DRAFT AGENGA (6.6.06)

ABA Section on Antritrust Law

Consumer Protection Conference

Georgetown University Law Center, Washington DC

Pre-Conference Workshops – January 29, 2007 

1:00 to 3:00

Privacy and Information Security -- Enforcement Trends and Best Practices 

• Hon. Pamela Jones Harbour, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
• Marc Rotenberg, Executive Director, Electronic Privacy Information Center
• Nuala O'Connor Kelly, Chief Privacy Leader & Senior Counsel,General Electric Company 
• Trevor Hughes, Director, International Association of Privacy Professionals
• Thomas F. Zych, Thompson Hine LLP (moderator) -- C

3:00 to 3:30 Afternoon Break

3:30 to 5:30

Federal Trade Commission Consumer Protection Practice – Inside and Out – The Bureau Directors’ Perspective 

• Hon. Tom Rosch, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission 
• Lydia Parnes, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission -- C
• J. Howard Beales, Professor, George Washington University -- C
• Jodie Bernstein, Bryan Cave -- C
• Barry Cutler, Baker Hostetler -- C
• William MacLeod, Kelley Drye Collier Shannon (moderator) -- C
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Conference, January 30, 2007

8:15-8:30 -- Chair’s Opening Remarks, Joseph Angland, Heller Ehrman LLP -- C

8:30-9:30 – Regulators’ Roundtable: FTC and State Priorities for 2007

• Hon. Deborah Platt Majoras, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission
• Steven Carter, Attorney General, State of Indiana, President of National Association of Attorneys General
• John E. Villafranco, Kelley Drye Collier Shannon (moderator) -- C

9:30-10:30 -- Public Wireless Networks, Technology Short-Cuts, Wireless/Electronic Chip Transactions, and Radio Frequency Identification: Consumer Costs v. Benefits 

• Paul Singer, Assistant Attorney General, State of Texas
• Laura Dimartino, Federal Trade Commission
• Catherine A. Miller, VP & Assistant General Counsel, Nextel Communications -- C
• Elaine Kolish, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal (moderator) -- C

10:30-10:45 – Morning Break

10:45-11:45 -- Fraud, Deception, & Unfairness: The Enforcers’ Theories of Liability

• Lee Peeler, Assistant Director, Federal Trade Commission - C
• Thomas Conway, Bureau Chief, Office of the New York Attorney General
• Dara J. Diomande, Pfizer, Inc.
• Robert M. Langer, Wiggin and Dana LLP (moderator) -- C

11:45-12:45-- Adversarial Proceedings: Litigation and Industry Self-Regulation

• Hon. Leonie Brinkema, U.S. District Court Judge, Eastern District of Virginia
• Michael Mazis, Professor, American University
• Andrea Levine, Director, National Advertising Division 
• Bruce Colbath, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP (moderator) -- C

12:45-2:00 – Luncheon Roundtable: Advertising Regulation from National Nanny to Pretexting

• Robert Pitofsky, Professor, Georgetown University -- C
• Timothy Muris, O’Melveny & Myers LLP -- C
• David H. Evans, Arent Fox Kitner Plotkin & Kahn PLLC (moderator) -- C

2:15-3:15 -- Auditing and Updating your Regulatory Compliance Program: Best Practices for Corporate Counsel

• Brian R. Henry, The Coca Cola Company
• Elise Kirban, Symbol Technologies Inc.
• Jill Samuels, America Online, Inc. -- C
• August T. Horvath, Heller Ehrman LLP (moderator) -- C

3:15-4:15 -- Making the Right Choices in High Profile Industries (Children’s Advertising, Obesity, Dietary Supplements, Direct Response, etc.)

• Lesley Fair, Federal Trade Commission -- C
• Ellen Lacroux, Children’s Advertising Review Unit
• Marlene Gordon, Burger King Corporation
• Edward F. Glynn, Venable LLP (moderator) -- C

4:15 -4:30 – Afternoon Break

4:30-5:30 -- Promotional Tie-Ins, Brand Integration, and Sponsorship: Key Considerations

• Julie Brill, Assistant Attorney General, State of Vermont -- C
• Michael Luisi, Miramax Films
• W. David Hubbard, Advertising & Marketing Counsel, Verizon -- C
• John Feldman, Reed Smith (moderator) -- C

5:30 -- Cocktail Reception sponsored by the ABA Section of Antitrust Committees on Consumer Protection and Privacy & Information Security

C= Confirmed