Global Technology Work Force Today Stories from the trenches, that will cover issues of body leasing, TUPE, M&A workforce integration issues, protection of employee data, and retrenchment / lay off possibilities. Moderator: Sajai Singh - J Sagar Associates, Bangalore Panelists: Timo Karsten - Osborne Clarke, Cologne Thierry Vierin - Osborne Clarke, Brussels Jyoti Sagar - J. Sagar Associates, Gurgaon Jason D'Cruz - Morris, Manning & Martin LLP, Atlanta 13:00 - 14:00 Buffet Lunch and Networking Sponsored by Osborne Clarke 14:00 - 15:50 Day One Afternoon - A Day One Afternoon - B The Evolving Internet Upcoming TLD Naming Procedure for Internet Domain Practice Pointers in Domain Name Dispute Resolution Where is Social Networking Going? Behavioral Targeting : Reconciling the Power of Web 3.0 with the Privacy Laws Moderator: Axel Funk - CMS Hasche Sigle, Stuttgart Speakers: Denis Rice - Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin, San Francisco Erik Wilbers - WIPO, Geneva Ursula Widmer - Dr. Widmer & Partners, Berne Alan Sutin - Greenberg Traurig LLP, New York Intellectual Property Trends The Growth in Numbers of Indian Patents - The Beginning of a New Era International Patent Procurement - Setting and Executing a Strategy Intellectual Property Challenges in Central and Southern America Patent Protection in Biotech and Pharma - Trends and Lessons Moderator: John M. Carson - Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear, San Diego Speakers: Pravin Anand - Anand & Anand, New Delhi Rajiv Patel - Fenwick & West, Silicon Valley Daniel Rodriguez - Rodriguez Rueda, S.C. Abagados, Mexico City Sandhya Mehta - Baker Donelson, Washington DC. 15:50 - 16:20 Coffee / Tea / Networking Break 16:20 - 18:00 Maturing Internet and Ecommerce ISP Liabilities - Evolving Trends Around the Globe The Do's and Don't's of Acquiring a Web 2.0 Company Tips to Combat Risks of Software as a Service Addressing Emerging Issues in a Mature Internet Moderator: Pavan Duggal, New Delhi Speakers: Stephen Mathias - Kochhar & Co., Bangalore Christopher Rees - Herbert Smith, London Sunny Handa - Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP, Montreal Sajan Poovayya, Managing Partner - Poovayya & Co. Innovative Technology Trends eGovernance in India - an example to the World Monetizing Intellectual Property in the Current Economic Scenario Using the Copyleft Model in a Commercial Business Moderator: Vishal Gandhi - Gandhi & Associates, Mumbai Speakers: Srikanth Nadhumani - eGovernments Foundation, Bangalore Olaf Ungerer - Eisenfuehr Speiser, Munich Martin von Haller Groenbaek - Bender von Haller Dragsted, Copenhagen 19:15 - 21:30 Gala Networking Dinner and Raffle Drawing I Gala Dinner Speaker : Krishnan Venugopal - Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India Conference Program | Day Two - Evolving Marketplace Friday, February 20, 2009 Timings Topics & Speakers 07:45 - 08:45 I-Win Committee Meeting 08:00 - 09:00 Breakfast for International Delegates 09:00 - 9:30 Keynote Address Speaker : Dipankar Gupta, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India 09:30 - 10:45 Opening up of the Indian Legal Market Panel Discussion Moderator: Lalit Bhasin - Bhasin & Co., New Delhi Panelists: Nipun Gupta - Bird and Bird, London Alison Hook - Law Society, London Rajiv Luthra - Luthra & Luthra, New Delhi 10:45 - 11:15 Coffee / Tea / Networking Break 11:15 - 13:10 Building a Technology Business Protecting yourself against counterparty insolvency in Technology Transactions Growth by Acquisition - Opportunities in a Distressed Market Maintaining Confidentiality/Trade Secrets and Related Employment Issues in a Migratory Workforce Intellectual Property Rights in European Technolgy Agreements Corporate Governance Issues in Listed Companies Moderator: B. Sai Chandravadhan - Chess Management Services Speakers: Filip Van Elsen - Allen & Overy LLP, Antwerp Sunil Kakkad - Lawrence Graham, London Vic Schachter - Fenwick, Palo Alto Richard Taylor - DLA Piper, London Shardul Shroff - Amarchand Mangaldas and Suresh A. Shroff, & Co., Mumbai 13:10 - 14:00 Buffet Lunch and Networking Sponsored by Lawrence Graham 14:00 - 15:50 Day Two Afternoon - A Day Two Afternoon - B When the Gloves Come Off - Disputes and Enforcement New Trends in Alternate Dispute Resolution in India - The Growth of Mediation Holding Search Engines Liable - Opening a New Front in the War against Copyright Infringement Patent Enforcement in Pharma / Life Sciences Evolving Case Law on Section 3 of the Indian Patent Act. Moderator: AS Chandhiok, Senior Advocate, New Delhi Speakers: Rajendra S Rathore - IFS (Retd), FICA Saikrishna Rajagopal - Saikrishna & Associates, New Delhi Sheila Swaroop - Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear, San Diego Calab Gabriel - K&S Partners, Gurgaon Outsourcing and Technology Contracting - I Teaming up to Outsource. How to make the Team Outsourcing Trends for 2009 and Beyond Open Source Licenses in Outsourcing Transactions European Regulation of Offshore Outsourcing Moderator: Dov Scherzer - Feldman Weinstein & Smith LLP, New York Speakers: Bradley Joslove - Franklin, Paris Scott Thiel - DLA Piper, London Alexander Duisberg - Bird and Bird, Munich Mark Lewis - Berwin Leighton, London 15:50 - 16:20 Coffee / Tea / Networking Break 16:20 - 18:00 How Technology Challenges Security in the Modern World The Implications of New Technologies on Modern Terrorism The Implications of the new Amendments to India's Information Technology Act Theft of Personal Data - Remedies Under Indian Laws Cybercrime and Cybersecurity Moderator: Francoise Gilbert - IT Law Group, Palo Alto Speakers: Ajey Lele - Wing Commander, Institute for Defense Studies and Analysis, New Delhi. Rahul Matthan - Trilegal, Bangalore Salman Waris - Fox Mandal Little, New Delhi Pauline Reich - Waseda University School of Law, Tokyo Outsourcing and Technology Contracting - II Use of Freedom of Information and Information Access Law in Technology Contracting Compliance Issues in connection with the outsourcing of business processes in the banking and insurance industry Contracting on a Pan European Basis Do's and Don'ts in EU Public Procurement from an India Perspective Moderator: Rajiv Patel - Fenwick West, Silicon Valley Speakers: Adam Rose - Berwin Leighton, London Wolfgang Büchner - Lovells, Munich Richard Marke - Lawrence Graham, London Anselm Brandi-Dohrn - Hasse Lohmann, Berlin 18:00 Valedictory John M. Carson, President - ITechLaw Association 18:15 Raffle Prize Drawing II Sponsored by Herbert Smith Venue | contact us | home